Anyone contracting for companies from USA

[Maxim Filimonov]

Hey all,
I was wondering does anyone here have experience here in contracting for USA based company from Aus? Trying to figure out how does this work

Cheers,
Maxim

[Julio Cesar Ody]

I do. To make a long story short: it largely comes down to how willing and capable you are to try and enforce the consequences of whatever violation there may be.

If the answer to that is "not at all", the contract is there largely for informative purposes, which is definitely not useless, but it's important to bear that in mind and understand that it's there merely to lay the terms and conditions under which you'll perform your services.

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[Nikolay Nemshilov]

Hey Maxim,

Which aspect of it are you trying to figure?

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Cheers,

Nikolay

[Jason Kotchoff]

Well, it's not quite contracting but the guys I used to work with in 'Silicon Valley' California are actively looking for full time rails devs for funnyordie.com who are open to relocation to California.

I caught up with them a couple of times this week and they discussed wanting to fly an aussie over to work for them. 

ie. they'd handle the visa, you'd work for will ferrell, they'd pay a very competitive salary and you'd probably even get stock options that are going to be pretty lucrative.

They're a good team and I'd highly suggest that anyone interested in a stint in the states check them out.

From what I saw, their traffic and revenue is cray-cray and it's a really fun environment and a very successful business.

Hopefully they put up some job ads here and on seek or something but you can apply directly here:

http://www.funnyordie.com/about/jobs

Here's some other background about the company:

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/15/how-does-funny-or-die-make-money.aspx

Regards,

Jason

[B.]

Theres two ways of doing so.

* You work for them as a supplier and send them invoices every month for services rendered. You can reside anywhere but take trips to the states on a regular basis as a temporary business visitor (visa free for most nationalities).

* You get sponsored and move over to the states..

[Tim Preston]

It's not much different from contracting in Australia. Follow all the procedures you normally would for contracting (getting an agreement signed, invoicing etc.) and as long as you perform the work OUTSIDE of the US, they will not withhold tax.

If you visit on a visa wavier for business, you may only meet your clients, sign contracts, attend unpaid training, and go to conferences. You can not perform any of the contracted work while visiting.

If you want to actually perform the work while in the US, you'll need to look at a different type of visa.

The easiest is to ask the contracting company to sponsor you (either an H1-B or more likely E-3).

If you've been working for an Australian company for 1 year or more you could establish a US subsidiary and apply for an L intracompany transfer.

Or you can register a US company outright and sponsor yourself. It's possible, and hiring a lawyer makes it a lot easier: http://geoffmcqueen.com/2011/09/28/e-3-visa-for-australians-how-to/

[Andrew Snow]

I'm doing it at the moment, and the other comments are correct.

I'd like to add that I've had a very positive experience getting
invoices paid quickly and easily using ozforex.com. (However, it takes
a bit of work to set up the account, and there's a $5k minimum per
transfer, so may not be applicable to situations.)

- Andrew

[Tim Preston]

Good point, I've used oxforex as well and they're excellent (just make sure the money gets paid during the allotted time period, otherwise they get angry).

That reminds me, Citibank will do 'fee free' international transfers between linked accounts. If you're in good standing with your bank manager here I wonder if they'll open a US account for you? You just need to maintain $1500 in the US account to avoid bank fees.

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[David Parry]

Kinda related: there’s also http://airpair.com

You register yourself as being knowledgeable in certain fields (e.g. Rails, Node, WebSockets, etc.) and then someone looking for advice in those fields requests a session with you.

I was asked to do an hour’s consulting about websockets last week. I did a session with a guy in SF using Google Hangouts. The whole thing went really well: I got a working prototype up during the session, the other guy was really happy and they promptly paid me the agreed rate via PayPal the next day.

Their site’s a bit beta at the moment, but that’s improving all the time.

It’ll be interesting to see how that grows.

