[Asterisk-biz] Voip startup regulations question

[Michael Welter]

alex at pilosoft.com wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>*sigh* http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq13-3.html read up on the 330 day
>>presense test.  They used to (may still) have a program that if you are
>>out of country 11 months out of the year total or 10 months but at no
>>time in country more than 2 weeks then you were exempt).
>>
>>However its quite clear on the 330 day presense test.
> 
> *sigh back*
> 
> You only get 80k$ income exclusion if you qualify. While it may be a lot
> to you, in a grand scheme of things, 80k$ per year is nothing.
>  

Just remember that the exclusion is compensation for the income taxes 
you've paid to your host country.

I could curl your toenails relating my experiences with US/UK tax law, 
but this isn't the venue.  Just ask yourself if you think the US is 
going to let you keep untaxed income...