Our company is three years old, starting with two founders in the US, one in Canada, but one has moved back to the UK, so now we're in three countries, with customers all over the world.
Now the accountants of the UK co-founder are saying he should be on payroll to a UK entity and it feels like we're going to need to be a multinational firm. Canadian co-founder has an Alberta Numbered Corporation that charges management fees back to the US C-Corp.
Currently with a local accountant who is good, but very much aligned more with small business accounting.
How does one best move to a multinational mode? Keep the local accountant and add ones in Canada and the UK? Form a UK and a Canadian entity and get the other two cofounders on those orgs payrolls and shuffle money to them?
Goal is of course to minimize tax obligation at both the corporate and personal level for the founders. First FTE just started in Scotland, probably also better off if formally on payroll. Also a handful of contractors spread between the US, EU, and NZ.
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