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Is hiring a VA overseas legal? The contractor question, answered properly

Yes, and it is ordinary. But 'we signed a contractor agreement' is not the protection most owners think it is. Here is what actually decides it.

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Engaging someone in the Philippines to do work for your business is legal in every market we operate in. Thousands of small businesses do it. The question that matters is not whether you can, but what the working relationship is, because that is what tax and employment authorities look at if they ever look at all.

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