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> Let's say that I live in Thailand, have US citizenship, sell products on Amazon in England, ship to France, and then advertise on Google. Who do I pay taxes t

> Let's say that I live in Thailand, have US citizenship, sell products on Amazon in England, ship to France, and then advertise on Google. Who do I pay taxes to and at what rate? You know there's a technical answer to this question. But the answer is pretty predictable : everyone. Taxes on income in Thailand. Taxes on income in US. Taxes on shipping, though pretty much only in the arriving port and several places your shipment might pass (e.g. the Suez Canal) Taxes on selling in England and France. VAT France and England. There are plenty of companies that can help you with this. For an extra fee, of course. And don't think for a second states will help you figure out taxes for free, or even mention/warn you that you need to do it. Is it financially and logistically realistic for any normal sized company to do anything other than ignore the situation and fraudulently forget about taxes ? No. What will European states do about that ? Nothing. Well, unless you count utterly destroying a few unlucky token merchants.

jimmywanger 9y ago
> You know there's a technical answer to this question. Not really a satisfying one, as you pointed out. > Taxes on income in Thailand. > Taxes on income in US. Well, you don't have any income. You send all your profits to a shell company in some tax shelter somewhere (Isle of Man is an example) and only withdraw what you need for day-to day expenses. You can pay taxes on the income sitting in the tax shelter, but I can remind you of the multiplicative properties of zero. > Taxes on selling in England and France. > VAT France and England. I agree with the VAT. What if you only had warehouses in a country with a better tax code, store all your inventory there and just ship to France and England. Host your servers there and use a static IP to redirect queries from a .co.uk domain to the same site with a .tv domain. What percentage of the sale should go to France, and what percentage should go to England?

jimmywanger 9y ago

> You know there's a technical answer to this question. Not really a satisfying one, as you pointed out. > Taxes on income in Thailand. > Taxes on income in US. Well, you don't have any income. You send all your profits to a shell company in some tax shelter somewhere (Isle of Man is an example) and only withdraw what you need for day-to day expenses. You can pay taxes on the income sitting in the tax shelter, but I can remind you of the multiplicative properties of zero. > Taxes on selling in England and France. > VAT France and England. I agree with the VAT. What if you only had warehouses in a country with a better tax code, store all your inventory there and just ship to France and England. Host your servers there and use a static IP to redirect queries from a .co.uk domain to the same site with a .tv domain. What percentage of the sale should go to France, and what percentage should go to England?