Implications to US employer?

hsampy · Post by **hsampy** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:00 pm

I am a recent landed immigrant to Canada. I work mostly from home but am on H1 for the odd times I need to travel to client sites.

What are the implications to my company of my living in Canada? Do they need to do anything from their end? My payroll deducts US taxes. Now, my company is very small and has outsourced HR to a third company which does my payroll. I know the third party company does have operations in Canada and this third company is considered "employer of record", not sure exactly what that means.

Should I be advising my company of any actions they need to take?

Thanks
sampath

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:28 am

Assuming you do all your work for the US firm while in US, there is nothing more for them to do.

If you work out of your home in canada however, they should be paying you asa Cdn employee, deducting Cdn/Prov taxes and CPP/EI.

hsampy · Post by **hsampy** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:00 pm

hmm, what happens if my company does not have Canadian operations currently? thanks!

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:26 pm

Then they must set up a payroll for you. Or pay you as a contractor.