I just finished giving a presentation in Murray, Utah. I spoke to a group of about 15 payroll professionals. We talked about some key pain points when dealing with global Payroll and expatriate processes.

This topic is quite popular in bigger cities on the coast. Weather in New York or California many payroll professionals in bigger cities deal with these issues on a daily basis. When you come inland to the Midwest or the Mountain West, professionals have less exposure to expatriate processes and Global Payroll.

I’m used to presenting to much larger crowds so it was nice to have about 15 people where we could have more one-on-one conversation. It doesn’t matter if you have only one locally paid employee in the U.S. working overseas or 100 locally paid employees working overseas. Payroll professionals experience similar pain points when administering global payroll.

Unfortunately there is no such thing as a global payroll processing manual. Literally, the best way to become an expert global payroll specialist is to experience these pain points on the job.

Some clients referred to me as the Global Payroll Solution. Just like a GPS. When there’s a problem they invite me in to help come up with a solution to fix the problem at the least amount of cost in terms of penalties and interest for noncompliance.

Even though international personal tax is my core expertise, I really enjoy coming up with solutions that relate to Global Payroll and expatriate processes.