I flew to Los Angeles for a sponsored content shoot. Did I create a U.S. tax problem for my creator LLC?
I live in Seoul and run my influencer business through a Wyoming LLC. A U.S. cosmetics brand paid about $28,000 for a campaign and brought me to Los Angeles for four days of filming. Most of my other work is done in Korea. Total business revenue is around $170,000 this year.
I know platform income is one thing, but this specific contract involved being physically in the U.S. to perform on-camera services. I want to know whether that creates a different U.S. tax issue from my normal remote creator work.
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