First identify the evidence needed to explain the actual function and role. A study of potential business losses does not by itself establish the applicant’s management duties.
Focus spending on relevant evidence
Clarify the professional review, document preparation and official charges. Evidence should explain authority and the work arrangement rather than rely on the size of a hypothetical loss to establish eligibility.
Where an employer wants a figure before committing, give two: the published charges checked on the day, and an estimate of the internal hours, with the note that a second round after a request for evidence costs roughly what the first assembly cost. Verify continuing foreign business and either U.S. business or compliance with the initial new-office requirements, and budget separately for filing, legal, relocation, and staffing items without treating expenditure as eligibility. The unavoidable costs sit elsewhere: assembling corporate evidence, preparing an organizational record that survives scrutiny, and legal work on a filing that is document-heavy by nature. The employer should separate mandatory government charges from ordinary business expenses and from the employee's personal travel costs.
A fee paid for attendance does not establish the managerial nature of the work or the organization’s complete financial capacity.