Description
Get practical guidance on handling employee remote work requests while minimising tax risk
New Zealand employers…. are your employees asking to work while travelling? Are you needing to look overseas to hire employees, but finding they want to stay working remotely?
We are finding these very questions are being asked frequently. However, getting this wrong can expose both employer and employee to unexpected tax risk. In this webinar, we will bring in practical tips which will enable you to establish or refine your flexible working policies, to determine whether to grant or decline requests from employees, and overall protect both your business and your employees from unexpected surprises.
Topics to be covered include:
- Employees ordinarily New Zealand tax resident working offshore in both DTA and non-DTA countries
- Employees ordinarily elsewhere working in New Zealand
- Employee verses contractor considerations, and implications
- Allowances and extra pay differences
- Remote payroll options
- Taxable presence (permanent establishment) considerations when employees are in country;
- Withholding tax implications; and
- Contingency planning – managing tax consequences.
This webinar will not cover non-tax considerations in detail.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon satisfactory completion of this activity you will be able to:
- Make informed decisions when employees request remote working arrangements
- Prepare / refine flexible working policies
- Know when further investigation may be required if wanting to accommodate an employee’s request
- Take steps to mitigate the potential for your firm to have a taxable presence in an unwanted situation, and understand what activities may lead to a taxable presence in another jurisdiction
SUITED TO
- Payroll professionals
- HR team members
- Inhouse finance teams
- Advisors of business that employee staff who can work remotely
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PRESENTER
Richard Muth, Senior Manager – Tax Advisory, Findex, presenting on behalf of TEO
With more than 15 years specializing in taxation, Richard enjoys assisting employers and employees understand their tax obligations, whether it be through an international or local relocation, an employee share scheme (ESS), or alternative remuneration arrangements.
Richard has worked with a variety of clients from high net worth individuals, New Zealand based FIFO workers, Trans-Tasman businesses and multi-national corporates.