{"id":14271,"date":"2026-07-03T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/?p=14271"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:39:07","slug":"what-is-global-payroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Payroll | How it works &#038; Challenges | Compared"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_78 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#What_Is_Global_Payroll\" >What Is Global Payroll?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Two_Directions_Every_Indian_Business_Must_Understand\" >Two Directions Every Indian Business Must Understand<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Inbound_Global_Payroll_Foreign_Companies_Paying_Employees_in_India\" >Inbound Global Payroll: Foreign Companies Paying Employees in India<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Outbound_Global_Payroll_Indian_Companies_Paying_Employees_Abroad\" >Outbound Global Payroll: Indian Companies Paying Employees Abroad<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#What_Global_Payroll_Actually_Involves\" >What Global Payroll Actually Involves<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Gross-to-net_calculation\" >Gross-to-net calculation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Statutory_contributions\" >Statutory contributions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Tax_filing\" >Tax filing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Currency_and_payslip_localisation\" >Currency and payslip localisation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Data_security_compliance\" >Data security compliance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Year-end_compliance\" >Year-end compliance<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Global_Payroll_vs_EOR_vs_Managed_Payroll_%E2%80%94_Which_Do_You_Need\" >Global Payroll vs EOR vs Managed Payroll \u2014 Which Do You Need?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#5_Things_Indian_Businesses_Get_Wrong_When_Going_Global\" >5 Things Indian Businesses Get Wrong When Going Global<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/what-is-global-payroll\/#Wrapping_Up\" >Wrapping Up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><!-- TankhaPay Blog \u2014 TL;DR Dropdown (Global Payroll) --><\/p>\n<details style=\"border: 1px solid #DCE8F7; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden; margin: 32px 0; max-width: 870px; font-family: inherit;\" open=\"\">\n<summary style=\"background: #004899; padding: 13px 20px; cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-transform: uppercase; list-style: none; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\">\u26a1TL;DR \u2014<br \/>\n\u25bc<\/summary>\n<div style=\"display: table; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #EFF4FB; background: #FFFFFF;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; width: 30px; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<div style=\"width: 22px; height: 22px; background: #EFF6FF; color: #004899; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; border-radius: 50%; text-align: center; line-height: 22px;\">1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.55;\"><em>Global payroll<\/em> is the process of calculating salaries, making statutory deductions, and filing government returns for employees across multiple countries \u2014 each with <strong>different tax years, rates, and deadlines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: table; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #EFF4FB; background: #F7FAFF;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; width: 30px; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<div style=\"width: 22px; height: 22px; background: #EFF6FF; color: #004899; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; border-radius: 50%; text-align: center; line-height: 22px;\">2<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.55;\">For Indian businesses, global payroll runs in two directions: <strong>inbound<\/strong> (foreign companies paying employees in India) and <strong>outbound<\/strong> (Indian companies paying employees in the UAE, Singapore, Japan, or the UK).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: table; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #EFF4FB; background: #FFFFFF;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; width: 30px; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<div style=\"width: 22px; height: 22px; background: #EFF6FF; color: #004899; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; border-radius: 50%; text-align: center; line-height: 22px;\">3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.55;\"><em>International payroll services<\/em> are not the same as EOR. With managed payroll, <strong>your company is the legal employer<\/strong>. With EOR, the provider is. Know which you need before you sign anything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: table; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #EFF4FB; background: #F7FAFF;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; width: 30px; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<div style=\"width: 22px; height: 22px; background: #EFF6FF; color: #004899; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; border-radius: 50%; text-align: center; line-height: 22px;\">4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.55;\">The most common mistake Indian businesses make when going global: assuming their domestic payroll setup scales abroad. <strong>It does not.<\/strong> Tax years, contribution structures, and filing formats are completely different in every country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: table; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 20px; background: #FFFFFF;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; width: 30px; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<div style=\"width: 22px; height: 22px; background: #EFF6FF; color: #004899; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; border-radius: 50%; text-align: center; line-height: 22px;\">5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.55;\"><strong>Only 12% of organisations<\/strong> have full regional or global payroll reporting. <strong>49%<\/strong> still rely on country-level reporting alone \u2014 meaning most global payroll operations are less integrated than their leadership assumes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most articles about global payroll in India are written for foreign companies trying to pay employees here. They cover EPFO, TDS, PT, and ESI. India&#8217;s compliance framework as seen from outside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article is for Indian businesses going the other direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have hired your first employee in Dubai. Or you have sent a team to Singapore for a 12-month engagement. Or you have a remote employee in Japan who was never formally put on a local payroll because &#8220;we&#8217;ll sort it later&#8221;. Global payroll problems for Indian businesses are overwhelmingly outbound problems, and almost no published guide covers that angle directly.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;For one to manage the payrolls of a group in Delhi is easy, but doing it for a group of employees located in London, Manila, and New York is an entirely different ball game because it includes working with foreign tax policies, labor policies, data security issues, and multi-currency technology.