Working from home.
@shootingstar85 (183)
United States
March 5, 2009 8:28pm CST
I just got offered a job doing accounting, bookkeeping and being an adminastrative clerk for a software company located in London. I will be working from home. I was just wondering if anyone knows how taxes work in this situation. Do they pay taxes over seas to our country or am I suppose to pay my own taxes? I was just curious is anyone knew the answer to this. I am going to ask my HR director tomorrow but just thought I would get some insite first.
6 responses
@lampar (7584)
• United States
11 Mar 09
If this UK based company want you to process their customer payment in a form of check, money order or wire transfer, then you better watch out and research that company thoroughly, there are so many fraudulent companies in UK and Canada are scamming unsuspecting American public hundred of millions of dollar annually already. So please be aware!
@lampar (7584)
• United States
11 Mar 09
I am happy you got that figure out. I was victimized by a so called ' art company' in UK several months ago, that is why i want to remind people to be careful with online employment especially in this economy recession.
These scammers are very good in their trade, especially in using their counterfeits negotiable instruments and stolen bank information. I was asked to process their customer payment like money order, i took every precautions and specifically instructed my bank to verify the M.O and keep the amount in my account for a month after having my bank processing it for two weeks and waited for it to clear, two days after i sent out the balance to UK, the payer bank reverse it and declared it is counterfeit, so my bank demanded me to pay and freeze my account instantly. Even though with all these precautions i had taken, there is no guarantee the bank can not reverse their decision after several months; many people are unaware of this banking regulation that bank is not responsible for any counterfeits or stolen banking information criminals used to entice you.
@Yongfeiuall (11)
• China
6 Mar 09
happy to hear that you got a job, and i think u had better to ask u HR director,it is a very important for u, u know, maybe u summit the work result,but u can't receive the payment as promised, this thing was happend on my friend.
Good luck!
@Yongfeiuall (11)
• China
9 Mar 09
Every thing will be ok, so don't worry,haha..good luck my friend!
@maria_k (925)
• United States
6 Mar 09
Mind if I ask you what are you suppose to do? do they say they will send you certified checks and you suppose to send them the money less your commissions earned? if this is the case . You have to check the certified check carefully. Because these checks ere fraud. They looks like real checks, only things there are no such banks. and you could be in trouble. So be careful with that
@shootingstar85 (183)
• United States
6 Mar 09
I am suppose to recieve orders from customers and process the orders. Recieve the money order payments and process and documenting of company files and information.
@maria_k (925)
• United States
7 Mar 09
And the check made out to your name right? That one is scam. I read on the net about it. Ask yourself this question. Why would they have to hire you while they can direct their customer to pay via wire transfer or credit card. And how can they be sure you will send them the money. I am sure that you would. There is no doubt. But, as a business owner I have to ask myself that question. And, to give the job to a stranger on the net. Don't you smaell something fishy there?
@reoko10 (578)
• United States
6 Mar 09
I just want to make sure you know this is not a scam I have a friend who got offer a job something like this and lost a lot of money to the so called company. I really hope you did all your reach on the company and don't pay them any thing if they ask you or don't take any money from them if they ask you not trying to put you down on your new job if it's real then good for you I wish I could have a job like that to, but I just want you and other people to be safe and not get scam like my friend, oh for the tax thing you should ask your hr director they will tell you all the info you need to know.
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
6 Mar 09
Happy to know that you are able to get job that can work from home. But, do be careful with all the payments that you are going to receive. My friend were got scam by this kind of job. She had finished and submitted her job but didn't received her payment as promised. As l heard from my friend, tax from this kind of job, usually is filed by ownself unless the company provide it. You need to double-check with that company.
