My affiliate programs are all U.S. companies, but I do the marketing from Mexico. Is the income automatically U.S.-source?
I run SEO and email campaigns from Mexico through a Wyoming LLC and earn commissions from several U.S. affiliate programs. Annual revenue is about $74,000. Some people say because the merchants are American the commissions are U.S.-source. Others say because I do the marketing work in Mexico the answer is not that simple.
I want to understand which instinct is closer to reality before I assume the whole business is taxed the same way as normal U.S. income.
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