&#8221;<\/span><\/i> <em><b>MYND Integrated Solutions, Global Growth Made Simple, 2026<\/b><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_Global_Payroll\"><\/span><b>What Is Global Payroll?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global payroll is the process of calculating employee compensation, making the required tax and statutory deductions, and filing government returns for employees located in more than one country, each according to that country&#8217;s specific laws, tax calendar, and filing formats.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/payroll\/\">Domestic payroll<\/a> operates under one regulatory framework for payment of salary. However, the international payroll system works in parallel with several regulatory frameworks, including varied tax years, various social security systems, several filing websites, various currencies, and varied deadline dates every month.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Two_Directions_Every_Indian_Business_Must_Understand\"><\/span><b>Two Directions Every Indian Business Must Understand<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inbound_Global_Payroll_Foreign_Companies_Paying_Employees_in_India\"><\/span><b>Inbound Global Payroll: Foreign Companies Paying Employees in India<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A US or European company with an employee in Bengaluru needs to comply with Indian payroll law: PF, ESI, TDS, PT, the 50% basic wage rule under the Labour Codes, and Section 392(1) under the Income Tax Act 2025. They can do this through:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A registered Indian entity running payroll in-house<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A managed payroll provider handling compliance on their behalf<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An EOR that becomes the legal employer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is well-documented. Most global payroll literature covers this direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Outbound_Global_Payroll_Indian_Companies_Paying_Employees_Abroad\"><\/span><b>Outbound Global Payroll: Indian Companies Paying Employees Abroad<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s the difference. An Indian IT firm deploying its team in Saudi Arabia, an emerging tech firm hiring a salesman in the UK, or a manufacturer establishing its plant in Singapore must now manage their payrolls in the respective countries and not just in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International payroll services f<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or outgoing employees involve registration with the tax department of the destination nation, social security contributions according to the rules of the destination nation, handling the issue of permanent establishment, and protecting the outgoing employee from becoming subject to the employment laws of the destination nation alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two models are structurally different. Most Indian businesses treat outbound global payroll as a variant of their domestic process. It is not.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Global_Payroll_Actually_Involves\"><\/span><b>What Global Payroll Actually Involves<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six components every <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global payroll solution<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> must handle:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gross-to-net_calculation\"><\/span><b> Gross-to-net calculation<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salary, variable pay, and deductions calculated under the destination country&#8217;s rules, not India&#8217;s.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Statutory_contributions\"><\/span><b> Statutory contributions<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social security, pension, and healthcare, are the equivalent of PF and ESI but different in every country. The UK has National Insurance. Singapore has CPF. Japan has Shakai Hoken. The UAE has no income tax but does have EOS (End of Service) gratuity obligations.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tax_filing\"><\/span><b> Tax filing<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different tax years (India: April to March; UK: April 6 to April 5; USA: January to December; Japan: January to December), different filing portals, different payment deadlines.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Currency_and_payslip_localisation\"><\/span><b> Currency and payslip localisation<br \/>\n<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employees must receive payslips in the local language and format, paid in local currency. An employee in Japan receiving payslips in English with INR amounts is a compliance flag, not just an HR inconvenience.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Data_security_compliance\"><\/span><b> Data security compliance<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The GDPR of the EU, PDPA of Singapore, APPI of Japan, and DPDP Act of India regulate cross-border movement of payroll data. An example of data liability in payroll is storing data of EU employees on Indian servers.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Year-end_compliance\"><\/span><b> Year-end compliance<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Form 16 in India, P60 in the UK, Form W-2 in the US, and Gensen Ch\u014dsh\u016b-hy\u014d in Japan. Each requires a different annual reconciliation format issued within a different deadline.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- TankhaPay Blog \u2014 Country Payroll Snapshot: India vs 5 Key Expansion Markets --><\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid #DCE8F7; margin: 32px 0;\">\n<div style=\"background: #EFF6FF; padding: 13px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DCE8F7;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 3px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #004899;\">\ud83c\udf0e Country Payroll Snapshot \u2014 India vs Key Expansion Markets<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12.5px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #004899; color: #ffffff; padding: 11px 14px; text-align: left; font-weight: 500; width: 14%;\" scope=\"col\">Country<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #004899; color: #ffffff; padding: 11px 14px; text-align: left; font-weight: 500; width: 13%;\" scope=\"col\">Tax Year<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #004899; color: #ffffff; padding: 11px 14px; text-align: left; font-weight: 500; width: 14%;\" scope=\"col\">Payroll Cycle<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #004899; color: #ffffff; padding: 11px 14px; text-align: left; font-weight: 500; width: 34%;\" scope=\"col\">Key Employer Obligations<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #004899; color: #ffffff; padding: 11px 14px; text-align: left; font-weight: 500; width: 25%;\" scope=\"col\">Income Tax System<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #eff6ff; border-bottom: 1px solid #DCE8F7; border-left: 3px solid #208DFF;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #004899; vertical-align: top;\">\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 India<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Apr \u2013 Mar<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Monthly<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">PF 12%, ESI 3.25%, TDS (Section 392(1)), PT (18 states), LWF<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Slab-based 0\u201330%; new regime default from FY2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #DCE8F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d1117; vertical-align: top;\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea UAE<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Jan \u2013 Dec<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Monthly<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">End of Service gratuity: 21 days\/year (up to 5 yrs), 30 days\/year thereafter. MOHRE registration required.