Your Own Company

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:53 pm

in nl, you can go two ways...

1. setup a company, add vat, get vat back etc.

or

2. add is as 'income from secundairy activities', which has its own rules and regulations and conditions

srod · Post by **srod** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:37 pm

Most major countries follow the Berne convention on copyright whereby software is protected on the same basis as literary materials. Providing you can prove authorship, then copyright automatically belongs to you and all the rights and protection are yours by default.
You don't even need to display the usual copyright symbol and doing so is no guarantee by itself anyhow. You simply need to be able to prove that you are the original author etc.
There appears to be one exception with software in the case where an employer might claim ownership; this is a particular problem with educational establishments. In these cases, a solicitor would advise seeking a waiver of disclaimer against any piece of software etc.

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:50 pm

Shannara wrote: I, personnally have an S-Corp so to bypass the double-taxation since Alaska has no personal tax .

Any easy and much more affordable route is an LLC. You can file one for $30 in just about any state (remember that your company doesn't have to be registered where you live). You can be taxed any one of many ways and it is a hell of a lot less complicated than a corporation.. www.legalfilings.com is a great resource to get things done fast - I've filed a lot of company paperwork through them.

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:41 am

If you deal with the public (eg you sell your software to someone) then you will also need public liability insurance.

-Anthony

dagcrack · Post by **dagcrack** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:55 am

In this life... you got to pay since you are born..
I'd move to kenia..