Temporary move to third country

[kashyaps]

Hello,

I'm working in Tampere with permanent job contract for a software company. Now my employer is asking me to work at customer premises in USA with the option for me to select the duration that I want. So, I would like to know which would be beneficial option like is it good to move to USA for a duration of 6 months or a little less than that. Or upto 1 Year+. I have the option to choose the duration that I want to be there in USA.
So I would like to know the pros and cons of moving to USA for the above mentioned periods.
Also I would like to know whether I will receive also the salary in Finland while working in USA for the above mentioned periods?

Please share your experience if you have been similar situation earlier?

Regards,
ksing

[Pursuivant]

Also I would like to know whether I will receive also the salary in Finland while working in USA for the above mentioned periods?

Howw the hell exactly are we supposed to know how your company fiddles its finances?

[kashyaps]

I posted this question here because I have heard that finnish companies are bound by govt rules to pay for employees when they are travelling abroad but I didn't know where to look for this info on the web.

[Pursuivant]

Well if you are working for the Finnish company itself or the US subsidiary directly. If you are working for the Finnish company you are paid salary in Finland + daily allowance, but if you are transferred to the subsidiary (which I don't think 6 months => 1 year + isn't "travel") then you're paid whatever the Americans pay. So it depends on who you work for in the end - so asking someone in the company "been there & done that" would give a clue.

[inkku]

Two issues: social security and taxation.

If you stay longer than one year, you will be dropped out of Kela, it will be considered as a permanent move.

If you stay longer than six months, your taxation will be defined by the taxation agreement between Finland and the USA.