Offering Services in America

[BGD]

One part of our business is small, niche conferences.

Following a window of opportunity, I am considering producing a small event in the USA and thus trying to price up the costs and evaluate the risks of doing so.

Does anyone have any advice (or links) to the tax implications of events in the USA for a British company. I have tried our accountants, but they are too UK-centric and do not know. Specialist advice will make the project non-feasible.

Any steers appreciated, thanks.

 

[left-long-ago]

Probably easier just to get an American LLC, they are dirt cheap and do the conference through that vehicle and pay local US tax.

As a one off as a UK company I think the easiest way would be to get your US counterparts to invoice your Uk company for expenses and also get the income sent to your Uk company.That way the US taxman does not know anything and you can be in and out. The problem is anyone who wants an invoice for expenses would have it from the Uk company and might not be happy about that, but that is for their accountants to sort out

 

[BGD]

Thanks for that, although it would hit two hurdles:

i) the intention of doing it would be to build it out to something larger and annual
ii) those we deal with are finserv and other large corporate entities who have a regulatory assault course for us to cover, to get buy-in.