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Comment by afarrell | Hacker News Reader

How do you avoid accidentally committing tax evasion with this?

Unless I misunderstand, that's part of what you're paying for. From the Faq[0]:

  What is Stripe Atlas?

  Stripe Atlas is a new product designed to give
  entrepreneurs access to the basic building blocks 
  for starting a global internet business. We help you:

  * Incorporate a company in the U.S.
  * Open a U.S. bank account and get a tax ID number.
  * Start a Stripe account to accept payments from around the world.
  * Get guidance about U.S. law and taxes from Orrick and PwC.
  * Access tools and resources from Amazon Web Services 
    (as well as $15,000 in AWS promotional credits for beta users).

[0]: https://stripe.com/atlas/faq#What-is-Stripe-Atlas

They say later on in that document that you're not paying for tax advice and won't get any: "That said, we’re not providing tax and legal advice. Stripe Atlas users have access to a legal guide prepared by Orrick, a tax guide prepared by PwC, and a free consultation call with an expert from PwC. PwC and Orrick will not provide tailored tax advice unless you engage them to represent you directly as a client.

If you have your own legal counsel or tax advisors, we also recommend speaking to them as you decide whether and how to set up your business with Atlas." https://stripe.com/atlas/faq#taxamplegal

They'll probably sell you tax advice to avoid common pitfalls as a service (no liability assumed, of course) in short order.

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