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How to work with contractors at home and abroad, from contracts, payments and tax forms to staying clear of misclassification.
Guide · Contractors
To pay a contractor abroad, collect a Form W-8BEN, sign a contract that covers scope and IP, and pay through a low-cost rail like Wise, Airwallex or a contractor platform rather than a bank wire. For work done outside the US, there's no US withholding and no 1099. Here's the full process.
· 7 min read
Guide · Contractors
Whether someone is a 1099 contractor or a W-2 employee depends on control and independence, not on what the contract says. The IRS weighs behavioral control, financial control and the relationship, and states like California apply a stricter ABC test. Here's how to decide.
· 7 min read
Guide · International hiring
Start with a contractor for a defined project, move to an employer of record when someone works for you full time, and price up an Indian subsidiary once the EOR fees for a growing team pass what running your own company would cost. Here's the math at one, five and fifteen developers.
· 8 min read
Comparison · International hiring
Deel and Remote both charge $599 a month per employee and Oyster charges $699. Deel covers the most countries, 130+, and Remote asks most customers for no deposit. For contractors, Remote and Oyster charge $29 and Deel $49. Here's the full comparison.
· 9 min read
Guide · International hiring
You can hire someone abroad as a contractor, through a contractor of record, through an employer of record, or by opening your own company there. Here is how to choose without overpaying or taking on risk you did not mean to.
· 7 min read
Comparison · International hiring
Deel and Remote both charge $599 a month per employer-of-record employee. For contractors, Remote charges $29 and Deel $49. What decides it is where you hire, deposits and penalty cover.
· 7 min read
What Deel and Remote charge each month for employees and contractors in other countries.