FIT: E-commerce in the United States | Legal, tax and practical tips

According to recent figures from Statista, sales in the e-commerce market in the United States will increase continuously between 2024 and 2029, by a total of USD 657.8 billion (+53.79 percent). It is estimated that by 2029, sales will reach USD 1.9 trillion, a new high.

If your business is considering starting e-commerce in the US, or if you are already operating in the US and still have questions, please register for this webinar.

• What: Seminar / Info session
• Target market: United States
• When: 09 October 2024
• Where: Online
• Who can participate: Branches of companies and organizations in the Flemish Region.
• Host: Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT)

What can you expect?

In this webinar, we will take a closer look at the legal and tax aspects of e-commerce in the US. In addition, three Flemish companies share their experiences on how they started and adjusted their e-commerce in the US. They’ll talk about marketing, logistics, customer service, and more.

Program:

Introduction by Katrien Leinders, Flemish Economic Representative in New York

Q&A session on legal and tax aspects, guided by 2 experts:

• Paul Allaer, Partner at the U.S. law firm Thompson Hine LLP. He guides foreign companies to expand into the U.S. and establish U.S. subsidiaries.
• Ben Troch, Director Benelux Practice at International Management Solutions Inc (IMS), an American accounting, tax and consulting firm specializing in assisting European companies in start-up, positioning and expanding their business in the US.

Testimonials from 3 Flemish companies:

• Ribcap (Glomarket): Nico De Wilde, Co-owner
• Garzini: Christophe De Smet, Founder
• KAAI: Ine Verhaert, co-founder and Maxime Aerts, Marketing Manager

Praise

Your participation is free of charge

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Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) is the partner to realize your international ambitions. At FIT we strongly believe in the connecting power of international trade and foreign investments as a source of employment, an incentive for knowledge sharing and a driver for research and innovation. To further strengthen this dynamic, we mobilize companies, organizations and professionals internationally. In this way we stimulate them, and at the same time also become the engine of the Flemish economy. For this we can call on our global network of Flemish Economic Representatives, each with extensive expertise. Our experts are all thinkers and doers who support Flemish companies to do golden business abroad. But they also work in the opposite direction. By promoting Flanders as a strategic location for foreign investors and by bringing international buyers into contact with Flemish suppliers. In short: Flanders Investment & Trade gives your exports or foreign investments a boost.

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