From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GM643-0002Vf-9V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:52:19 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k89Gpi8D029172; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 16:51:44 GMT Received: from mail.tinet.org (mail.tinet.org [195.77.216.130]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k89GniZ5030068 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 16:49:44 GMT Received: (qmail 11476 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2006 16:49:44 -0000 Received: from 87.red-62-57-29.user.auna.net (HELO [62.57.29.87]) (aioannis@[62.57.29.87]) (envelope-sender ) by mail.tinet.org (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 9 Sep 2006 16:49:44 -0000 Message-ID: <4502F0A0.8040405@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:49:36 +0200 From: Ioannis Aslanidis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Paid support References: <44F95E3E.9000708@gentoo.org> <44F96559.6010003@gentoo.org> <44F96881.90806@gentoo.org> <200609021426.03618.kugelfang@gentoo.org> <44F988FB.3070001@gentoo.org> <44F98D55.8020706@gentoo.org> <20060902233715.GT32359@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <44F9E46C.8080202@gentoo.org> <1157452829.9994.24.camel@localhost> <44FF96EE.8010605@gentoo.org> <1157637812.10396.5.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> <45023138.8000208@gentoo.org> <4502320A.2070402@gentoo.org> <1157809423.7667.22.camel@vertigo.twi-31o2.org> In-Reply-To: <1157809423.7667.22.camel@vertigo.twi-31o2.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 83d8da11-9d55-455a-b5a7-37545dbc30bd X-Archives-Hash: a589279e9e72d31bea271d29363efa42 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. > -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list