[asterisk-biz] OT: Paying people in faraway (Western) places.

[Alex Balashov]

Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:

> Jersey has 0% corporate tax rates (20% individual) which upsets the US
> and many EU nations to no end claiming "its not fair", why they got put
> on a tax haven list recently.  There are other places that similarly
> have good tax laws that allow you to structure things in a way that is
> legal but gets around the tax laws.  Remember "tax avoidance" is legally
> structuring stuff to not pay taxes, while "tax evasion" is the illegal
> way - the difference largely is pre-planning and intentionally making an
> effort to avoid those rules.

Yeah, I know.  I'm aware of that sort of thing.

The problem is, I don't want to become an "international businessman" - 
I have neither the resources nor the business case nor the capital for 
it.  This UK deal is most likely a one-off;  I'm not planning on hiring 
others in the UK per se, nor am I expecting to hire many others in 
non-US countries.

So, I have absolutely zero interest in setting up any offshore holding 
companies and/or registered entities in Caribbean tax havens and/or all 
that other stuff that people do.  I just can't justify it all for one 
person, or even a few people.  It's simply not worth it.  I'm not 
Microsoft, and I have no substantial assets to avoid (not evade) taxes 
with like large corporations.  So, dicking around with this stuff would 
be a pointless waste of my time.

I just want to hire a guy in the UK with a minimum of hassle to me, and 
especially to him.  How freaking hard can this be?

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