I am in Singapore. Why is everyone telling me there is no treaty path for the LLC?
I run a Delaware LLC from Singapore for software consulting and digital products. Because Singapore is such a major business hub, I honestly assumed there would be some broad treaty path with the U.S. that would make the structure easier. Instead, my preparer says I should start from default U.S. rules.
I do not want to rely on assumptions here. Is the current position really that Singapore founders usually do not have a comprehensive U.S. income tax treaty to lean on for a U.S. LLC?
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