Expanding your business into America Guide [2023 edition]
- March 14, 2022
- Reading time 15min
The Expanding your business into America eBook is a free guide prepared by our US expansion experts that discusses the process of expanding your business to the USA and how to take on employees in the US. The eBook is the product of years of experience of working with clients across the globe to support them to move into the US.
It’s a one-stop-shop of frequently asked questions, ballpark figures for the costs involved, comments from others who have been through the process and insight from experts in areas such as tax, visas and HR.
The Expanding your business into America eBook outlines:
Routes to setting up a business in America, including forming an American subsidiary
The pros and cons of the different options, times when subsidiary is the only way to go and indications of costs attached to different options
Benefits American employees will expect and costings of them
Advantages and disadvantages of establishing your business in different states
Visa types
Tax considerations
The process of opening a US bank account
American business culture and how it may differ from what you’re used to - a kind of faux pas avoidance cheat sheet!
A look at litigation and liability
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"Foothold was able to get things done for us very quickly. They made life easier for us and worked with us to make sure staff were looked after and that we were able to get up and running."
Operations Manager, UK Network Security Company
"We needed to access the US market to maximize our potential for growth. We selected our employee and Foothold America managed the payroll and payroll taxes, benefits, taxes and other employee logistics, enabling us to avoid dealing with the bureaucratic maze of employing someone in the US."
CEO, Belgium Manufacturing Company
"Foothold America was instrumental in helping my UK company employ field applications sales people in the US without having to set up a US subsidiary, which is the usual route for foreign companies. Foothold America facilitated this by employing the people we had chosen and handling all the employment, terms, salaries, taxes, social costs etc. They then billed us monthly for these costs plus a reasonable service charge. As a result, we were able get going very quickly with our own people in the USA and at a much lower cost base."
CEO, UK Biotech Company
"I couldn’t manage our US subsidiary without Foothold America. Our small HR department isn’t equipped with the knowledge or staff to handle our US employees. I could end my workday in the UK knowing Foothold America would take care of everything in the US."
Head of HR, UK financial services firm
"We currently use the Foothold America Employee Management Service and plan to move to their People Partnership Service when we set up an entity in the coming months. It’s great knowing we can work with one partner through various stages of our growth."
CMO, Norway IT company
"We started US expansion on our own and soon after, we stumbled over employee benefits leaving our expat staff and families without healthcare insurance. It was a huge risk for them and our company. Foothold America came in and got us sorted. They’ve been taking care of us ever since."
Sr. People Partner, UK software company
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How To Register an Entity in the USA
- Date: 29th August 2023
- Time: 15:30 – 16:15 BST
- Main speaker: Laurie Spicer
- Guest speaker: Joanne M. Farquharson
- Event overview:
Sign up for this webinar to learn how to set up and register a US entity and take the first step towards a successful US business expansion. Limited spaces available. Secure yours now!
- Duration: 45 min. including live Q&A
business expansion
- Date: 21th November 2023
- Time: 14:00 p.m. GMT
- Main speaker: Joanne Farquharson
- Guest speaker: Geanice Barganier
- Event overview:
This webinar discusses different areas of US business expansions including setting up a US entity, hiring in the US, and how to best handle it. Sign up to learn more.
- Duration: 1 hour plus live Q&A
US expansion
- Date: 15th September 2023
- Time: 14:00 p.m. GMT
- Main speaker: Joanne Farquharson
- Guest speaker: Laurie Spicer
- Event overview:
Doing business and raising money in an unfamiliar, highly-competitive environment requires thoughtful advance planning and clinical execution. Sign up to learn more.
- Duration: 1 hour plus live Q&A
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