They mean whatever the regulator wants them to mean, when you're handcuffed to his table.
Prudence dictates that you not expose yourself or your business to unnecessary risks. So by that standard, the "country" is wherever the enforcer has the power to hurt you, an "import" is bringing something within reach of the enforcer, and an "export" is moving something beyond his reach.
Just stay out of the "country", and you never have to worry about being punished for "exports". If you look at the Byzantine import/export regulations, you don't have to be physically located outside of the geographical boundaries of the U.S. to be considered a foreign entity for the purpose of importing and exporting technical information.
Just feed in this new input to your lawyer/accountant tax avoidance machine, and everything should be all sorted out by next fiscal year.
lectrick|11 years ago
logfromblammo|11 years ago
Prudence dictates that you not expose yourself or your business to unnecessary risks. So by that standard, the "country" is wherever the enforcer has the power to hurt you, an "import" is bringing something within reach of the enforcer, and an "export" is moving something beyond his reach.
Just stay out of the "country", and you never have to worry about being punished for "exports". If you look at the Byzantine import/export regulations, you don't have to be physically located outside of the geographical boundaries of the U.S. to be considered a foreign entity for the purpose of importing and exporting technical information.
Just feed in this new input to your lawyer/accountant tax avoidance machine, and everything should be all sorted out by next fiscal year.