No. Actual primary duties and authority remain essential.
Connect the funds with the role
Resources may support operations without showing what the applicant principally does. A budget comparison cannot replace the managerial or executive analysis.
Staffing is an operational commitment that may support the proposed managerial role; it is separate from government filing charges, professional fees and document preparation. Filing fees vary with employer size and the processing option chosen, which is why the published schedule rather than a remembered figure should govern a budget. A payroll expense alone does not prove a qualifying allocation of responsibilities or replace the primarily managerial standard. A lease, payroll, inventory order, or marketing cost may help show an operating plan, but paying it does not itself establish that the intended position is managerial or executive. Budget actual operating commitments separately from petition fees, records and optional professional assistance. What the examiner does look for is that the U.S. plant can support a managerial position: staff on payroll, revenue or contracts, and a wage for the transferee. The larger costs are usually the ones the subsidiary must absorb to support a managerial role: supervisors, payroll and premises that make the organizational chart real.