Nominee officers and directors (was: Why cryptome sold weblogs...)

wirelesswarrior at Safe-mail.net wirelesswarrior at Safe-mail.net
Tue Oct 13 11:16:32 PDT 2015


The IRS mainly determines if you are a contractor, for taxation purposes, by your other gainful activities. If you work solely for one client they usually consider you an employee. I suspect the IRS classification also applies in non-taxation contexts.

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From: odinn <odinn.cyberguerrilla at riseup.net>
To: wirelesswarrior at safe-mail.net, cypherpunks at cpunks.org
Subject: Re: Nominee officers and directors (was: Why cryptome sold weblogs...)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 03:21:20 +0000

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> How does an individual become a "bona fide contractor" to avoid being
> "subject to either receiving or implementing court orders or NSLs" as
> you put it, and in what circumstances would I want to be a "bona fide
> contractor?"  I am certain not everyone would want to be one, for
> various reasons.
> 
> wirelesswarrior at safe-mail.net:
> > Despite almost two decades of cypherpunk activity I cannot fathom
> > why U.S. residents operate sites clearly in the cross-hairs of
> > intel agencies. Have they never heard of non-resident nominee
> > officers and directors? All U.S. resident people dealing with the
> > site should be bona fide contractors so they aren't subject to
> > either receiving or implementing court orders or NSLs.
> >



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