Structuring advice for “non-resident” corporation?
I am nearly in the same boat: you are going to need a US accountant for yourself and your US corp. Some pointers: • Do some research on what type of US corporations can be owned by foreign entities (IANAL, but IIRC only LLCs and C-corps can be). • You need to pick your US jurisdiction as well (I’d say Delaware or Nevada). You are probably going to be liable for US federal taxes on the profits of your US corp, but not state taxes (as you won’t be living within a US state). So, pick a state with low corp overhead (DE and NE being the top two usually). • Then there’s the issue of double-taxation. I am almost certain that USA and Canada have a bilateral tax treaty as part of NAFTA, which usually (check with a US or Canadian accountant) means that you will pay your income tax in the US, and that would be credited against your Canadian tax on the same amount. You may have to “top up” your Canadian tax for that income though. I am not in e-commerce, so I can’t help you more than that, but I a
