International Assignment Tax Solutions

GTN is your source for sound advice on international federal, provincial/state, and local income tax issues. Our service offering includes structuring tax-effective assignment terms and compensation packages, addressing foreign withholding, international assignment payroll solutions, and social tax consulting and compliance (including Totalization Agreement applications). Our services support both the employee and the employer.

Employer Services Include:

• Assistance creating and supporting assignee programs
• Creative assignment planning and compensation structuring
• Planning for the year of departure and the year of repatriation
• Consultation and coordination with other service providers you have chosen to support your international assignment program
• Writing and review of tax equalization policies
• Writing and review of international assignee tax handbook
• Review of home and host country compensation and payroll reporting for expatriate and foreign national employees, including worldwide withholding and reporting requirements
• Tax treaty planning and consulting
• Coordination and payment of Home and Host country taxes
• Hypothetical tax estimates
• International assignment tax and assignment cost projections
• Global equity consulting (e.g., stock options, restricted stock, and restricted stock units)
• International Compensation Balance Sheet development and review
• Short-term and non-traditional assignment planning

Employee and Individual’s Services Include:

• Pre-departure, arrival, and post-assignment interviews
• Calculation and coordination of required estimated tax payments
• Tax return preparation for expatriates and foreign nationals
• Preparation of annual tax equalization, tax protection, and/or tax reconciliation calculations
• Home and Host country tax counseling with the international assignee
• Tax notice response management from worldwide taxing authorities
• Representation before the applicable taxing authority when needed
• Personalized communications throughout the assignment