With international assignments becoming a standard career path for many employees, today, the typical expat could be any age, experience level or nationality. Global tax and compensation trends are changing very rapidly more than ever before. The big question is – Have you reviewed your organization’s expat programs for applicability in the current market?

1. Day 2 : Global Immigration Conference
What’s the latest in global compensation and tax trends?

2. "How can you contribute to our bottom
line?" applies to both the employer's
business objectives and the employee's
personal needs.
Applies to both employer and employee

3. Global Compensation Trend
• US – Proposed increase in H1b wages to $ 130,000
• UK – ICT GBP 41,500 for Long term work
• Global Salary increases
• America – sluggish? Effect of Baby Boomers retiring
• Europe – E Europe faring better than W Europe
• Asia – to see increases
• Market salaries at a minimum for Assignees

4. BENEFITS, HEATLH
& WELLNESS
FLEXIBILITY
TECHNOLOGY &
TRANPARENCY
PERSONALIZATION
Global Compensation Trends Approach
• Skill based performance
evaluation and continuous
coaching
• Customizing pay and
benefits to address the
employee’s life stage and
personal needs
• Creating alternate paths of
career growth (allowing
movement from manager to
individual contributors / technical
to support roles)
• Revisiting the talent strategy
to offer contract based
opportunities
• Crowd source talent with
attractive benefits for specific
projects
• Speed and agility drives
commitment and better
results
• Better technology drives
timely and informed
decisions
• Compensation analytics on
job levels, skills, market
benchmark, long term
incentives and gender parity
are readily available
• Administration is becoming
easier and transparent
• Going beyond the traditional
insurances
• Introducing timely managed
wellness campaigns
• Mindfulness
• Comprehensive benefits
around child care, lunch and
transport that create a sense
of security and well being

5. • Tax reform every 30 years – 1954,1986 2018? Are we in the middle of a Perfect Storm?
• India signing tax agreements with USA
• Non-technical skillsets continue to be in high demand in 2017 and it will now be essential for tax professionals to be able to
effectively communicate within tax, cross-functional groups, business units, at the C-level, and with outside advisors
• Transfer pricing candidates will be in high demand due to new BEPS rules and regulations, potential tax reform changes and
non-US tax audit pressure revolving around transfer pricing globally. As a result, indirect tax roles will unlikely be a focus for
US corporate tax departments.
Global Tax Trends - USA

6. • Europe: BEPS implementation and US tax reform will create a more transparent tax landscape. In these politically volatile
times, tax professionals and tax departments will need to be adaptable
• LATAM: This region will face a few challenges in 2017 including increased tax reviews and audits; modifications to the
official tax audit process; and governments adapting to future changes in tax collection systems. Additionally, the LATAM
region relies on several trade agreements that are under review and any changes will affect economies, which in turn
impacts taxes
• APAC: Expect tax authority activity to step up in terms of aggressiveness and intensity. Raising awareness of the importance
of tax to C-Suite will become increasingly important. Recruiting tax professionals with the ability to understand the business,
their issues and drivers, and to be able to devise tax strategy accordingly is now more important than ever
• Middle East: 2017 promises to be a very exciting time from a recruitment perspective for a few reasons, such as the
implementation of VAT in 2018, increased frequency of audits, oil prices steadily increasing and improved conditions for
emerging markets recovery
Global Tax Trends – Non USA

7. Thank You