[discuss] Interesting article

Tue Jan 14 14:53:42 UTC 2014

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>>> I've no idea how is ICANN registered in other countries where it has
>>> offices.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what do you mean about "requirements of US government". In
>>> the US ICANN is incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the state of
>>> California, and it has tax-exempt status ( 501(c)(3) ) which for sure
>>> requires from the organization to file yearly Form 990.
>>>
>>
>> Sure they are non-profit, i was referring to the fact that they are now
>> spreading out of US and wondering how that plays since the exempt normally
>> did not cover the entire US in the first place[1]. However, perhaps its not
>> a an issue so consider it closed ;). My understanding of ICANN still having
>> a headquarters in the US still stands though (which is not a big deal)
>> unless convinced otherwise ;)
>>
>
> The tax exempt status is both federal and a state exemption so ICANN does
> not pay any state or federal taxes in the US.
>
> Employees are not exempt of tax obligations and that varies according to
> where the employee resides for tax purposes.
>

Before somebody brings up the point, as any other US based employer that
pay salaries obvious ICANN is not exempt of its payroll tax obligations.

-J
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