I live in Spain and made one short U.S. trip. Does that already belong in the treaty file?
I run a U.S. LLC from Madrid for online consulting and had one five-day trip to New York for meetings. No office, no staff, and no contract signing in the U.S. The trip felt too small to matter, so I did not document it carefully at the time.
Now my preparer says even a short trip belongs in the file if we are relying on a remote-founder story. I want to know whether that is a normal level of caution or overkill.
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