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Thanks for the feedback. They're well aware that I'm located in Canada as all of that information was outlined on the initial agreement. I'm just a bit taken ba

Thanks for the feedback. They're well aware that I'm located in Canada as all of that information was outlined on the initial agreement. I'm just a bit taken back as I've worked with other clients who have never asked for this. It's likely that these particular clients would like to declare these expenses/right them off to lower their taxable income, I just wish they would have mentioned this before hand so I could have prepared for this.. The sub-contractors are based in Europe so it's really a massive loss for me if I were to go that route. Also, I've already been paid in full. So at this point I have nothing to lose really.

alain94040 12y ago
You still sound very confused about your obligations and your client's obligations. It sounds like you expect to keep all your transactions under the radar and not declare any of them to any tax authority. Don't.
- Apane101 12y ago
  Just for this project in particular because of the complexity with sub-contractors. All other ones there isn't any issues because they are in-house.
  - saurik 12y ago
    You don't get to pick and choose which transactions you report to the government and which you don't based on how hard it is for you to bother with the reporting.
tonyarkles 12y ago
I'm Canadian, but not a tax lawyer. When I've done consulting work in the past for an American company, it has been done B2B; invoices were sent from my (personal) company to their company. They then paid the invoices. There wasn't anything more complicated than that; I wasn't hired as an American employee or anything like that, software development was a service that they paid my company to do and I invoiced them for it. At the end of the year, it was simply recorded as a sale and was taxed appropriately.
- Apane101 12y ago
  Right, that's pretty much the same as my process. Did you deal with a W9? or 1099 though? Probably not because you're incorporated right.. So they listed your business. In my case a sole-proprietorship they need my personal info. Makes sense.
  - tonyarkles 12y ago
    Sole proprietorship here too, but I've registered a company name and do all business through that. The invoices I send have the company name on them, not my personal name.

alain94040 12y ago

You still sound very confused about your obligations and your client's obligations. It sounds like you expect to keep all your transactions under the radar and not declare any of them to any tax authority. Don't.

Apane101 12y ago
Just for this project in particular because of the complexity with sub-contractors. All other ones there isn't any issues because they are in-house.
- saurik 12y ago
  You don't get to pick and choose which transactions you report to the government and which you don't based on how hard it is for you to bother with the reporting.

tonyarkles 12y ago

I'm Canadian, but not a tax lawyer. When I've done consulting work in the past for an American company, it has been done B2B; invoices were sent from my (personal) company to their company. They then paid the invoices. There wasn't anything more complicated than that; I wasn't hired as an American employee or anything like that, software development was a service that they paid my company to do and I invoiced them for it. At the end of the year, it was simply recorded as a sale and was taxed appropriately.

Apane101 12y ago
Right, that's pretty much the same as my process. Did you deal with a W9? or 1099 though? Probably not because you're incorporated right.. So they listed your business. In my case a sole-proprietorship they need my personal info. Makes sense.
- tonyarkles 12y ago
  Sole proprietorship here too, but I've registered a company name and do all business through that. The invoices I send have the company name on them, not my personal name.