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Tax laws when trading to the US from europe
What are the tax laws regarding sale of a SAAS to US companies when you are UK based? I know you dont have to charge VAT but would you need to file a US tax return or charge US taxes?
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How can I split income with a person I never met?
I am currently working on a game for the Android devices with a person I found from a forum. I have never met this guy before and so far we have only talked on email. He is from the UK and I am from ...
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Trading company in UK VS trading company in China
I know there are trading companies in UK. They get orders in UK and they find suppliers in China and place orders with China suppliers. How does a British trading company get orders? I mean, why ...
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Starting an Australian company while living abroad?
How can an Australian citizen (or two) set up a company in Australia while living overseas?
Is it possible to pay a professional (e.g. lawyer/accountant) to fulfill the requirements of having "at ...
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Bookkeeping for a foreign subsidiary (inventory)
I own a US based company that imports clothing from Italy for resale in the US. I recently set up a subsidiary in Japan to sell my products there. What is the best way to account for inventory at the ...
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Starting a business in the States and then moving to Canada
I'm about to move to Toronto, ON, Canada, within months. I want to go ahead and start my business up now though, before I go there. Would there be any problem with this, and would I be able to ...
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Paying Overseas Project Partner
I am in the state of Montana, USA and have an app that my friend in the Netherlands and I built. I'm in charge of taking payments and I'm getting ready to send a payment his way. I'm wondering, what ...
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Are there any genuine online job/work that can earn you some money?
This may be a vague question but i was always wondering this, of course i am not talking about spamming nor things like that but about genuine and reliable online job/work that can be done from your ...
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What are my options for shipping an order valued at over $2500?
We normally ship through the USPS
We just got an order for over $2500 and got this alert:
An Electronic Information (EEI) form must be filed for each international shipment valued over $2500.
That ...
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What do VCs look for?
I'm writing an article on a San Francisco startup competition featuring the young Japanese entrepreneur finalists (eventbrite info here) and was wondering what investors and judges are looking for ...
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SEEKING FOR START-UP FUNDING [closed]
I am an entrepreneur in Zimbabwe, Africa seeking for funding to start up an import business of mobbile phones and accessories in our country from China and Dubai. How can i easily get a partner or ...
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How are you handling taxes for international contract work?
I'm going to be forming a LLC for my startup. I'm doing most of the programming myself, but will be using a couple of international contractors via odesk.com. What is the way to report this?
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Legal Status of USA/UK Start up forming
I and a partner wish to set up a company. One of us lives in the UK and the other in the USA. We both want to make sure we are one legal entity so we can sell shares, or if the start-up was bought ...
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Set up an American corporation for a foreign national
I know a US citizen, I'll refer to as Frank, who was approached by a friends brother, Harry, who owns a mobile data account management company in Canada.
This company currently purchases accounts at ...
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Telephone calls to leads outside of the US?
I recently began calling up people who fill out the lead capture form on my website (name, email, phone). I'm based in the US, and calling US numbers is no problem.
But my product is available ...
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What are the costs of selling digital goods from a EU country to a non EU country?
I am looking to setup a small business selling digital products, that are downloadable and or online questionaires.
I want to sell internationally and am a European business.
I have a potential ...
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Do investors in the US invest in international companies?
I am based in the US, but I would like to start an ISP in a different country.
Would it be reasonable to find investors in the US? Or do I have to find investors in the target country?
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Choose US Bank for international company
I'm opening an Delaware LLC, and now choosing where to open bank account. My company is a very small consulting firm (software development, and we're going to run own product). We're located in ...
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How to designate terms for international shipping via FedEx or similar services?
For years I've been using "FOB our office" to signify that the buyer pays for all shipping door-to-door, insurance, import duties, etc. In other words, we hand the package to the FedEx guy and that's ...
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How does one create a company name that is internationally accepted?
I'm working on an international startup, website based, for which I need to create a name (with corresponding domains for all extensions) that is internationally accepted as my service is meant to be ...
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How to define US income on international sales?
I'm from Guatemala and i own a company here with license to export.
Two days ago I ask another question here:
Tax deduction for imported IT goods and services and @littleadv has given me a very ...
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Advice on starting a company where founders are in different countries?
My co-founder and I are reaching a point where we need to make some decisions about where and how to incorporate. One of us is in the US (California) where most of our customers will be for the first ...
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Is there a cheaper way (than wire transfer) to pay someone internationally?
We regularly have some distributors who pay us from outside the US. That usually costs 2% or so at their end and another $25 or more at our end.
Is there a cheaper way to do that? Maybe with PayPal?
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Managing multi-lingual website when you don't know the language
Internationalization and localization are some ways to test the water in various regions, to see which market you fit in best.
I wonder if any of you has any experience in a multi-lingual web (with ...
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Which currency or currencies should I use to price my products?
I am preparing to sell software products to a global market. Customers will be companies of a technical or engineering nature. Cost of a license will be in the USD $500-$2000 range.
Which currency ...
