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I've thought about this...there are a lot of countries that will charge you little or no taxes, and some countries that will let you hire anyone you want (I find freedom in hiring more important than reducing tax exposure), but I don't know how many countries have both these things. Also, tax haven countries are sometimes very expensive places. Dubai, Montecarlo, Bermuda, and so forth. All insane. Even if you're not headquartered there, you might have the expense hit you in some form or another. The expense might be more damaging than paying taxes in US.

There's probably a reason only a few industries see their companies incorporate in tax havens (mostly insurers and financiers). The government might insist on having you fill out many phone-books worth of forms, pay special taxes, abide by certain restrictions, and so on. It might be outright illegal. A lot of companies got established in Delaware because this presents advantages; if they're not incorporating in a tax haven, I doubt it's because they're lazy.

On the other hand, one strategy I haven't heard being used, but have found nothing wrong with (so far) is going IPO with Nasdaq Portal. It costs like $8000 and makes stock available to investors with 100M or more in liquid assets, termed Qualified Institutional Investors. I haven't heard of anyone doing it, and I might be glossing over a huge downside to going public like this. In any case, you get to sell stock, and you avoid the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance fee of ~3 million dollars a year.



your right - there r many scared of Sarbanes-Oxley - its too complicated and complex - its just a lobby to make money.


I know I'm not the first person to mention this - please take the time to correctly spell, capitalize, and punctuate your comments. It makes it even more difficult to take you seriously otherwise.




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