I use Upwork and Fiverr through my foreign-owned LLC — what are my U.S. tax obligations?
I'm a web developer from Ukraine working through my Wyoming LLC on Upwork and Fiverr. I earn about $85,000/year from U.S. and international clients through these platforms. All work is done remotely from Kyiv.
Upwork asked for a W-8BEN-E which I submitted. Fiverr doesn't seem to have asked for anything yet. I'm receiving payments to my LLC's Mercury bank account.
Do I owe U.S. income tax on freelance platform income? Are Upwork and Fiverr required to report my income to the IRS? And what's the difference between being treated as a contractor versus a business on these platforms?
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