I am just wondering, how does this affect European developers? Does this
make us financially active in the US even if we work for a European
company due to the fact that we are bound to Gentoo Foundation which
*is* registered as a NFP Organization in the US? What are our
responsibilities from the juridic point of view in the US and in the EU?
Chris Gianelloni wrote:
On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 05:06 +0000, Duncan wrote:
I see (and appreciate) his point tho. As you say, we /should/ be in the
clear. However, if we use the wrong language on the paid support setup
page, then the IRS /could/ find that the corporations are hiring Gentoo
developers in a quid-pro-quo of some sort, and that the Gentoo NFP is only
an attempt at an illegal tax shelter arrangement whereby Gentoo is just a
convenient way to arrange to pay someone more without them having to pay
taxes on it.
There's no point in reading *anything* else below here, because you've
made one BIG assumption. We *do* pay taxes.
When $company hires me to do work for them, I fill out a W-9. This
means that *I* am an independent contractor and *I* am responsible for
paying the taxes on my income.
Gentoo has nothing to do with it. All liabilities are on the individual
and the company.
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