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She also explained that if I was hired that the company would provide all of my work from home business equipment. Computer, Modem, phone, etc.
My plan was to stay in NYC for the 3 week training and then set myself up in DR with the ways yoiu guys suggested to have an IP address in the US. My concern is will they be able to track their equipment?
I mean, TECHNICALLY, they didn't say that they wanted me in the states but my resume has a New York address.
Can they track the equipment?
SHALENA
Yes, they can by the IP address the machine will be issued when you connect to the internet. The bigger potential issue is PII security. They are probably issuing you a PC to ensure HIPAA compliance with PI. They may object to you removing it from the US. You may also have an issue when they need to service the computer, as it won't be within a cost-effective shipping distance.
Yes, they can by the IP address the machine will be issued when you connect to the internet. The bigger potential issue is PII security. They are probably issuing you a PC to ensure HIPAA compliance with PI. They may object to you removing it from the US. You may also have an issue when they need to service the computer, as it won't be within a cost-effective shipping distance.
True, but the solution to that is to site the equipment in the US (via a cheap server), and log in to the system from Santiago. She can use a encrypted access key (a la Citrix) for security.
Bottom line, remote access is cheap and relatively easy to set up, so that shouldn't be a technical impediment.
She'd still be bypassing HIPAA security protocols, and the computer will probably be locked to prevent installing remote control software on it. Violating HIPAA compliance has big big big financial penalties, which SKing could be liable for if she bypassed the controls installed on the computer (it won't matter why they were bypassed).
Better to get permission first than to implement workarounds without their knowledge.
She'd still be bypassing HIPAA security protocols, and the computer will probably be locked to prevent installing remote control software on it. Violating HIPAA compliance has big big big financial penalties, which SKing could be liable for if she bypassed the controls installed on the computer (it won't matter why they were bypassed).
Better to get permission first than to implement workarounds without their knowledge.
My neighborhood is very quiet, have no problems with that at all. I have an Inversor also, if I needed to buy another one specifically for a home office I will do that. If I was offered a position, I will do most anything right now to accommodate. I buy 2 International round trip flights per month between $1100 and $1400/mo depending on season, on a plane every week coming or going, I pay $600/mo for a small room for when I'm working in NYC plus transportation there runs me about $160-$240/mo and eating at about $240/mo. My company pays me well but if I could snag one of these jobs I'd build a bomb shelter if necessary. I'd be making the same even though the pay is lower because I won't have all of the expenses of working in NYC.
SHALENA
It's a stretch, but if you were able to qualify for the foreign earned income exemption, you could end up with a significant raise in take home pay.
True, but the solution to that is to site the equipment in the US (via a cheap server), and log in to the system from Santiago. She can use a encrypted access key (a la Citrix) for security.
Bottom line, remote access is cheap and relatively easy to set up, so that shouldn't be a technical impediment.
Very true. Major companies all have terminal servers that allow you to access secured applications from their onsite servers. All you would need is a token key from the company.
I thought that everyone who earned overseas qualified for an exemption for the first .. what? 80k or so,, Not so?
There are criteria. At the least, you have to be a foreign resident or live out of the US for over about 330 days in the year. I haven't read that part of the IRS rules lately, so I couldn't tell you if there are any more restrictions. I think the first $98K or so is exempt.
I think that the foreign earned income exemption is only on income tax and not on the labor tax (social security and medicare). You pay that, up to a certain income level, regardless of whether it is foreign or domestic income. Half goes on the books as out of your salary and half as out the employer's pocket, but it all comes out of what the employer budgets for labor expense. So it is a tax on the laborer whether he is the employer also or not. The exemption is not a scam. If all your income is foreign you are tax exempt on the income up to the first +/- $98K and you pay the labor tax on all income resulting from your labor up to about the same amount. If your income is not foreign you pay income tax on all income and labor tax on all labor based income up to about +/- $98K. The 15% you speak of is not something devised to compensate for the FEIE, but something you pay either way. You are correct though that SKing should be aware of this also when comparing her compensation.The exemption is a scam anyways.. If you are self employed you are subjected to a flat 15% self employment tax..
I'm confused..
