I move between countries. Anyone happen to know how this works for this situation? (i.e. I'm currently in Mexico, but next week I'll be in Guatemala. Does Deel cope with this, and if so how?)
Not really. I left Germany last year. As I wasn't a citizen and I'm not now a resident, I'm not a tax resident of Germany. Edit: clarification: I specifically de-registered with the German tax system, as required by German law. And to establish a new residency, I would have to live more than 180 days in that country, which I haven't yet.
I have multiple citizenships, so I'm not automatically a tax resident of a country I'm a citizen of.
Unless the us is one of those citizenships which mandates filing. And I suspect that if you dodge tax residency by avoiding 180 days anywhere I figure you’re at risk to any border agent with a sore ass having a bad day.
I'm not "dodging tax residency" - I'm legitimately travelling.
There's a lot of discussion on this in the digital nomad community. You literally can't register as a tax resident without spending at least 180 days in a country, for most countries. And yes, some tax authorities get a bit strange about people not having a tax residency for an extended period, but we're just following the rules.
The US is different because of the Federal/State tax split, and Federal taxes don't depend on residency. Not many other countries have this split.
Australia (one of my citizenships) is moving towards having to file tax returns even if not resident, but afaik it's not there yet.
I’m moving locations a lot myself too. I’ve found deel / remote is not great because it tethers you to the country you started in.
For my situation setting up my own us llc and contracting/consulting through it means I can move around. Also the us llc onboards cleanly for any companies using gusto and for others I send a W9 that they know how to handle.
