[arin-ppml] distributing resources for individuals

[jordi.palet at consulintel.es]

Hi Bill,

Yes, is the same in the EU (at least in Spain), when you have a self-employed, tax declaration is mixed.

The only issue is that even if you have no business, you need to pay a monthly fee (social security, VAT declaration every 3 months, even if no activity, etc.) for keeping up the status of self-employed. Not sure if in US and Canada is the same.

Creating a corporation like the “sloe proprietorship” that you mention, even if the cost is very low, still means that you need to do yearly declarations, etc. Again not sure if in US and Canada is the same.

So I feel that this way in ARIN (and LACNIC) is not good for individuals, because it adds additional cost and burden that is discriminatory. Specially because in other countries (Caribbean) it may be not so easy, and this is the same in LACNIC that has more countries, which may have much different regulations, etc.

The question here is *if* ARIN allowed (before) individuals to get resources, why it changed? it seems to be a step backwards, and decreasing competitiveness o
self-employee and in fact small-medium business.

Tks!

Regards,
Jordi

@jordipalet


> El 8 abr 2025, a las 15:57, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> escribió:
> 
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM jordi.palet--- via ARIN-PPML
> <arin-ppml at arin.net> wrote:
>> I’m trying to understand if is possible in ARIN  for both, a natural person with
>> an economic activity (not sure if this is also call self-employment in all the
>> ARIN service countries) and a natural person for its own “private” life, to obtain resources.
> 
> Hi Jordi,
> 
> ARIN no longer contracts with natural persons, only businesses.
> 
> However, in the U.S. and Canada (I'm not sure about the Caribbean)
> it's a trivial matter to establish a "sole proprietorship." Some
> states don't even require registration; you simply declare it. In
> others it requires filling out a form and paying a small fee. In both
> cases, the individual's personal and business finances are mixed
> together; there are no separate taxes or accounting or anything like
> that. The sole proprietorship is a business which can contract with
> ARIN and acquire IP addresses.
> 
> Look up AS11875 for an example of how this works.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
> 
> 
> -- 
> William Herrin
> bill at herrin.us
> https://bill.herrin.us/


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