The petitioning employer files and pays the government fees on the current schedule. How the group allocates the cost internally is a corporate decision that does not change who is on the form.
Petitioner on the form, allocation in the ledger
For a transfer the United States entity is ordinarily the petitioner and bears the filing fees published on the USCIS schedule, which are revised from time to time and should be read at the time of filing. The costs that surprise small family groups are the preparation costs rather than the fees: obtaining current share registers and beneficial ownership documents, preparing financial statements that may not exist in the form required, and assembling several years of payroll history. If a request for evidence follows, responding is a further cost. Relocation, dependants' documents and any duplicate insurance or licensing on the United States side sit outside the petition and are usually forgotten in the first estimate.
Hypothetical example: A regional recycling company decides to transfer a director after buying a small United States sorting business. Its budget should separate filing charges from the cost of gathering foreign payroll, ownership, and role evidence. The current fee schedule settles the government amount, while invoices from accountants, translators, and corporate-record providers settle preparation expense. Decide early whether premium processing is commercially justified; it accelerates an adjudication stage where available but does not create missing corporate records or repair an unclear managerial structure.
Keep a written approval record, since internal urgency does not change documented fee responsibility.