[dominotw]

ok i work 100% remote, can I claim my sisters address in Texas in texas for my payroll and actaully live in new york?

I am genuinely curious. This will save me tens and thousands of dollars every year if this isn't fraud.

why the downvotes, i don't get it.

[jsjohnst]

> ok i work 100% remote, can I claim my sisters address in Texas in texas for my payroll and actaully live in new york?

That’s an entirely different issue. Yes, New York state will likely take issue with the scenario you describe, but not at the federal level (what this thread is about). Further nobody, but you, was indicating lying about their address.

[dominotw]

> That’s an entirely different issue.

how is it different?

OP is claiming an address in USA for payroll as his residence but it isn't actually his residence. How is this not fraud.

[jsjohnst]

Reread their post again, there is no mention of lying about their address to their employer. Based on your other comments, it seems you assume that all employers wouldn’t maintain a salary if someone moves, which isn’t true (yes, it’s common for employers to adjust salaries for that reason, but it’s not an automatic given).

[dominotw]

Really shocked by this. I had no idea there are employers who doesn't adjust your salary from US salary if you move to an entirely different country.

all the examples i know of like gitlab, mozilla ect adjust it to local country comp.

anyone know if such an employer actually exists in US?

[jsjohnst]

> anyone know if such an employer actually exists in US?

Yes. I’ve personally seen it happen multiple times at different employers, each with unique factors.

There are way to many factors at play here to make broad assumptions that no employer does it...

- first and foremost, Covid changed everything when it comes to remote salary norms

- Duration of move (some employers would be more lenient for 6-12mo vs permanent move)

- level of seniority (which correlates somewhat with how hard it is to replace said employee if employer says no)

- how long as the employee worked for employer (another factor in how much it impacts employer if employee moves anyway and goes to work for another company)

- how bad the employer wants to retain said employee (Multiple previous emplayers, big and small, have made exceptions for specific coworkers)

- it’s important enough to mention again, Covid changed everything.

[dominotw]

> There are way to many factors at play here to make broad assumptions that no employer does it...

Yes you can make broad assumptions that almost no hr, payroll, legal dept of any company is setup to deal with taxes, labor laws ect across hundreds of different countries.

Yes exceptions exist.

> - it’s important enough to mention again, Covid changed everything.

No it didn't. Do you have even a single example of an employer thats allowing ppl work longterm from whichever country they please due to covid?

[pault]

I have worked for several small startups in Seattle and the bay area that didn't say anything about me being in Brazil, Thailand, and Belize. In each case I was earning around $120k/yr on salary.

[dominotw]

Sure but did you change your payroll address? What was the address on your payroll?

[throwaway894345]

OP is not claiming an address in USA.

[sokoloff]

citation needed (that OP is claiming a US address as residence).

[dominotw]

> cushy US salary

What exactly does this mean. then?

[sokoloff]

The salary typically paid to a US-based employee. It's a number, not a latitude-longitude coordinate.

[dominotw]

> It's a number

What range of numbers qualify as 'cushy US salary'.

This is really absurd to classify range of numbers as 'us salary' , 'indian salary' ect.

[jsjohnst]

Means a well paid job from a US company. There’s no implication of fraud there.

[throwaway894345]

Lying about your address is tax fraud, but no one is talking about that...