BDO Global Equity Mobility Solution
Equity tax withholding for cross-border incentive compensation
Failing to withhold taxes on incentive compensation can result in a time-consuming and expensive correction process. GEMS combines tax and employee data with streamlined technology to help companies comply with regulatory requirements.
Real-time calculations of tax withholdings for mobile employees allows for payroll withholding using marginal, maximum rates, and individual YTD earnings.
Fully automated digital approach or a service-led approach
Calculations based on real-time data and current tax rules
Payroll withholding and social security calculations executed in real time
Electronic links to brokers, payroll and equity administration
Funding directly from brokers to cover share sales and withholding
Integration with equity administrators and existing software platforms
Key features
Global Mobility Toolkit
Technology to support a mobile workforce
Opportunities in the global marketplace go hand in hand with the challenges of managing a mobile workforce. Sound global mobility policies and procedures require the right tools to maintain tax compliance with cross-border employee assignments, while ensuring employee rewards achieve company goals.
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Assignment Planning
We calculate assignment cost based on a certain assignment package and subsequently offer tax planning opportunities illustrating how changes to the package will impact the cost.
Global Tax Projections
Quick access to data allows BDO to provide global tax estimates in a short timeframe, which can then be used for determining feasibility of an assignment or negotiating an assignment package.
For companies operating internationally, the deadlines, regulatory issues, compliance requirements and agency complexities are more nuanced and broader in scope than those for domestic companies. We provide a streamlined global payroll solution that enables you to easily manage your payroll and compliance needs across multiple jurisdictions, wherever you are around the world. Delivered through our sophisticated global payroll technology system evolve, we offer access to our experienced practitioners and services working together to support your global needs.
Global Equity Compliance
Real-time calculations of equity tax withholdings for mobile employees are provided with BDO Global Equity Mobility Solution
Cross-border Travel
HR and finance teams use BDO QuickTrip to manage tax and immigration challenges for business travelers
Global Assignment Management
Tax program deliverables for a global workforce and their assignments are managed, organized and executed with Global Assignment Management System
Cost Projection
Easily run a hypothetical cost estimate for international assignments based on a few basic inputs with Global Assignment Cost Projection Tool
Global Equity planning
Get country-specific outlines of key tax, social security and reporting requirements for employers and employees with Global Equity Rewards Matrix
Global Payroll
Manage payroll and compliance needs across multiple jurisdictions with Global Payroll/evolve
KPI-based reporting for global compliance and real-time visibility
Automated information gathering carried forward year to year
Shortened process times and automated global workflows
BENEFITS
Manage, organize and execute tax program deliverables for your global workforce and their assignments with our Assignment Management System (AMS). The information and task-based AMS assignee portal provides a seamless and collaborative work environment for all of your employees’ tax-related needs. The app’s calendar allows your workforce to check in and verify their status, helping to ensure they never miss a deadline. Be confident your business is getting the maximum value and efficiency from all its resources, at no additional cost.
Save time and reduce disruption
Global Assignment Management System
Assignment cost projections
Custom email notifications
Role-based accessibility and responsibility
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Better evaluate global assignments and make informed decisions
Run projections to calculate total tax costs for home and host locations
Enter data easily with immediate results in as little as three minutes
Key BENEFITS
Cost projection tools are useful at every stage of an expatriate assignment, from understanding goals to budgeting to policy review. Our Cost Projection Tool quickly provides hypothetical cost estimates, helping to ensure you get the most value from your assignments.
Cost estimates to evaluate global assignments
Global Assignment Cost Projection Tool
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Dedicated HR portal
ISSUE alerts to all business travelers
MANAGE notifications issued to your business travelers
TRACK visa and immigration activity
PRODUCE reports to enable tax reporting or project management reporting
Tracks state-to-state and country-to-country business travel
Enables a variety of management reports to be produced
Alerts the traveler to contact HR in the event of unintended liabilities or compliance obligations
key features
Track business travelers’ cross-border movements through the use of GPS, or if preferred, business travelers can disable GPS and input their travels manually. A system of alerts warns you when a tax event could be on the horizon so you can begin planning to minimize any unintended tax consequences. Our advisory services provide planning for business travelers on a global and national basis.
Online platform and app to help manage tax and immigration challenges
BDO QuickTrip
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Our handy mobile app provides information on all of the key tax, social security and reporting requirements for equity awards, including restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock options, in 35 countries. The app is available for free on the App Store and GooglePlay.
Plan for the issuance of equity compensation in a new country
Global Equity Rewards Matrix
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So much more than global payroll — supporting your global needs
GLOBAL PAYROLL/evolve
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KPI-based reporting for global compliance and real-time visibility
Automated information gathering carried forward year to year
Shortened process times and automated global workflows
Assignment cost projections
Custom email notifications
Role-based accessibility and responsibility
BENEFITS
Manage, organize and execute tax program deliverables for your global workforce and their assignments with our Assignment Management System (AMS). The information and task-based AMS assignee portal provides a seamless and collaborative work environment for all of your employees’ tax-related needs. The app’s calendar allows your workforce to check in and verify their status, helping to ensure they never miss a deadline. Be confident your business is getting the maximum value and efficiency from all its resources, at no additional cost.
Save time and reduce disruption
Global Assignment Management System
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Fully automated digital approach or a service-led approach
Calculations based on real-time data and current tax rules
Payroll withholding and social security calculations executed in real time
Electronic links to brokers, payroll and equity administration
Funding directly from brokers to cover share sales and withholding
Integration with equity administrators and existing software platforms
Calculations based on real-time data and current tax rules
Payroll withholding and social security calculations executed in real time
Electronic links to brokers, payroll and equity administration
Funding directly from brokers to cover share sales and withholding
Integration with equity administrators and existing software platforms
Payroll withholding and social security calculations executed in real time
Electronic links to brokers, payroll and equity administration
Funding directly from brokers to cover share sales and withholding
Integration with equity administrators and existing software platforms
Electronic links to brokers, payroll and equity administration
Funding directly from brokers to cover share sales and withholding
Integration with equity administrators and existing software platforms
Funding directly from brokers to cover share sales and withholding
Integration with equity administrators and existing software platforms
Assignment Planning
We calculate assignment cost based on
a certain assignment package and subsequently offer tax planning
opportunities illustrating how changes
to the package will impact the cost.
Global Tax Projections
Quick access to data allows BDO to provide global tax estimates in a short timeframe, which can then be used for determining feasibility of an assignment or negotiating an assignment package.
Better evaluate global assignments and make informed decisions
Run projections to calculate total tax costs for home and host locations
Enter data easily with immediate results in as little as three minutes
Run projections to calculate total tax costs for home and host locations
Enter data easily with immediate results in as little as three minutes
Tracks state-to-state and country-to-country business travel
Enables a variety of management reports to be produced
Alerts the traveler to contact HR in the event of unintended liabilities or compliance obligations
Enables a variety of management reports to be produced
Alerts the traveler to contact HR in the event of unintended liabilities or compliance obligations
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KPI-based reporting for global compliance and real-time visibility
Automated information gathering carried forward year to year
Shortened process times and automated global workflows
Assignment cost projections
Custom email notifications
Role-based accessibility and responsibility
BENEFITS
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