USA Questions

If we have a web startup originally targetting users from country A, but the majority of users end up to be from America, is it sufficient to have the company incorporated in country...

Getting Started Incorporation Legal Tax USA

asked Mar 3 '13 at 19:30

Nyxynyx
193 points

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...

UK International USA Shares Legal Entity

asked Feb 15 '13 at 21:46

Slappybag
16 points

We converted (created new entity then merged) from an LLC to a c-corp. The new c-corp has a different EIN than the LLC. Do we need to notify/update our employees, clients and vendors about the new...

Tax USA IRS EIN

asked Feb 18 '13 at 06:23

Aaron
8 points

I've been advised on multiple occasions that agreeing to a finder's fee as a percentage of capital raised is illegal in the United States, unless the "finder" is a licensed broker-dealer. Despite...

Investment USA Investors SEC

asked Jan 30 '13 at 02:33

Channel72
106 points

I have accounts with various advertisers and affiliate companies - let's just say Amazon Affiliates for the purposes of this discussion - and I've now registered a single-member LLC. During the...

LLC Tax USA

asked Feb 8 '13 at 11:05

Artem Russakovskii
106 points

We are a startup in Europe. (A Saas music web app + mobile app and we are now exiting from stealth mode.) I wonder how to reach US Venture Capitalists and Angels from Europe. We are incorporating...

Funding Venture Capital USA Europe

asked Jan 20 '13 at 18:49

Mike
113 points

We just got filed as an official LLC in CT and were wondering how we get our Tax ID number(EIN). We would like to open a bank account for the company and assume we need that to open one.

LLC Tax USA EIN

asked Jan 2 '13 at 06:40

Matt Clark
135 points

I want to open a business bank account for my LLC to keep my finances separate. How, in general, should I go about shopping for a bank account? Relatedly, are there any particular banks that excel...

LLC USA Bank Account

asked Jan 12 '13 at 14:04

Max
108 points

I'm nearly complete and preparing to launch my business. However, I've noticed that taxes aren't as simple as everyone makes them out to be. I'm mostly confused about cash vs accrual accounting for...

Tax USA IRS Sole Proprietorship

asked Dec 17 '12 at 16:00

Asdaf3wq
18 points

We are a extremely small start up, just starting out and we need to hire our first marketer. The wages are low, but the work is fun. We put out an ad and many people have come back to us, but we...

Hiring UK USA

asked Dec 12 '12 at 04:17

Spoiled Techie.Com
102 points

I'm forming a US C corporation in Delaware. Paid the service fees to a lawyer and everything's ready to be filed. My goals are very simple as: Having a US presence for user credibility, Opening...

Incorporation Tax USA

asked Nov 20 '12 at 17:07

Kavoir.Com
129 points

This was partially addressed in another question, International tax on digital products for a US company, however, I'm still unclear as to what I need to do if the UK removes this threshold next...

UK Tax USA VAT

asked Nov 16 '12 at 10:41

Geoff M
115 points

I recently filed my company as an LLC expecting to get some small jobs in my local area. Through my professional connections I might land a contract that would span in multiple states across the...

LLC USA

asked Nov 17 '12 at 00:48

User21643
6 points

I'm looking to file a provisional patent application in Canada and the US. From what I've been told, the process is not easily out-sourceable, and I'm on a shoestring startup budget. I would like...

Patent Canada USA Provisional Patent

asked Oct 19 '12 at 01:59

Blueberryfields
426 points

I'm developing a service that would collect subscriber's money for the webmaster, and we'd pay the website owner at the end of the month. So for example, 10 subscribers pay "us" (the service)...

Tax USA

asked Nov 1 '12 at 16:55

Nimbuz
174 points

We are about to set up our production environment in AWS and are wondering about the tax consequences of where the servers are located. We are a Swedish start-up and since AWS is cheapest in the US...

Tax USA Server

asked Oct 4 '12 at 16:15

Yrlec
108 points

1 - Company A is an European company that sells digital products and services all over the world, including the US. The company does not pay US income tax because it does not have an US...

Tax USA Subsidiary

asked Oct 2 '12 at 05:26

Captain Hartman
6 points

I have been working in a company for a month. They buy my service instead of hiring me, so they ask me to set up my company. I do some drawing and design work for them. I want to know what kind of...

Insurance California USA

asked Sep 1 '12 at 14:47

Marco
130 points

I have an American based llc production company. I want to hire European artists for a short period (1 month for a show) . whats the best route for their taxes and mine? Would it be more...

Tax USA Contractor

asked Jul 16 '12 at 08:02

Richard
6 points

We are a small US Corp that hired a couple of workers in the Philippines to help us with some of our online work. We are paying them directly, but that means they do not have Social Security or...

Tax USA

asked Jul 17 '12 at 03:32

Frank
11 points