Software companies have an unusual spread: customers anywhere, a development team somewhere else, and intellectual property that may be owned in a third place. This review maps who sells, who builds and who owns the code, and where the connections are missing.
In an early software group the entity that signs customers is not the one that employs the developers, and neither is documented as the owner of the code. That works until an enterprise buyer, an investor or an acquirer asks. The review shows the current picture and the options for lining it up.
Who the customer thinks they buy from: Your billing entity, via a payment processor. What to map: Processor account holder, payout destination, the tax-collection question for digital sales.
Who the customer thinks they buy from: The entity named on the order form. What to map: Invoicing entity, bank details on invoices, procurement requirements.
Who the customer thinks they buy from: The store may act as intermediary, but it depends on the platform's terms. What to map: Which of your entities holds the developer account, and where the payout goes.
Who the customer thinks they buy from: The reseller, with you as supplier. What to map: Contract party, payment route from the reseller, support obligations.
Tax treatment of digital sales is for a licensed adviser; the review lists where the question applies.
If developers sit in a subsidiary or are contractors, check that the code is assigned to the entity that licenses it. Drafting is for a lawyer.
Where one entity owns the IP and another sells it, a licence may join them. Its terms are a specialist question.
This is business and structuring analysis, not legal, tax or investment advice. Where a legal or tax opinion is needed, we say so and point you to a licensed adviser.
No. This is about entities, flows and registrations, not engineering or privacy compliance.
No. We map the flows and flag the points for a tax adviser.
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