Hacker News Reader

Yes, that's the way you do it, at least in Poland.

You start a sole proprietorship and then just invoice your US-based client monthly.

It's very simple for both sides.

It’s simple for now because no one is looking at it. But it will cause a world of problems for employers who are treating contractors as de facto employees when and if someone does start looking.

Within a country - yes, if those kind of laws exist( e.g. IR35 in the UK). Between countries - very very unlikely.

Do you have to do anything special with regards to vat? You’re selling services to a US company. Just asking

No problem at all. US company pays zero VAT. Any accountant can help with billing and tax reporting specifics.

I was asking because last year I billed a few times from NL a company registered in Florida. My accountant thought for some reason that I had to inform tax authorities over there. But he didn’t have experience with it.

US is not part of VAT system so nothing applies there.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com