GitLab is scaling fast and therefore its international expansion efforts need support from a dedicated team with multidisciplinary background: Tax, People Ops, Payroll, Legal and Finance. Challenges in connection with international expansion include (but are not limited to)
Analysis on economic impact for GitLab
Analysis on legal exposore (Data, IP, Labor)
Analysis on tax exposure (PE risk, Employment tax)
Analysis on accounting impact (FAS5, FIN48)
As the Tax Team is responsible for managing our corporate structure (e.g. entity incorporations) and is connected with all stakeholders, GitLab’s international expansion has been put under the direction of the tax function.
Procedure
Recruiting - First stage of the hiring process
Compensation - Agree on compensation with candidate
Legal Analysis - Legal performs Risk Analysis
Tax Analysis - Tax performs Risk Analysis
PEO quotation - Once the number of contractors hits four contractors a quote will be requested at a PEO (to prevent hiring stop at 5 contractors)
Entity Creation - Transform PEO into entity in case of substantial cost savings
Business case - Business case for entity creation presented to management and approved
Payroll - Payroll ensures payment to contractors / PEO’s
Compliance - Tax responsible for compliance in countries
RADCIE Model
The RADCIE Model below is drafted according to the procedure.
Procedure
Tax
People Ops
Accounting
Legal
Payroll
Everyone
Recruiting
R/ A
R
I
Compensation
A
R
R
I
Legal
A
R
I
Tax
R/A
C
C
I
PEO Quotation
R/A
C
C
I
Entity Creation
R/A
A
C
C
A
I
Business case
R/A
C
I
Payroll
A
C
A
R
I
Compliance
R/A
C
C
C
C
I
Team
Director of Tax (DRI)
International Tax Manager
Manager People Ops
Sr. Manager Global Payroll
Paralegal
Performance Indicator
Read more about our KPI for international expansion.
