topic Can i get paid on someone' else behalf and expense it out ? is it legal in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-get-paid-on-someone-else-behalf-and-expense-it-out-is-it-legal/01/976917#M110469 <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">My brother does contract work from Lebanon. His clients are engineering firms located in the states. The companies here are not sure on how to pay him in Lebanon. Can i get paid from his client and report that money as income and then expense out the same amount ? I will keep both receipts from both ends.&nbsp;</P><P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">Thank you in advance&nbsp;</P> Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:18:08 GMT tonykhoury 2020-01-08T16:18:08Z Can i get paid on someone' else behalf and expense it out ? is it legal https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-get-paid-on-someone-else-behalf-and-expense-it-out-is-it-legal/01/976917#M110469 <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">My brother does contract work from Lebanon. His clients are engineering firms located in the states. The companies here are not sure on how to pay him in Lebanon. Can i get paid from his client and report that money as income and then expense out the same amount ? I will keep both receipts from both ends.&nbsp;</P><P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">Thank you in advance&nbsp;</P> Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:18:08 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-get-paid-on-someone-else-behalf-and-expense-it-out-is-it-legal/01/976917#M110469 tonykhoury 2020-01-08T16:18:08Z Re: Can i get paid on someone' else behalf and expense it out ? is it legal https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-get-paid-on-someone-else-behalf-and-expense-it-out-is-it-legal/01/977093#M110498 <P>This is not a wise idea ... have him set up a US based account of his own to receive the payments.&nbsp; How do you send him payments ?&nbsp; &nbsp;Can the clients not do the same ?&nbsp;</P> Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:08:00 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-get-paid-on-someone-else-behalf-and-expense-it-out-is-it-legal/01/977093#M110498 Critter 2020-01-08T19:08:00Z Re: Can i get paid on someone' else behalf and expense it out ? is it legal https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-get-paid-on-someone-else-behalf-and-expense-it-out-is-it-legal/01/977113#M110501 <P>They never heard of bank to bank wire transfers?&nbsp; Something smells fishy...</P> Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:22:23 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-get-paid-on-someone-else-behalf-and-expense-it-out-is-it-legal/01/977113#M110501 DoninGA 2020-01-08T19:22:23Z