{"podcast":{"title":"Honest Ecommerce","slug":"honest-ecommerce-14292","podcast_index_feed_id":14292,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting/S3wcJsCy.rss","website_url":"https://honestecommerce.co","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/imports/podcasts/3024deae-821e-4195-ad6a-903b5f3b6ddf/avatar.jpg","author":"Shopify Expert Chase Clymer","episode_count":561,"summary":"Honest Ecommerce is in the top 5% of podcasts and has been one of Shopify's picks for best business podcasts for years. Shopify Expert Chase Clymer and his guests provide online store owners with honest, actionable advice to increase their sales and grow their business.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T04:18:52.996395+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/honest-ecommerce-14292"},"episode":{"title":"How Canadian Ecommerce Brands Save Thousands With a USLLC","slug":"how-canadian-ecommerce-brands-save-thousands-with-a-usllc","published_at":"2026-07-23T13:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/honest-ecommerce-14292/how-canadian-ecommerce-brands-save-thousands-with-a-usllc","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/honest-ecommerce-14292","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/df0efccd266b33db17d9a1ef93530ad52a2ca19fd624e7fc26c8e5d3ae4e9977/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI5NmU4MzRjYi04ZGI4LTQ2YmItOTQwZC1iMzQyZWIzMjRlMGUiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIzMDI0ZGVhZS04MjFlLTQxOTUtYWQ2YS05MDNiNWYzYjZkZGYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2MDdjNTAxZGU4YjZhMjQ3ZDYzZGVhZjEiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE2MWQwZWE0YjAzNTIzNTEyOTIwZDBhL2hvbmVzdC1lY29tbWVyY2UtY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi03LTIzX18xMC0yOS0zMC5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/df0efccd266b33db17d9a1ef93530ad52a2ca19fd624e7fc26c8e5d3ae4e9977/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI5NmU4MzRjYi04ZGI4LTQ2YmItOTQwZC1iMzQyZWIzMjRlMGUiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIzMDI0ZGVhZS04MjFlLTQxOTUtYWQ2YS05MDNiNWYzYjZkZGYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2MDdjNTAxZGU4YjZhMjQ3ZDYzZGVhZjEiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE2MWQwZWE0YjAzNTIzNTEyOTIwZDBhL2hvbmVzdC1lY29tbWVyY2UtY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi03LTIzX18xMC0yOS0zMC5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"M. Sal had his own Ecommerce store. He realized that no Canadian accountant understands US tax and virtually no one understands a Shopify business. That’s what led him to start SAL Accounting where their team now solve these problems for brands. In This Conversation We Discuss: 00:00 Introduction 01:13 Discussing the accounting brand 01:34 How the guest entered the ecommerce tax niche 03:09 The hidden Shopify fee for international sellers 04:13 Do you need a US LLC: Plus plan vs sales split 06:36 Revenue threshold for opening a US LLC 08:00 Step-by-step process to set up a US LLC 10:22 The costly mistake of naming yourself as owner 12:30 Do US brands need a Canadian setup too 13:56 The $25,000 penalty for missing Form 5472 15:38 Why proper bookkeeping matters for ecommerce brands 17:57 How monthly books help you save on taxes 19:33 The risk of hiring a cheap bookkeeper 22:00 Where to learn more and get help 23:43 Returning Questions to a Fellow Host Resources: Subscribe to Honest Ecommerce on Youtube CPA Tax Accounting and Bookkeeping Firm salaccounting.ca/ Follow M. Salman salaccounting.ca/author/salmansalat00/ If you’re enjoying the show, we’d love it if you left Honest Ecommerce a review on Apple Podcasts . It makes a huge impact on the success of the podcast, and we love reading every one of your reviews!","meta_description":"M. Sal had his own Ecommerce store. He realized that no Canadian accountant understands US tax and virtually no one understands a Shopify business. That’s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1528,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/honest-ecommerce-14292/episodes/how-canadian-ecommerce-brands-save-thousands-with-a-usllc/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/honest-ecommerce-14292/how-canadian-ecommerce-brands-save-thousands-with-a-usllc.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}