I live in Australia and run everything from Australia. Is that enough to support a no-U.S.-office treaty view?
I am an Australian resident using a Delaware LLC for a B2B SaaS product. We have U.S. customers, but no U.S. employees, no office, and no U.S. travel this year. All product work and contract approvals happened from Sydney.
I know this sounds like a classic remote-founder pattern, but I also know people oversimplify it online. I want to know whether these facts are generally the kind people document to support a treaty-friendly, no-U.S.-office position, or whether I am still missing something important.
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