My foreign employer want me to provide them invoices in order to have me onboard a remote job. I don't know what to do

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I have recently received a job offer from a foreign company, the remote job is about programming and the requires me to be able to send them "the invoices" if I want to take the offer.
So I don't know exactly what "the invoices" means in this particular situation. Is that kind of the invoices that I must issue as an individual that I sell them my work so that they can do the tax declaration in their country?
If so, what about the validity of the invoice that I issue in my country, especially our countries don't use the same language, or they just don't care about that?
I also wonder what is the point of "invoices" here, is there anything not right about the offer, can I just ask them to directly pay me a lower rate and skip 'the invoices stuff'? Because it's kind of complicated stuff.
Thank you.

Simon B · Accepted Answer

It sounds as though you will be working as a contractor, not a salaried employee.
So you both agree a contract setting out what work you will do, and how much you will be paid for it.  At the end of each unit of work (that could be work packages, or just monthly), you send them an invoice, and they send the payment back to you.
The invoice is nothing more than a bit of paper (or electronic equivalent), that sets out what you have done, and how much they now owe you.  If in doubt, ask the employer what information they expect to see on it.  Most likely, it will need to quote a contract number, and have your details.
No large company will pay you without an invoice.  They need that invoice for their records.  Otherwise, it looks as though they are sending money to someone overseas for no reason.  Their accountants won't be happy.  The tax people may suspect some kind of tax fraud.  It will end badly for them.

Orange Coast- reinstate Monica · Answer

An invoice might just be your bill for your services. "Pay me!"
There are lots of resources for freelancers and self-employed people, e.g. https://quickbooks.intuit.com/self-employed/ allows you to generate invoices.

My foreign employer want me to provide them invoices in order to have me onboard a remote job. I don't know what to do

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