alt Hacker NewsLets remind the purpose of incorporating in Delaware is legal tax evasion, so that we don't not have pensions, health insurance or anything nice, really.
Rename to Greedware.
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pembrook • today at 7:39 AM
No, it’s not. Companies have to pay taxes where they operate regardless of what state they incorporated in.
Stop spreading populist internet bullshit.
Incorporating in Delaware is like 95% about being in a predictable legal framework for any business related dispute imaginable.
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Investors usually expect that non-US founders incorporate in the US, and usually expect Delaware. There are other states that are more friendly to tax avoidance. Delaware is mostly preferred because it's a known quantity with mature regulation. Investors don't want to deal with dozens of different legal regimes, they want the one that they know about.