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International travel is now a constant for most businesses – whether that's a business trip, a remote working request, or a workcation.

The majority of mid-market businesses now have a policy for international remote working, and almost all of them require approval before an employee sets off. The businesses getting this right are the ones who can see where their people are working, and what that means for tax and compliance, before it becomes a problem.

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Market-leading technology

PinPoint is a web-based tool that helps you manage business travel, remote work and posted worker compliance.

Why Grant Thornton

Whether it's a two-day business trip or a two-month workcation, we help you manage the risk that comes with international work.

Every time an employee crosses a border for work, whether for a client meeting or a self-arranged workcation, it can trigger tax, social security and immigration obligations. The more flexibility you offer, the more of this you need to track.

Our approach: a robust policy, clear stakeholder responsibilities, and the right technology for international working.

Technology solutions to support with tracking, reporting and analysis

Pinpoint is a web-based business traveller tool that helps manage business travel, remote work and posted worker compliance internationally.

It’s how we turn business travel and workcation policy into practice, tracking every trip and every remote working request in one place. How you use it depends on whether you need to keep people moving or set the rules before they go.

Business travel

Business trips need to happen, and you don't want to put barriers in their way. Pinpoint runs quietly in the background and flags tax, social security and posted worker risk to the right people in your business, without holding the traveller up.

Silent tracking that alerts HR, Mobility, Tax and Payroll to risk without stopping travel
Tax, social security and posted worker directive (PWD) risk assessed using inbuilt treaties and regulations
Downstream delivery: initiate tax briefings, tax returns, A1s and Appendix 4 reporting, and send reports to payroll
Dynamic dashboards and on demand reporting that show where risk is building, so you can act early

If your policy requires approval for certain trips, Pinpoint can handle that too.

Remote work

Remote working is usually led by policy: where people can work, for how long, and who is eligible. Pinpoint builds that policy into the request, so the right decision is made before the employee sets off.

Pre-travel approval with automated tasks and tailored notifications, aligned to your company policy
Requests assessed against your rules on location, duration and eligibility, with tax, social security and PWD risk checked against inbuilt treaties and regulations
Clear audit trail of every request, decision and day worked
Dynamic dashboards and on demand reporting that show remote working patterns and where you are approaching limits

“Pinpoint software provides a controlled, risk-led technology solution that effectively mitigates the risks associated with our large international business travel population. It's adaptable and user-friendly, aligned with our operational requirements. We greatly appreciate Grant Thornton's strategic partnership and their commitment to meeting our unique business challenges with practical, tailored solutions.”

Head of Mobility A UK listed retailer

Setting the rules before your people travel

The challenge

A UK-headquartered retail organisation wanted to implement a remote working policy that allowed employees to work overseas within set confines. This is a classic workcation risk.

The solution

Together we developed a policy that included a country ‘green list’ based on organisational footprint, and approval parameters such as duration, number of visits and right to work.

The results

A robust policy that gives clarity to both employee and employer – providing welcome flexibility for employees while saving the employer time by reducing ad hoc requests.

Getting ahead of unapproved remote working

The challenge

A UK-headquartered not for profit organisation identified a number of employees who had been working overseas without the knowledge of the HR and finance team.

The solution

We tailored our approach based on risk per territory to deliver a red, amber, green (RAG) report, which was then used to triage the risks in more detail and target the response.

The results

The client was able to focus their time, bringing high-risk countries up to date before moving on to the lower risk ones. We also supported them in dealing with their obligations.