All my app servers are in Virginia, but I run the company from Hong Kong. Is that enough for U.S. tax?
I am based in Hong Kong and run an AI API business through a Delaware LLC. We do about $150,000 per year and all infrastructure is on AWS us-east-1 for latency reasons. No employees or contractors are in the U.S. and I have not visited the U.S. this year.
I keep hearing mixed opinions about whether U.S.-based servers alone create effectively connected income or a U.S. trade or business. I understand I likely still have Form 5472 because of owner funding, but I do not know whether the Virginia hosting changes anything beyond that.
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