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Suggestions for dealing with a monthly Subscription billed in $US but showing up in foreign currency as varying monthly amount
We just started a Monthly Subscription this year. We're now expanding it to non-US currencies (e.g., $AUD).
The challenge is that the amount the customer sees (in $AUD) will vary every month with ...
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Having a US presence for an Indian software firm
We have setup a partnership firm having 2 partners in India. We are a software firm and having client base mainly in US, so we want to show our presence in US by putting our US
address on our ...
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Where to base company if I want to move from country to country?
I am in a position where I am able to work from any location of the world. The dozens of clients I work with (currently as a simple self-employed) are scattered throughout the globe, and I work only ...
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Selling online products purchased from the market
Are there any rules and regulations when selling products purchased from the market in an online store?
This is not affiliate/commission based selling. I'm purchasing products for the retail prices ...
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Where to set up an international internet business?
We are expanding our danish internet business to other countries (Germany, Spain, UAE...). This means that we will hire a couple of sales people in each country. The question is if we should register ...
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Can I register a DBA in a state that I don't live in?
I currently live outside of the US and I want my small (one person) software company to be in US jurisdiction. I'm not making enough money yet to justify forming an LLC, so I thought about filing for ...
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US company want to send a German citizen that has visa and work permit for US to work from Germany- -how is the taxation
we have the following complicated issue:
US based company
has an employee who is German citizen but lately lived in the US with a US Visa and work permit and hired at the US company
company wants ...
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steps required to receive payments from app store as a non-US resident
I'm a non-US citizen and have a couple of free iOS applications in the app store. Now, i want to create non-free versions, but i'm trying to gather what are the requirements that i would need in order ...
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How to work internationally in a country which is under sanction?
I'm a web developer and I live in Iran. Unfortunately my country is under international sanction. However, I'm able to work for foreign customers and get their job done. But there is a problem. A big ...
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US Citizen Being a Member of a UK LLP?
Suppose a US citizen becomes a member of a UK LLP, along with 2 other foreigners (non-US citizens). Assume each one of the three has a 33.3% share in the UK LLP.
The LLP starts working, and has a ...
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Canadian Selling a Website to British Pub
I've started a freelance web development company. Up to now all my clients have been based in Canada and I have been collecting taxes for the government.
I have been contacted by a Pub in the UK, ...
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Need advice on setting country-specific pricing
We're a growing Canadian software company selling online. Customers download freeware, later upgrading to a paid version.
We've received significant interest from customers and resellers ...
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How can a non-US citizen legally receive Kickstarter funds?
My understanding is that only a US citizen with an Amazon payment account can create a Kickstarter project.
If there is no project member in the States, is there some sort of agency that could create ...
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Do I need to charge Tax to my Clients Customers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Online Sales Tax: location based on transaction server, shipping address, CC, or location of purchaser?
My company is UK based but many of my clients are based in the ...
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International tax on digital products for a US company
I'm a developer in the US (Maryland) with an LLC and an application that I would like to sell through my website, delivered via download. I do not intend to ship physical goods of any sort, my ...
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I provide purchasing services for foreign companies. How to solve the problem of trust?
I am a purchasing agent for foreign companies. My clients find me on the Internet. I provide services so my clients pay me my service charge. They don't personally know me before they contact me. I ...
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How customs and other documents are cleared , while receiving or sending
We have recently planned to launch an eCommerce Store. We have certain products which which we want to ship to the international market too.
But when I choose to ship items individually it cost me a ...
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How Indian Laws and taxation applies to European company representative traveling within and abroad?
If I were to be employed by a European company to represent them in India to develop the market, what taxes and laws will apply? Secondly, how will the expenses made within the country and travel ...
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How do I handle large payments (over $15,000)?
As a side-project to my IT Consultancy business, I have developed a software product which I intend to sell. The URL for the new product is at http://www.scichart.com
I am partnering with FastSpring ...
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International Business Partner
I've finally found someone I wish to extend an offer to as a business partner and make him a part owner in the company, only he's international. The company is an LLC based in the USA and this ...
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Trusting international business entities for gig work
My wife is considering ultimately starting a small consulting business, and in order to get into the industry a bit, she is considering doing small paid "gigs" in her field, which is translation and ...
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Starting a business from the UK as self employed, with an eventual goal to employ US Citizens and move to the US to work - possible?
I'm currently working on building an online business based around travel and tourism and eventually I'll need to employ people in the US, located in a specific area. The end goal is that I'll be able ...
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H1b financial requirements as a startup company
We're a startup company, seed funded, post users, pre revenue. We want to hire a H1B visa employee currently at another company in the US. meets all the requirements of a special occupation. any ...
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Where should I register my LLC? (US national living abroad)
I have an Internet-based business that I will launch hopefully in the first half of this year. I am the only employee and I don't anticipate growing for the foreseeable future. However, to protect ...
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Doing Business in China: How to identify business opportunities?
I'm preparing to do international trade business
I will be in China.
One of the main places to look for suppliers is Alibaba. Do you have experience working with providers/suppliers found there?
I ...
