Tax Questions

Entrepreneurs can set up their business as a Sole Proprietorship, C-corporation, S-corporation, partnership, non-profit, Limited Liability Company, or Limited Liability Partnership.

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Are you taxed on revenue or income?

As a single owner of an LLC, are you required to pay taxes on the LLC's profit or revenue?

asked Jan 31 '12 at 00:10
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Ali
179 points

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How to tax deduct Home Office in an LLC with multiple members?

I have an LLC with multiple partners (members) that work from home. We're a tech startup company. We each work from home, and want to take advantage of the home office tax deduction. Is this...

asked Feb 2 '12 at 05:06
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Box Cat
5 points

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1 Answers
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Duties & Taxes involved in importing into the US

We are a UK private limited company who export from India direct to our customers in the UK, we are now looking to export from India into the US. My question is regarding the import duties and...

asked Feb 2 '12 at 08:10
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Dav
8 points

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2 Answers
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Tax implications of giving out prizes/raffles for my startup customers

I've ran a few contests / giveaways on my site for new customers. So far I've given away a color nook, 2 rounds of golf, and 2 ski lift tickets. Just some stuff to get people more active in the...

asked Jan 18 '12 at 05:03
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Jared
31 points

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2 Answers
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Freelance work whilst in Full Time employment and Taxes

I am a Software Developer and I live and work for a company in the UK and pay PAYE taxes and NI Contributions through my wages for this jobs salary. I am looking to start working on a couple of...

asked Jan 19 '12 at 00:16
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Penfold
111 points

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3 Answers
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How do minors legally start a business?

I am a fifteen year old Web and iPhone developer. I'm looking to get apps published on the App Store under a business name. So, this leads me to a few questions. (I already have a bought...

asked Jan 22 '12 at 14:24
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Crystal
51 points

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1 Answers
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How to document transfer pricing policy for IP

In Europe, there is enormous tax differences between high tax and low-tax jurisdictions for holding IP (for example 60% for owners of a "3:12" Swedish company vs 5% for a Luxembourg IP...

asked Jan 23 '12 at 09:11
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User239558
228 points

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2 Answers
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UK Taxation: Do you need to pay tax on revenue gathered from advertisements and donations

I have a plan for some software / services that I believe can generate some cash through advertisements, selling 'pro' versions of the application in their respective 'app stores' and through...

asked Jan 12 '12 at 02:22
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Krslynx
118 points

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How should I account for the financial losses by my LLC?

All the investment to my company now is my time and skill. But I do have to pay out of my own pocket for elance, cloud computing, etc. These, based on my understanding, would be counted as "loss"...

asked Jan 13 '12 at 08:32
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Tom
197 points

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does anybody know of a non-us country with low cost of incorporation

so from what I've seen the US offers quite low incorporation cost (it appears that you can form an LLC just by a few hundred dollars) my question is, is there any other country that satisfy these...

asked Dec 31 '11 at 20:32
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Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

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1 Answers
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How To Transfer Money Between Personal & LLC Bank Accounts

I'm starting a very small business out of my home in Texas. I've formed the LLC and opened a bank account for it. How should I handle putting my own money into the business account so I can avoid...

asked Jan 1 '12 at 05:02
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Grilldos
31 points

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3 Answers
2.88K Views
Does using Fulfilment by Amazon in a different country makes you liable to charge local sales tax in the country?

My business is in Canada. I sell goods online that I ship by mail. I would like to use a fulfilment center in the UK to lower the cost of shopping for my european sales. Do I become liable for...

asked Jan 1 '12 at 19:29
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Alexandre H. Tremblay
186 points

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What year to payments to subcontractors count, for tax purposes?

In what year do payments to subcontactors count, for tax purposes? For example if I don't make the payment until after Jan 1 but the money was earned the previous year, which tax year does that...

asked Jan 2 '12 at 05:37
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Don Zacharias
132 points

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Avoiding income tax on worldwide sales - The double Irish?

Does anyone know more about the "Double Irish" Structure to avoid paying income tax for worldwide profits. 100% of the revenues of my company are made oversees. I export physical products oversees....

asked Jan 2 '12 at 15:51
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Alexandre H. Tremblay
186 points

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2 Answers
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Business owner, how does he/she get paid?

Business owner, how does he/she get paid? Withdrawals vs Salary (Guaranteed payments) I've been thinking of registering a Ltd company (UK) as I'm a freelancer; and want limited liability. Also to...

asked Jan 8 '12 at 05:58
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Klj613
36 points

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3 Answers
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Utilizing revenue in an LLC as an investment, not income in a new year

We are currently in the month of December and have about $10K (all revenue - all expenses) in our LLC's account. We plan to use this to invest on a project early next year. Unfortunately, it is not...

asked Dec 21 '11 at 03:33
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David
6 points

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3 Answers
3.13K Views
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...

asked Dec 22 '11 at 01:52
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Martin
6 points

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Tax implications for a US based bank account held by an Indian residing in India

I am in talks with various international banks in India who're ready to provide us a US based bank account provided we meet their minimum balance requirements in a local bank. A US based account...

asked Dec 22 '11 at 23:19
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Ankur Jain
566 points

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Incorporate C corp in US for a purpose of distribution / reseller

My company in Hong Kong is selling handphone accessories. We also have an online store. Because we have increasing customers in US, we are thinking to incorporate a company in US. This is to...

asked Dec 16 '11 at 14:12
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Paul12
18 points

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Can any one explain the taxes and costs for starting up as a LLC?

If I register as a LLC in Delaware and set up a Virtual Office in India, how will I be taxed? What are the kind of taxes that I will see? Is it better to start a C type single member Corporation?...

asked Dec 6 '11 at 23:23
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Praveen T S
6 points