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> With the "everyone remote" of 2020, one of the things that spooked a lot of companies is the employees adding to additional complications by living in states (or sometimes countries) that have different labor laws, taxes, and such without telling the company.

I've side-stepped this issue by being self-employed.

Then it becomes as simple as - you keep paying me and I keep working.

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Well, I don't know how this works in the US, but in germany when you are self-employed, but basically only work for one company - it would be declared a fake selfemployed situation, with lots of legal and tax complications, basically forcing the company to employ you regulary.

(to counter companies pushing their workers to be self employed, to avoid taxes, healthcare costs, etc. But I am not convinced if the result is beneficial to the workers)

Not sure how it works in the US either. I'm in NZ and it works similarly to how you described it working in DE.

Though my clients in another country, I don't want to push it, they don't want to push it - so I don't care. Eventually I will jack up my rates and they will either sign me again or I'll find somewhere else.

From what I understand, it's an issue in Canada as well, but only if you leave money in the company and don't take it out as salary.

If you pay yourself 100% of the extra revenue (aside from expenses), then there's no avoidance of a lower corporate tax, thus no issue.

In France as well. Also if you're a contractor you can't be working for the same company/role more than 3 years for the same reason.

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