I'm thinking the people in the Registry have a vested interest in keeping the business in Alberta. Ditto for City Hall.
I was thinking more along the line of setting up a company in the Caymans (http://cayman.com.ky/formcmpy.htm) or even Switzerland (http://www.business-dialog.com/company-formation.htm). The IncomeTax is really low and I currently don't understand why I'd have to setup a Canadian company to receive payments from Canadians over the Internet. That company could then buy/lease servers in the US & Canada but functionally operate out of the lower tax jurisdiction. I see the banking and payments as a separate problem - it may be easier to setup where the company is registered. Both the Caymans & Switzerland have great banking facilities so that shouldn't be much of a problem. Cheers, J.J. On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 01:05 -0600, Shawn wrote: > The people at the registry depot are normally aware of the different options > here. But, when in doubt, consulting a lawyer would probably be the best > bet. > > Oh, you might also want to talk to the business department at City Hall. > They > might "require" a license. > > Shawn > > On Sunday 28 September 2008 00:22:46 John Jardine wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm not sure where to go with this... > > > > I'm in the process of setting up a business. Currently it's a > > Registered Partnership in Alberta. Both principals are Alberta > > residents. > > > > This is an Internet based business. Revenues are expected to be 80% > > from US, 15% from Canada, 5% from other. > > > > Servers will be located in Calgary (initially). > > > > I'm trying to stay a step ahead in terms of tax jurisdiction and legal > > jurisdiction. I want to eventually be able to have the business reside > > in a low/no tax jurisdiction along with a low/no exposure to nuisance > > lawsuits environment. > > > > Because the business is essentially a couple of boxes and some custom > > software it can "be" anywhere. > > > > Anybody done this? Anybody know who to talk to about this? > > > > Thanks, > > J.J. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
