This is just another ploy to get employees back to offices. One thing I don’t understand is the tax implication and where you’re allowed to work from.
I’m based out of a company in the US that was proactively working towards remote environment before the pandemic. One thing that struck me as odd was that even within the states I would be technically illegally evading taxes if I worked from Nevada for instance - for a month let’s say due to need in change of scenery. Even with a country I cannot technically and legally be remote.
The laws need to change here are the antiquated tax laws. I don’t understand how if I want to work from Florida for part of the year to avoid the winter is a tax / insurance liability for me or the company.
The last point really hit home for me. What if you have family abroad - either healthy or otherwise - and you want to spend more time with them. would these companies want be to take one month off or rather work?
I understand that people using this to move permanently is a an issue. But the people that have a permanent base but would like to occasionally work from elsewhere need a better framework and set of laws. The physical borders don’t make much sense in a digital world.
> One thing I don’t understand is the tax implication and where you’re allowed to work from.
You do understand that's basically the entirety of the thing, right?
And the tax and legal liability is NOT just on you, but on your employer too. It's not that they legally have to know where you are as such, nor that they care, but that in order for them to follow laws they have to know which laws apply.
> The physical borders don’t make much sense in a digital world.
Yet that would be hard to argue when you get caught with weed in Saudi Arabia, or when the french police knock on your digital nomad door in south of France.
At some point this becomes like the "sovereign citizen" crowd, and their "your laws don't apply to me" don't tend to work out very well.
I’m based out of a company in the US that was proactively working towards remote environment before the pandemic. One thing that struck me as odd was that even within the states I would be technically illegally evading taxes if I worked from Nevada for instance - for a month let’s say due to need in change of scenery. Even with a country I cannot technically and legally be remote.
The laws need to change here are the antiquated tax laws. I don’t understand how if I want to work from Florida for part of the year to avoid the winter is a tax / insurance liability for me or the company.
The last point really hit home for me. What if you have family abroad - either healthy or otherwise - and you want to spend more time with them. would these companies want be to take one month off or rather work?
I understand that people using this to move permanently is a an issue. But the people that have a permanent base but would like to occasionally work from elsewhere need a better framework and set of laws. The physical borders don’t make much sense in a digital world.