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how does upwork allow us companies to make payments outside of the us?
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permanent employees are the distinct opposite of contractors. upwork can easily have business entities (limited liability company equivalents) in multiple countries, and it can make payments between them. or they can merely use existing payment infrastructure (paypal, amazon) to accomplish the same thing. their corporate structure is a red herring and most likely unrelated to what they've accomplished.
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