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https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-provider-pia-exits-russia-server-seizures-160712/ https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-provider-pia-exits-russia-serve... Russia is not a

by throwaway1974 10y ago

https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-provider-pia-exits-russia-server-seizures-160712/ https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-provider-pia-exits-russia-serve... Russia is not a friendly country to do business in China is closed off behind the Great Firewall and probably already has a local netflix clone India, I do not know, could be cost issues?

inopinatus 10y ago
India could be a tax issue. As a tech sector APAC manager I have been instructed more than once not to visit. Not for any internal conference, and definitely not for any customer contact, and to take verifiable steps to avoid making "management decisions" if visiting for a holiday. Typical quote, "You do not want to be the guy that triggered tax obligations for us in India". IANAL but I believe it's due to the broad framing of India's "place of effective management" rules. This sort of thing ends up being mostly to Singapore's benefit, transnationals won't place their APAC region office in India as a result.
- zhte415 10y ago
  As long as your main revenue base is not India, and you're not visiting to make board decisions visiting India, on the business of a subsidiary, should not be an issue. You're looking at taxation for resident income, and source income. Sure, a local entity should pay tax at source, in your case India, but unless you're sitting in India and taking global decisions or decisions creating significant global impact, no need to pay on resident income. IANAL but this is my experience interacting mainly with large corporate. You might want to ask legal in your company or have an international independent auditor advise; don't want the wool may well being pulled over your eyes. And that would be bad, as it would be a dereliction of trust. And I've seen that a lot when, non India specific, but offshored locations try to build ill-founded silos.

inopinatus 10y ago

India could be a tax issue. As a tech sector APAC manager I have been instructed more than once not to visit. Not for any internal conference, and definitely not for any customer contact, and to take verifiable steps to avoid making "management decisions" if visiting for a holiday. Typical quote, "You do not want to be the guy that triggered tax obligations for us in India". IANAL but I believe it's due to the broad framing of India's "place of effective management" rules. This sort of thing ends up being mostly to Singapore's benefit, transnationals won't place their APAC region office in India as a result.

zhte415 10y ago
As long as your main revenue base is not India, and you're not visiting to make board decisions visiting India, on the business of a subsidiary, should not be an issue. You're looking at taxation for resident income, and source income. Sure, a local entity should pay tax at source, in your case India, but unless you're sitting in India and taking global decisions or decisions creating significant global impact, no need to pay on resident income. IANAL but this is my experience interacting mainly with large corporate. You might want to ask legal in your company or have an international independent auditor advise; don't want the wool may well being pulled over your eyes. And that would be bad, as it would be a dereliction of trust. And I've seen that a lot when, non India specific, but offshored locations try to build ill-founded silos.