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Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by morley »

swatcoder wrote: post #8

Aren't employers in most jurisdictions required to verify work eligibility and report income? Does "pseudonymously" just mean that they these employers commit to supporting your alternative identity when engaging with the public, the way publishers might handle a pen name? Or is this something different? I'm probably not the only person who will wonder about this, so it might help to put the answer as text on the sit…

I remember reading in the last year about one of the crypto companies that hired an anonymous employee. (Maybe it was the Zcash Foundation? I can't for the life of me find the article about what they did.)

Basically, they kept as low as possible the number of people who knew their real identity. That person or persons would verify employment and file the appropriate paperwork.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by JusticeJuice »

TekMol wrote: post #36

Here is a question I have often wondered about: Say I am running a business in Europe. And one day I need to translate some text from German to English. I go to Google and enter "German to English translation service". Up comes a website that says "We translate one page of text for ₿0.000048". The website does not tell you where it is operated or who operates it. They state that where they are, they are not obliged t…

> Can I deduct the expense from my taxes?

Slightly different in every country but in general, theres two parts to this question.

The first bit is just the fact as it's an expense, it affects your business' profit, and therefore how much you're taxed on. Anything you spend money on means a lower tax bill.

What your probably thinking of is GST / VAT / sales tax etc. A tax at point of sale, which consumers normally pay, but can be claimed back for business to business trade. The idea being by making b2b cheaper, economy moves faster.

To work with these systems you usually need a registered business, and get a VAT/GST number.I assume this anon service isn't VAT/GST registered, as doing so would kinda defeat the point. They also, might not be collecting this tax to pay on their side anyway.

So no you can't claim that back, unless they get a VAT number.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by jrsj »

Most of this stuff is in crypto/smart contract/DeFi space…which is currently imploding.

That being said I do like the idea of anon friendly work. Not even for the anonymity, but for being full async. I’ve tried looking for opportunities for work outside of my 9-5 in the past and it surprised me how difficult it was to find anything. Ultimately I gave up and cut some expenses instead.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by ev1 »

duxup wrote: post #9

>using your legal identity at work is unnecessary, and puts your safety, security, and privacy, at risk. It is? I want this? I tried watching a bit of the video but it kinda lost me with the bitcoin stuff as I don't really think of bitcoin and my relationship with my employer ... have anything to do with each other.

For crypto, this is actually somewhat reasonable. I'm sure this sounds "dumb" to traditional users, but if you are a community manager of a cryptocurrency, you will probably have near continuous 7x24 attacks on you in an attempt to take over accounts or other similar BS. They frequently try exponentially harder on the non technical members because of the assumption that the people working on the tech are more likely to have 2FA etc, while "community manager" will probably have to click any link they get.

That being said, all of the entries on this site are for cryptocurrency/NFT/whatever, so that sounds about right.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by jimmygrapes »

varsketiz wrote: post #44
coderintherye wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the U.S. at least, you are still legally required to report the legal identity of any contractor to the IRS and must ask them to fill out an I-9 form: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/complete-and-correct-form-... Any contractor making >= $600 have to fill the payment and they receive a 1099. There are very few exceptions to that and they are listed in the article.

Thats interesting. I have contracted with multiple entities in the US for many years and they never asked for anything like that.

I think what they meant to say is the legal entity, rather than identity; a LLC or other business formation should suffice for most reporting requirements. There may be some exceptions in some areas, but I've contracted with with thousands of entities and never once had to verify the identity of their employees unless it was for individual access (passes/badges, etc.).

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by AtlasBarfed »

swatcoder wrote: post #8

Aren't employers in most jurisdictions required to verify work eligibility and report income? Does "pseudonymously" just mean that they these employers commit to supporting your alternative identity when engaging with the public, the way publishers might handle a pen name? Or is this something different? I'm probably not the only person who will wonder about this, so it might help to put the answer as text on the sit…

Do offshoring / outsourcing companies need to report India/whereever worker IDs?

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by samstave »

vasco wrote: post #24

> soon most work will be done pseudonymously Eyebrow raised very high 81 days this article was discussed in HN: https://www.sofuckingagile.com/blog/mourning-loss-as-a-remot... In it, among other things, we learn a team member who was not even anonymous passed away, and the company only found out when the person's wife created a support ticket because they didn't know basic facts about them. If after reading that arti…

Doesnt this model only appeal to the use in "one-time, short-term, mostly-illegal" constructs?

"Hey Mr. RockStar Dev, I want you to make me an app to rip of [THING]"

"Sure, my @wallet is here and my skillset is listed here"

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by shrubble »

varsketiz wrote: post #44
coderintherye wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the U.S. at least, you are still legally required to report the legal identity of any contractor to the IRS and must ask them to fill out an I-9 form: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/complete-and-correct-form-... Any contractor making >= $600 have to fill the payment and they receive a 1099. There are very few exceptions to that and they are listed in the article.

Thats interesting. I have contracted with multiple entities in the US for many years and they never asked for anything like that.

If you are located outside of the USA then they are not required to gather this info.

However if they believe you are a USA citizen or reside in the USA while doing the work, then they are supposed to.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by HWR_14 »

JusticeJuice wrote: post #38
xwdv wrote: post #26

It is very dangerous for a blockchain engineer to reveal their line of work.

Isn't that a little concerning?

It seems less concerning and more BS. I have no idea who would target blockchain engineers or why.

I do understand why "we are fighting the system, this is dangerous" would be a selling point used by employers.

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