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Level 1
posted Jan 8, 2020 8:18:08 AM

Can i get paid on someone' else behalf and expense it out ? is it legal

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. 

Thank you in advance 

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Level 15
Jan 8, 2020 11:08:00 AM

This is not a wise idea ... have him set up a US based account of his own to receive the payments.  How do you send him payments ?   Can the clients not do the same ? 

Level 15
Jan 8, 2020 11:22:05 AM

They never heard of bank to bank wire transfers?  Something smells fishy...