Remote work, cross-border tax compliance, and employer obligations

Remote work is a permanent feature of the modern workplace. But the tax implications of employees working across borders remain poorly understood, inconsistently applied, and frequently underestimated by businesses. The risks, including permanent establishment exposure, double taxation, and social security complications, are both real and growing.  Brin Rajathurai, knowledge counsel for Europe leads a cross-border discussion with tax specialists from across the firm. Together they examine how remote work arrangements affect an employer's tax position, what businesses need to understand about the rules in key European jurisdictions, and how a poorly managed remote work policy can create significant and unexpected tax exposure.   What triggers permanent establishment risk? How are European tax authorities approaching the enforcement of remote work rules? And what does a compliant, commercially workable remote work policy actually look like?  HR leaders, in-house tax counsel, and compensation and benefits teams managing cross-border workforces will leave this episode with a framework for identifying where their current remote work policies create tax risk, and the questions to ask to address it.