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It’s not America’s fault that Europe strangles their companies with red tape. The main thing is to just get started, start growing, and then you can figure all
by encoderer 2y ago
It’s not America’s fault that Europe strangles their companies with red tape.
The main thing is to just get started, start growing, and then you can figure all of this stuff out.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoComparatively, EU VAT is less complex than the US thing, as it's on a country rather than a county basis, so I'm not sure how the EU is messing up here. That being said the rules for rates are complex but unless you're selling lots of different products that's unlikely to be an issue. I do agree with you on the keep growing advice but if you're getting a bunch of EU sales, it's worth complying to some extent.
- omnimus 2y agoAlso lets not forget this is special case with digital products where using something like Paddle completely solves it. The systems are way crazier with physical products and there is no easy merchant of record solution. This seems more like arrogance that for some people some nations are beneath them (even though they gladly take their money).
- omnimus 2y agoIts not Europes fault Americans want to sell there without respecting local laws.
- encoderer 2y agoI’m not saying you should never pay taxes, but are you seriously worried about little guys making under a million a year? Internet based companies are not using your roads or calling on your firefighters or getting protection from your police, and since the time I wrote that post the largest companies in the world have saved like a billion dollars using Irish tax shelters. Let little guys be. The deck is stacked against ever hitting a million+. They are not a threat to your way of life.