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My understanding of UpWork is that it is easy to make payments across borders; what kind of corporate structures allows this?

I'm interested in setting up a US company that contracts to individuals based in other counties, and if possible, even employs them full time. I know this is possible, because in my country of residence (South Africa) there are a large number of people who work for US-based companies (though I do not know if they are salaried or contractual)

Looking at this investopedia article, it seems that an LLC can only have US citizens as permanent employess? Also, looking at a question on this site: Changing the address of an LLC and tax requirements, and assuming that an LLC allows for payments to international contractors, can I contract to international (i.e. South African) individuals in my personal capacity?

Zach Smith
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Permanent employees are the distinct opposite of contractors.

Upwork can easily have business entities (limited liability company equivalents) in multiple countries, and it can make payments between them. Or they can merely use existing payment infrastructure (paypal, amazon) to accomplish the same thing.

Their corporate structure is a red herring and most likely unrelated to what they've accomplished.

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