Global Tax Network

Tax compliance for moving employees

Global Tax Network, known as GTN, takes care of the tax consequences when employees move between states and countries. Its clients are HR and global mobility teams. They manage people on assignment, people who work remotely and people who travel on business. The firm works to keep those employees compliant and to help the employer plan and run its mobility program. The firm is based in Maple Grove, Minnesota, and says it can help with mobility tax matters in more than 140 countries. It reports that it can help with mobility tax matters in more than 140 countries.

The firm describes the problem it solves in plain terms. Global tax rules change constantly, and HR leaders are often left unsure of the right next step when a team member moves, worrying that something will fall through the cracks. GTN says it gives those leaders a clear plan to simplify the program and protect the company from risk, so that they do not have to become global tax experts themselves.

Filing, policy and cost planning

Compliance work covers filings in the US and abroad for staff who move or work remotely. Policy work involves setting up mobility policies and processes, and then refining them as a program grows. Assignment planning includes working out what a move will cost in tax terms in advance, which lets a company decide with the numbers in front of it. Payroll services tied to mobile staff complete the set, so that the tax, policy and pay sides of an assignment are handled by one firm.

Expatriates, business travelers and remote staff

GTN supports both domestic and international mobile staff, including expatriates and business travelers. Its work reaches employees who are working from home or from a cell phone while still being part of an office team. The firm says its service is built for companies of any size, and that it suits small firms as well as large ones that need the same level of care. It describes its aim as keeping a workforce moving with confidence wherever employees go.

A checklist for building a resilient program

GTN offers a practical checklist for HR leaders who want to strengthen a global mobility program. The checklist is titled as a tax and compliance-focused guide to building a resilient program, and it is aimed at reducing risk and supporting mobile employees. Its three-step route to a simplified program starts with a call to one of its mobility tax advisers, who map out the next step with the client.

Working with the firm

Engagement begins with a conversation with a mobility tax adviser about the client's program and its questions. The firm presents its work as taking mobility tax off a company's worry list, and as providing a trusted partner who simplifies compliance so that employers can stay confident wherever their people go. Its FAQ answers the questions HR and mobility managers ask most often, and it invites a call for more specific needs.