Topic Overview
More companies are now expanding their recruiting worldwide to find the best talent, it is becoming more and more critical for payroll professionals to understand non-immigrant concerns and how it affects how we pay employees. From taxes that need to accounted for in the US and in the foreign country.
As a payroll professional when you have been told by your HR department that they hired a new associate with an H1B visa, your response probably was ok so what does that mean?
Areas Covered:
- Detailed discussion on why it is critical for HR and payroll to work together on anyone being hired that is on a visa status.
- Understanding the Visa process from how companies obtain a visa for a potential employee to how to handle employees already on visas when being hired.
- Understanding taxation concerns for non-immigrant workers.
- Discussions on what is an I-94 card and how to review them.
- Details of different types of work visa’s such as L-1,E,O,H-1,TN/NAFTA
- Details of different types of student visa’s such as F-1 & J-1
- Tax Equalization and Tax Protection Plans
- Having a solid Hypothetical tax plan
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding international Visa’s
- Understanding IRS Taxation rules for Non-Resident aliens
- How does tax treaties and totalization agreements affect your payroll process
Target Audience:
- Payroll professionals
- HR Professionals
- Compensation Professionals
- Accounting Professionals
Dayna J Reum
Dayna is currently the Director of Payroll Operations at Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Dayna has been heavily involved in the payroll field over 17 years. Starting as a payroll clerk at a small Tucson company, Dayna moved on to be a Payroll Team Leader at Honeywell Inc. During Dayna’s time at Honeywell she obtained her FPC (Fundamental Payroll Certification) through the American Payroll Association. She also received several merit awards for Customer Service and Acquisitions and Divestitures. Dayna is no stranger to teaching she has taught at the Metro Phoenix American Payroll Association meetings and at the Arizona State Payroll Conference. Topics including Payroll Basics, Global/Cultural Awareness, Immigration Basics for the Payroll Professional, Multi-State and Local Taxation and Quality Control for Payroll, International and Canadian payroll. Dayna has her CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) through the APA. She also serves on the National American Payroll Association on the National Strategic Leadership Task Force, Government Affairs Task Force (PA Local tax subcommittee). Dayna has received a Citation of Merit for her service along with being a Gold Pin member of the APA. Besides her payroll accomplishments Dayna is certified in HR hiring and firing practices and is a Six-Sigma Greenbelt.