GTN Mobility Tax Blog

This article was originally published in TLNT.

As the workforce continues to race toward remote work, digital nomads – office-less, remote workers – are increasingly common.

Latest figures suggest there are there are more than 40 million digital nomads worldwide in 2024, and 17.3 million of these are in the US alone (whose numbers were up 2% in 2023 compared to 2022).

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The result of this, however, is that countries are pouncing on this growing trend and providing a relatively new visa option: the digital nomad visa.

This article was originally published in Corporate Compliance Insights.

As remote work continues to charge full steam ahead, digital nomad visas are popping up at an increasing rate around the globe. These visas allow remote employees to legally conduct business from within countries abroad.

However, HR and other corporate leaders often misunderstand how these visas work — and how little they protect the company from additional tax liabilities. As more countries offer digital nomad visas, HR leaders need to ensure their employees aren’t ignoring the tax implications that arise out of remote work.

To protect against tax violations, fines, audits and reputational damage, HR leaders need to understand exactly what these increasingly popular visas cover and what risks they expose the employee and company to.

This article was originally published in Training magazine.

Why does duty of care training need an update in the age of remote work?

Most business leaders realize remote and hybrid work have significantly transformed the way organizations operate. However, amid this shift, one critical aspect that often goes unnoticed is the need to address the duty of care training and safety measures concerning remote workers’ tax compliance obligations.

This article was originally published in Small Business Currents.

Startups and small businesses are more mobile than ever. According to a recent Gusto Company News study, 78% of startups that launched in the last three years are either remote or hybrid. What’s more, remote work is expected to pick up even more steam in 2024. According to Mercer, 59% of business leaders believe virtual assignments will increase in the next year.

This article was originally published in Spiceworks.

Employees are moving, and technology infrastructures need help to keep up. An AIRINC survey found global mobility activity has increased for 60% of companies in the last year. However, only 14% of those company leaders say they “strongly agree” that they have the right technology to meet the general administrative needs that spring out of their mobility programs. That figure must change if organizations want to avoid tax compliance and immigration headaches.