A practical guide for US companies engaging Brazilian contractors. Each topic below is what HireInBrazil handles for you — the contract, the tax paperwork, and the ongoing classification risk — while your contractor is paid directly.
Why US companies engage a Brazilian contractor's registered company (CNPJ) rather than the individual — the standard, lower-risk PJ structure.
Read more →How a Brazilian court can find disguised employment (vínculo) behind a contractor label, what it costs, and how to keep the relationship arm's-length.
Read more →Why a valid W-8BEN (or W-8BEN-E) matters for US payers, the 3-year expiry clock, and how it prevents forced backup withholding.
Read more →What the NFS-e is, why it evidences a clean business-to-business service purchase, and how it supports the arm's-length relationship.
Read more →Why US-style IP clauses often fail in Brazil and how a patrimonial-rights assignment actually transfers work product to your company.
Read more →This guide is general information, not legal advice.