[quacksilver]

I 'work' remotely for a US company from abroad regularly. I have no connection to the US.

I own a corporation and it is a B2B outsourcing arrangement rather than an employee though.

I don't get the same rights as an employee, but am fine with that as they are paying me and I am voluntarily providing the work.

I am surprised more people don't try that arrangement as I have seen nothing to suggest there are problems with it so far. I just needed to get an EIN, file 8832 as I have a single member foreign corporation then fill in a W-8BEN-E and protectively file 1120-F and 8833 every year.

[csomar]

While this is flying under the radar, this is not legal in pretty much all jurisdictions. You are an employee and using a company to contract services. It is not legal even if you were both based in the same country.

[quacksilver]

I am not technically an employee - I get given a project and agree to complete milestones for payment. I supply my own tools and take on any risks that it won't be delivered or stuff will break. I carry my own insurance. I could hire other people to do the work if they passed my client's background check requirements and signed the NDAs.

I have a few different clients who I do work for and actively market my services.

[sbacic]

Not quite. Disguised employment is a pretty specific and (usually) clear-cut issue with well defined criteria. The problems start when a jurisdiction broadens the definition to include whatever they want because they want to capture more tax revenue.

IANAL, but I've been freelancing for years and had a similar thing come up. In the end I was found compliant with the law, ie: not in disguised employment.