AFK makes innovative digital products and services for forward–thinking brands. Some of the most recognisable brands in the world trust us to deliver experiences that drive commercial value.
- We're looking for front-end web programmers with expertise in either ReactJS or Vue with a passion for building high-impact, well-performing user experiences.
That depends on how easy it's for you to learn and internalise a new idea.
You can understand the basic premise of these books by just reading the summary, but you need a lot of reinforcement to internalise the idea and want to execute on it.
That's just how learning works.
I don't think you can do that. Lambda has a max limit of 5 minutes per invocation. You can however schedule Lambda to invoke as per schedule just like cron.
You'd probably be better off having a small EC2 box that runs long processes than AWS Lambda if your processes can't be broken into 5 minute chunks.
Good question! Every company’s situation will be different (which is one of the reasons we’re working with PwC to provide expert tax guidance and education). But generally speaking, companies that are incorporated in the US will need to pay US taxes, and may also pay taxes in their local jurisdiction.
The corporation we help you setup in the US would be a new entity.
While I applaud the idea, if you don't need to be US based:
1. It's ridiculous to incorporate in the US, due to ridiculous tax policies; and
2. It's a great way to upset local tax authorities + there are probably a ton of nasty side effects (e.g. some countries have "see through" taxation that taxes certain profits arriving in foreign entities at the shareholder level, or require board meetings to be held in the jurisdiction the company is based in, etc etc)
If you do this, make sure to get advice from local counsel, or it could end up being a very expensive exercise
> 1. It's ridiculous to incorporate in the US, due to ridiculous tax policies; and
What are these ridiculous tax policies? I've often heard complaints about US taxes for citizens/residents, but nothing yet for companies... (I realize that many companies choose to incorporate in tax havens to evade taxes; but I'm mainly interested in knowing how is incorporating in the US worse than incorporating in e.g. UK, Switzerland, Japan, Australia, Germany, France)
High corporate taxes + global taxation of profits. For example, any profit coming from lower taxed subsidiary (i.e. a dividend) will be taxed at the difference between the local rate and US corporate tax rate. So if you pay 20% in the UK, you will have to pay an additional 15% (35%-20%) in US tax.
Second, the US is very aggressive when it comes to withholding taxes (FATCA and all) - if you’re a shareholder living in a country without a decent tax treaty with the US, you’ll lose an extra 30% on any dividend you declare, unless you include intermediary structures such as holding companies etc
Now, some of these might not matter that much to a startup since they aren’t making a profit anyway. But if you build something profitable it will be relevant for an acquirer. If things are set up properly to pay less tax, they will pay more for your company.
This definitely isn’t for everyone — and people’s situations will be different — but based on what we’ve seen there are plenty of entrepreneurs who have already (painstakingly) done this or would like to do it. Our goal is to make what people are already doing more understandable and remove roadblocks so this is available to everyone who wants to go this route.
Yes, the company will be subject to US taxes but Delaware is a tax haven so it should be lower that wherever you live.
The problem is when you want to get money out of that company, to your home country. You'll have to pay taxes in your home country... Unless you take the plane with a suitcase full of cash once in a while.
As impressive as that is, it's even more impressive that the last commit in the project was in 2012.
This 'little' web project is more than three years old and still amazing considering how much web browsers and web technologies have moved forward in this time.
Not trying to downplay your point, but I think the fundamental technologies have more or less stayed the same during this time frame. I think what has changed has been the tools that help you better organize and work with those technologies.
AFK makes innovative digital products and services for forward–thinking brands. Some of the most recognisable brands in the world trust us to deliver experiences that drive commercial value.
- We're looking for front-end web programmers with expertise in either ReactJS or Vue with a passion for building high-impact, well-performing user experiences.
Email me at adhip.gupta (at) afkagency.com