Staggered hours, choice of tax residence… David Smadja, lawyer specializing in company law, details the constraints to be taken into account and invites those who would be tempted by remote teleworking to find out more.
What is a digital nomad?
Freelance worker or employee of a remote company, it is a person without fixed residence who does not live on the same territory as his company.
This avant-garde concept, which came from the United States, has been developing in France since confinement.
Employers allow employees more easily to manage their time, as long as they fulfill their missions.
What steps to get started?
The self-employed must choose a legal status: entrepreneur, microentrepreneur… All you have to do is make a declaration, it's very simple.
Then, you have to define a place of professional establishment.
It is a question of choosing the country from which one launches its activity, where one is fiscally established.
Changes of tax residence depend on the conventions between countries.
You have to be well informed.
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In which sector of activity are the digital nomads concentrated?
We find them in tech companies.
They are developers, designers, specialized in digital marketing…
How do employers manage the distance with their employees?
Offshoring employees often live in different time zones from their company headquarters.
Some have never met in real life.
There is a risk of disorganization of tasks.
It is a less attractive status for most companies.
Moreover, nearly 80% of digital nomads are self-employed.