contractors

5 articles tagged “contractors”.

• Contractor payout corridors, country by country: field notes

  Field notes on paying contractors in 150+ countries: which currency the payout lands in, where coverage is stated per country, and what closing document comes back. Grouped by region.

  Aleksandra Popova · 2026-09-15 · 4 min read

• Hiring, paying and managing contractors in 2026: a curated reading list

  A curated set of in-depth explainers on paying international contractors, contractor management, worker classification and payroll — with when to use each.

  Aleksandra Popova · 2026-07-22 · 2 min read

• How to pay international contractors: methods, compliance and the fastest setup

  How to pay international contractors: the classification and tax paperwork that must come first, the payout methods compared (bank, Wise, Payoneer, platforms, crypto), and when to use a platform.

  Aleksandra Popova · 2026-07-17 · 2 min read

• Contractor misclassification penalties by country: what reclassification actually costs

  What misclassifying a contractor costs in the US, Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, Canada, Switzerland and Ukraine — penalty structures, real figures and sources.

  Aleksandra Popova · 2026-07-09 · 4 min read

• 1099 vs W-2: the real math for workers and companies

  1099 contractor vs W-2 employee: who pays which taxes, the rate math both sides should run (the 1.3–1.5x rule), who chooses the status — and what happens when it's wrong.

  Aleksandra Popova · 2026-07-09 · 3 min read

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