The battle to attract and retain world-class talent continues to escalate with the decline of the working age population at the cusp of the First Industrial Revolution. Recent surveys by industry experts confirm that more workers are undertaking international assignments, from long-term, short-term, one-way transfers to locally hired personnel. U.S. companies are revising their global mobility strategies and programs to provide best practices for transferring their employees overseas, including voluntary tax equalization policies that are intended to prevent their U.S. employees from incurring additional tax liabilities while abroad.

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Originally published by Bloomberg BNA's Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal, Vol. 45, July 2017

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