On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:18 PM Ronald F. Guilmette <[email protected]> wrote
> In message <[email protected]>, > Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> You're supposesd to formally register to do business in each and every > >> state where you have a physical nexus, even if it is only a rented > mailbox. > > > >It's pretty common these days to not have a physical nexus in lots of > states > >where you still conduct business. > > Absolutely correct. And indeed, Amazon is, I think, *not* registered > to do business in *many* states that it accepts orders from. > > But everywhere that it has a tangible physical footprint, it *is* > registered, as it must be, under the law. > Until you have W2 employees sitting somewhere or a retail space where customers show up, you generally don't have enough of a physical presence for the locality to notice or care. ARIN, for example, is registered in Virginia. AFAIK, they will not have to register as a Texas business in order to hold ARIN 44 in Austin this October though if they sold things -at the convention- then they would. https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.9.htm#9.251 Sec. 9.251. ACTIVITIES NOT CONSTITUTING TRANSACTING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE. (2) holding a meeting of the entity's managerial officials, owners, or members or carrying on another activity concerning the entity's internal affairs; Technically, dotting the i's and crossing the t's, you should be registered with the locality everywhere you're running an EC2 instance. Your electrons are there and your tax money should be too. Good luck getting Amazon to tell you where those are let alone actually doing it. That was my point. Thse sock puppet companies that were registered > as part of this overall Micfo fraud were *not* even bloody registered > in the states they claimed to be headquartered in, either now or, > EVEN AT THE TIME WHEN ARIN WAS ISSUING THEM RESOURCES. > They were so-called "aged shelf companies." Look up the term, it's actually quite fascinating. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin [email protected] https://bill.herrin.us/
_______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