On 7 May 2014, at 10:39 am, Tim Preston <t...@tp.id.au> wrote:

> Good point, I've used oxforex as well and they're excellent (just make sure the money gets paid during the allotted time period, otherwise they get angry).
>
> That reminds me, Citibank will do 'fee free' international transfers between linked accounts. If you're in good standing with your bank manager here I wonder if they'll open a US account for you? You just need to maintain $1500 in the US account to avoid bank fees.
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> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Andrew Snow <and...@modulus.org> wrote:
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> I'm doing it at the moment, and the other comments are correct.
>
> I'd like to add that I've had a very positive experience getting invoices paid quickly and easily using ozforex.com. (However, it takes a bit of work to set up the account, and there's a $5k minimum per transfer, so may not be applicable to situations.)
>
> - Andrew
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[Ryan Bigg]

+1 AirPair. I'm one of the "experts" on there and I helped people during Feb/March to get some extra $$$ for the wedding/honeymoon coming up at the end of this month.

Jonothan and the team have been extremely accommodating and helpful. The airpair clients are pretty friendly and doing it over Google Hangouts is a stroke of genius. The client can choose to make the video available publicly, which might help out other people too!

Just a brilliant system.

[John Dalton]

FWIW, I've had no difficulty getting money paid directly into my CBA bank account. You need a SWIFT code - it's like a BSB number for international transfers and should be on your bank's website. I've previously been paid via Paypal too, which was also hassle-free - however the fees can be significant (~$100 per transfer of $3k-$4k if I recall correctly).

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Tim Preston <t...@tp.id.au> wrote:

Good point, I've used oxforex as well and they're excellent (just make sure the money gets paid during the allotted time period, otherwise they get angry).

That reminds me, Citibank will do 'fee free' international transfers between linked accounts. If you're in good standing with your bank manager here I wonder if they'll open a US account for you? You just need to maintain $1500 in the US account to avoid bank fees.

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Andrew Snow <and...@modulus.org> wrote:

I'm doing it at the moment, and the other comments are correct.

I'd like to add that I've had a very positive experience getting invoices paid quickly and easily using ozforex.com.  (However, it takes a bit of work to set up the account, and there's a $5k minimum per transfer, so may not be applicable to situations.)

- Andrew

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[Jon Rowe]

To transfer money internationally you need an IBAN which is your bank’s BIC/SWIFT code and some more details. e.g. For CBA it's their BIC/SWIFT code, BSB and then your account number [1]. There is usually a fee for such services, but it is usually able to be paid by either the receiving or sending bank which makes it easier for some international companies.

Jon Rowe

[1] https://www.commbank.com.au/support/faqs/585.html

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[Steve Hoeksema]

I’ve used XE Trade to transfer money between countries. Looks similar to ozforex in that it takes setup.

I transferred online into a local bank account in NZ and it was transferred into my account in AU in a few days.

I incurred no other fees at either end, their profit is built into the exchange rate, and presumably interest from holding it for a few days.

Their exchange rate was already better than my banks.

[B.]

Bitcoin is another option for international transfers. There are no fees and more and more places are accepting it. Otherwise you just convert it back as soon as you receive it.

I've taking rental payments in bitcoin before.

[Simon Russell]

I have no experience doing this, but do have experience working
overseas: nobody seems to have mentioned (because it's obvious
perhaps?) that you'll need to talk to someone familiar with this topic
(e.g. an accountant with clients doing this) in detail about your
situation, and the Australian tax implications -- regardless of how
you get paid; Bitcoin will probably complicate this.

[Adrian Macneil]

Speaking of working in the US (and bitcoin), I recently left Sydney and moved to San Francisco to join Coinbase. We're not hiring remote contractors, but willing to sponsor work visas if anyone else is interested in relocating to the Bay Area.

This probably doesn't warrant its own [JOB] post, but if anyone is interested feel free to contact me off list.

As for getting paid in bitcoin - if you convert it immediately to AUD when you receive it then there is no extra complexity from a tax point of view. If you hold on to it and the value changes, then you would need to report that as capital gains. Definitely worth speaking to an accountant if you are doing this with any substantial amount of money.

[Andrew Snow]

Reviving an old thread to post this little nugget:

Just received an email from OzForex stating that the minimum transfer
has been dropped down to $1000 AUD, which might make it better for
certain situations.


- Andrew

[James Harton]

Just to chime into this old thread. A colleague of mine uses currencyonline.com. I use a credit card payment service here in NZ and the funds are cleared into my bank account within 3 days.

James Harton
Professional Tinkerer, Resistor
http://resistor.io | @jamesotron | +64226803869

[Max Penson]

Hey all,

Has anyone tried https://www.worldfirst.com/au/? Seems less shady than the others...