Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Paid support

[Ioannis Aslanidis <aslanidis@gmail.com>]

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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