Inbound Immigration: Tax and Business Considerations
Cross-Border Employment Issues, M&A Abroad, Treaty Benefits, Residency and Permanent Establishment Rules

Course Details
- smart_display Format
Live Online with Live Q&A
- signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level
Intermediate
- work Practice Area
Tax Preparer
- event Date
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
- schedule Time
1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
- timer Program Length
110 minutes
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BARBRI is a NASBA CPE sponsor and this 110-minute webinar is accredited for 2.0 CPE credits.
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BARBRI is an IRS-approved continuing education provider offering certified courses for Enrolled Agents (EA) and Tax Return Preparers (RTRP).
This webinar will review the essential factors foreign businesses and individuals should consider before locating in the U.S. from both an immigration and taxation perspective. Our panel of global mobility and tax law experts will discuss immigration programs, issues in M&A transactions, viable pathways for foreign personnel transferring to the U.S., visa options and tax considerations for foreign entrepreneurs seeking to establish businesses in the U.S., and review the residency and permanent establishment rules for global businesses and their workforces.
Faculty

Mr. Slipman is an attorney in Obermayer’s Business & Finance Department. He focuses his practice on tax structuring and analysis attendant to corporate transactions as well as advising clients on tax considerations critical to intercompany restructuring, debt financing, choice of entity questions, third-party financing, and formation and liquidation transactions. Mr. Slipman provides corporate tax and legal entity structuring guidance to clients in connection with complex commercial transactions, which have included significant IPOs. He believes in a practical deal-oriented approach to tax analysis with the goal of helping clients minimize tax exposures.

Mr. Staller is a business immigration attorney with broad international experience who counsels individuals and businesses across all industries in navigating the complex U.S. immigration system. He focuses his practice on employment-based visas and related compliance and assists employers in developing comprehensive immigration strategies for their global workforce. Mr. Staller also works closely with foreign entrepreneurs seeking to start new enterprises or to invest in the U.S. in connection with securing immigration benefits. Additionally, he advises employers on employee documentation and compliance requirements and represents clients before federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (USCIS), the Department of Labor, and the Department of State.
Description
In an increasingly globalized world, businesses and individuals are frequently engaged across jurisdictions. Pre-planning for immigration to the U.S. is essential to mitigate the U.S. tax bite and to minimize issues in the employment of foreign persons inside the U.S. Indeed, businesses relocating employees from their home country need to consider the tax implications of the move to avoid potential double taxation of income and social security taxes on wages paid abroad.
Companies acquiring foreign nationals through M&A transactions may want to ensure they are a successor-in-interest to preserve visa status for these employees.
Listen as our panel of business immigration and tax attorneys discusses tax, business, and related employment and planning considerations arising from inbound immigration activities and other corporate interactions involving foreign nationals and personnel.
Outline
I. Residency concepts for tax and immigration
II. PE risks for foreign companies
III. Global mobility and cross-border employment structures
IV. M&As involving foreign nationals
V. E-1 and E-2 visas for international entrepreneurs
Benefits
The panel will cover these and other critical issues:
- Strategies for planning for and limiting U.S. tax exposure
- Utilizing benefits of U.S. tax treaties with foreign countries
- Implications of sourcing employee benefits and taxation in the U.S. vs. abroad
- Employment requirements of foreign nationals inside the U.S.
- Immigration issues in M&A transactions
NASBA Details
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify immigration pathways for foreign personnel transferring to the U.S.
- Determine the impact of treaty benefits on inbound immigration
- Ascertain key differences in how residents and nonresidents are taxed in the U.S.
- Decide between structuring alternatives for U.S. subsidiaries with foreign parents
- Field of Study: Taxes
- Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
- Advance Preparation: None
- Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture
- Delivery Method: Group-Internet (via computer)
- Attendance Monitoring Method: Attendance is monitored electronically via a participant's PIN and through a series of attendance verification prompts displayed throughout the program
- Prerequisite:
Three years+ business or public firm experience preparing complex tax forms and schedules, supervising other preparers or accountants. Specific knowledge and understanding of international taxation including residency determination, foreign entity classifications, application of treaty benefits, as well as GILTI, Subpart F, and the related Section 250 deductions.

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