Remote Work from Mexico with US address

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ivantmj

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Hello to everyone. I don't know if this is a subject that has already been discussed.
I have a new job that is remote work and I'm going to start in 2 weeks. I live near the border with Mexico and have family in both sides.
Right now I live in the US and I'm planning on moving to Mexico, company doesn't have a problem with me working from Mexico.
The question is since I have family in both sides for me is very easy to keep an address in the US and work from Mexico.
In the immigration side, do I have a problem on working in Mexico without crossing the border everyday?
On the taxes side, do I have a problem if a I keep an address from the US (even though I don't physically live there) in my W4 and get paid on my US bank account?
I'm assuming this tricky and there may be some gray areas there.
 
The US doesn't have any restrictions on you working while you are in another country, though you probably can't maintain TN status if you are not working in the US.

For taxes, your income from work outside the US would be considered non-US income. If you are a nonresdient alien, you should not be subject to US taxes on this non-US income. Your company should not treat you as a W2 employee, at least from next year. Has your company allowed you to work from abroad? There may be tax issues for them, e.g. needing to pay certain taxes to Mexico.
 
As long as there is a work relationship with the sponsor the TN remains valid, even if you don't enter US often. As newacct points out, you are using TN when you work in any other country than US, but you can always enter on the existing TN if required,
 
newacct said:
The US doesn't have any restrictions on you working while you are in another country, though you probably can't maintain TN status if you are not working in the US.

For taxes, your income from work outside the US would be considered non-US income. If you are a nonresdient alien, you should not be subject to US taxes on this non-US income. Your company should not treat you as a W2 employee, at least from next year. Has your company allowed you to work from abroad? There may be tax issues for them, e.g. needing to pay certain taxes to Mexico.
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Yes my company is allowing to work abroad. They told that if I can provide a US address even though I will not actually leave there, they're fine. So all payments will be in US bank accounts and I will be using my family's address. I just don't know if I can get in trouble for this I assume I can, so I'm planning to cross the border everyday to work.
 
That depends on what Mexico feels about this for tax, etc, which is beyond the scope of this forum (this would not work in Canada for example).

Oh how I wish we had separate TN forums for Canada and Mexico.
 
nelsona said:
That depends on what Mexico feels about this for tax, etc, which is beyond the scope of this forum (this would not work in Canada for example).

Oh how I wish we had separate TN forums for Canada and Mexico.
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I have leaved in the border for a very long time. I have a few friends that are US citizens and live in Mexico and cross the border everyday to work here. There are some tax-related treaties between Mexico and USA where for people that cross the border to work in USA and pay taxes in the USA you don't have to pay in Mexico even if you live in Mexico, but you need a US address which many people just have a PO Box. Anyway that's another whole subject that has nothing to do with this forum.
 
There is a BIG difference tax-wise between commuting from Mexico to US to work (making the work US-sourced and taxed) and living and working in Mexico for a US firm, which is considered Mexican-sourced, and thus taxable first in Mexico, not US. You are correct that it is off-topic, but just wanted you to know that you do not fit the description you just outlined, since you don't cross into US to work, you work from your Mexican home.
 
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