[BNM] Working with US tax regulations

[Tom Hume]

Cheers Mike :) We'll be predominately based in the or elsewhere  
outside the US; there may be a little on-site work, but it'll be our  
team working for FP-the-limited-company...

On 1 Jan 2009, at 17:52, Mike Pelton wrote:

> 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:-)

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