Saturday, February 12, 2011

I am a writer from australia. Can I apply for freelance jobs advertised online originating from the USA

I am a writer from australia. Can I apply for freelance jobs advertised online originating from the USA?
Or do I need a United States tax number? How would I get paid?
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HEY, i'm a writter too! good luck
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As a freelance writer, you could only get work in the US as a 'independent contractor'. As such, your pay would be considered a 'bill' to the US employer, and not income to you. The reason almost all companies do this is because most companies do not want the hassle of trying to 'hire' foreign employees. With our unemployment rate at almost 10 percent in the US, because of the politics, it is not easy to hire foreign employees. So the companies use 'independent contractors' and if they like you work, will make you sign an agreement which, in essentially says that you relationship with them is a 'client-contractor' relationship. That frees them from claiming you as an employee, and eliminates a lot of hassle for them. Assuming they like you work, and use you as a freelance, it will be totally up to you to report your income to the Australian authorities. I am not familiar with the Aussie tax structure, but I am assuming that the Aussie gov't likes to tax your income as much as the Yanks do their citizens. Us Yanks must report ALL of our income - regardless of the source. (In fact that's how the US gov't goes after gangsters - they put them in jail for tax evasion

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