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Hi Shirley,
This question is basically the same as the Canadian employee question except for the U.K. We may have one employee in the UK and do not have an entity or branch established. I have contacted ADP in the UK (waiting for a response). Do we have to set up an entity in the U.K. to pay one employee or can we contract with ADP to handle it? It states on the ADP UK website that we can draft payroll out of our U.S. bank accounts. Thanks!
UK is a little different than Canada. We had to have an agent in UK to do business there. I had Ceridian doing my payroll in UK. The government would not let us operate without an agent in UK. It was not a payroll issue but a governmental issue. There has to be a registered agent to do the annual taxes and to collect mail for your business. We hired a CPA to do our taxes and he is our resident agent.
Shirley
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Shirley McAllister, CPP, PHR
Expertise
I can answer payroll questions, payroll tax questions, 401K questions. No stock option questions please and I have some knowledge of other pensions but am most familiar with the 401K pension. I can answer U.S.and Canada payroll questions proficiently and have a good general knowledge of UK and South Africa and some knowledge of Australia and New Zealand Payroll procedures. Please do not ask me homework questions I do not have time to answer them.
Experience
25 years with an international company in the Human Resources, Payroll and Payroll Tax areas.
Organizations
SHRM, APA, I.O.M.A.
Publications
I.O.M.A. and BNA
Education/Credentials
P.H.R., C.P.P., Canadian Payroll Administrator, Successfully passed APA class on UK Payroll Administration.
Boise State University Human Resource Certification
Awards and Honors
APA Hotline Citation of Merit for last 8 years.
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