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\"><strong style=\"color: #16a34a;\">No personal income tax<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f7faff; border-bottom: 1px solid #DCE8F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d1117; vertical-align: top;\">\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec Singapore<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Jan \u2013 Dec<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Monthly<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">CPF: Employer 17%, Employee 20% (rates vary by age). IR8A annual filing. SDL levy.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Progressive 0\u201324%; corporate-friendly regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #DCE8F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d1117; vertical-align: top;\">\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 Japan<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Jan \u2013 Dec<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Monthly<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\"><em>Shakai Hoken<\/em>: Employer \u223c15% (health + pension + care). Mandatory for employees &gt;75% time. Municipal residence tax via employer.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">National 5\u201345% + 10% residence tax; withheld monthly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f7faff; border-bottom: 1px solid #DCE8F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d1117; vertical-align: top;\">\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Apr 6 \u2013 Apr 5<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Monthly or 4-weekly<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">NIC: Employer 13.8%. PAYE real-time reporting (RTI) every pay period. Auto-enrolment pension mandatory. National Living Wage: \u00a312.21\/hr (2026).<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Progressive 20\u201345%; Personal Allowance \u00a312,570<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d1117; vertical-align: top;\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 United States<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Jan \u2013 Dec<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Bi-weekly (common)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">FICA: Employer 7.65% (Social Security 6.2% + Medicare 1.45%). Federal + State + local taxes. FUTA unemployment tax. State varies significantly.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #555555; vertical-align: top;\">Federal 10\u201337% + State (0% in TX, FL; up to 13.3% in CA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #004899; padding: 10px 18px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 11px; color: rgba(255,255,255,.8);\">\u24d8\u00a0 EOS = End of Service \u00a0|\u00a0 CPF = Central Provident Fund \u00a0|\u00a0 NIC = National Insurance Contributions \u00a0|\u00a0 FICA = Federal Insurance Contributions Act. Rates as of June 2026 \u2014 verify before processing payroll in any destination country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Global_Payroll_vs_EOR_vs_Managed_Payroll_%E2%80%94_Which_Do_You_Need\"><\/span><b>Global Payroll vs EOR vs Managed Payroll \u2014 Which Do You Need?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These three terms are used interchangeably. They are not the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managed global payroll: Your company is the legal employer in the destination country. You have a registered entity. The payroll provider calculates, files, and remits on your behalf. You carry the statutory liability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employer of Record (EOR): The service provider acts as the legal employer in the host country. You control the work process while the service provider handles the employment process. No need for a local entity. 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Employees sent abroad on Indian contracts without local addenda or new local agreements are not protected by the destination country&#8217;s employment law, and neither are you.\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ignoring permanent establishment risk Having employees working in a country can trigger corporate tax liability for your Indian entity in that country even without a registered office. This is called permanent establishment. Payroll is one of the trigger events. Run this by a tax advisor before your first hire abroad.\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Assuming INR disbursement is sufficient Paying a UK employee in INR to their Indian bank account is not legal payroll in the UK. Employees must be paid in the local currency, through local banking infrastructure, with local payslips. This applies even for short-term deployments.\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Skipping social security registration Every country has an equivalent of PF and ESI. CPF in Singapore. Shakai Hoken in Japan. Pension auto-enrolment in the UK. Missing these creates retrospective liability exactly like missing PF contributions in India \u2014 but with foreign regulators, often without the informal resolution mechanisms available domestically.\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Taking \u201cwe\u2019ll sort it out later\u201d as a strategy The month when you have to pay your first foreign worker is the starting point for complying with the rules. It is much more difficult to backdate registrations and applications when dealing with foreign regulators than it is with India\u2019s regulators. Prepare the payroll system before making the first payment.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/demo\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-is-global-payroll-CTA-e1783064366888.webp\" alt=\"expanding to UAE, UK, Singapore &amp; Japan ?\" width=\"1998\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-is-global-payroll-CTA-e1783064366888.webp 1998w, https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-is-global-payroll-CTA-e1783064366888-300x45.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-is-global-payroll-CTA-e1783064366888-1024x154.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-is-global-payroll-CTA-e1783064366888-150x23.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-is-global-payroll-CTA-e1783064366888-768x115.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-is-global-payroll-CTA-e1783064366888-1536x231.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-is-global-payroll-CTA-e1783064366888-878x132.webp 878w, https:\/\/www.tankhapay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-is-global-payroll-CTA-e1783064366888-870x131.webp 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wrapping_Up\"><\/span>Wrapping Up<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global payroll solutions do not represent an improvement upon domestic payroll systems. 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