[BNM] Working with US tax regulations

[Mike Pelton]

Tom - hi - will you be physically based in the USA? As a limited company
myself I've done a lot of work for a company in San Francisco from here in
Hove without ever visiting their offices and the US tax question never came
up (although they're a 'proper' company) as the money was earned off US soil
and hence it was my responsibility to worry about tax rather than theirs.

I was very very careful to dictate the terms of the contract to dodge any
IR35 issues - anything that makes you look like an employee opens the
floodgates. I should add that I also found the Inland Revenue very helpful -
might be worth a call to them (or indeed a letter) to cover yourself just in
case.

If it turns out I'm wrong if you could all just deny you knew me while I
keep a low profile I'd be grateful:-)

Cheers

Mike Pelton
Mike at PollyTiles.co.uk
www.PollyTiles.co.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org
[mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Tom Hume
Sent: 01 January 2009 15:37
To: Brighton New Media
Subject: [BNM] Working with US tax regulations

Hey

Does anyone here have experience working as a limited company for US  
businesses?

We're going through the set-up-with-procurements process and have been  
told that we need to fill out a W-8 IRS tax document. There are lots  
of variants of this doc and we have to get the right one - W-8BEN  
looks like the right one to me, but is anyone else who's been through  
this process able to confirm it for me?

Tom

--
Future Platforms Ltd
e: Tom.Hume at futureplatforms.com
t: +44 (0) 1273 819038
m: +44 (0) 7971 781422
company: www.futureplatforms.com
personal: tomhume.org



-- 

BNM Subscribe/Unsubscribe:
http://www.brightonnewmedia.org/options/bnmlist

BNM powered by Wessex Networks:
http://www.wessexnetworks.com