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You won't like this answer, but this may well be "working as intended". If Quickbooks isn't licensed to offer financial services in Ghana, they may be legally
by powera 5y ago
You won't like this answer, but this may well be "working as intended".
If Quickbooks isn't licensed to offer financial services in Ghana, they may be legally forbidden from paying you, and an LLC (with an address you are not at) may not be enough for them to consider the payee a United States entity.
Presumably they will offer refunds of your payments to them if you ask the right way.
- onphonenow 5y agoMoney movement services that result in payments to overseas nationals are generally pretty regulated. VISA / MasterCard etc all likely have terms prohibiting exactly this type of situation for fraud and other reasons. The govt may have rules in place here as well. So yes, this may be working as intended. There are services dedicated to this type of situation (world remit etc). They can then issue proper tax forms (W-8 Ben etc requests). Often these shell LLC's don't do proper tax withholding etc for overseas folks because they are controlled by the same people.
- prmph 5y agoOk, noted, but my LLC maintains dollar bank accounts in the US, so from QuickBooks perspective I thought I I’m no different from any other customer. I’ve done my research, and my LLC is also considered a disregarded entity, and thus tax exempt, although there are reporting obligations.