US LLC (perpetual traveler) - bank asks for tx residency

[bigbite100]

Hello,

if you are a perpetual traveler (you and your company are not tx residents in any country) and open a bank account for the LLC, what should you enter as residency?

a) US and add the EIN number? that will imply facta reporting -> what happens then?
b) any other country and the personal tx ID?
c) anything else?

Thank you.

 

[daniels27]

B) Australian TFN fire example.

In case of a) the bank will hate you, but nothing happens with IRS.

 

[JackAlabama]

bigbite100 said:
Hello,

if you are a perpetual traveler (you and your company are not tx residents in any country) and open a bank account for the LLC, what should you enter as residency?

a) US and add the EIN number? that will imply facta reporting -> what happens then?
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thats not gonna work, ein is the company id and not the id of a person. youd either need itin or ssn. But its not a good way of handling this.

 

[bigbite100]

JackAlabama said:
thats not gonna work, ein is the company id and not the id of a person. youd either need itin or ssn. But its not a good way of handling this.
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what would you then do? if the person and the company is nowhere tx resident, what should they tell the bank?

 

[Sols]

Establish residence somewhere. Ideally a place where you can legally live (your place of citizenship or get a residence permit as well) and even better if you also file taxes there, so you can show tax returns if someone asks.

PT is a pipedream. The way it was glamorized in the (mostly fictional) writings from the 90s and early 2000s barely worked then and definitely doesn't work anymore. The rules of the fiat systems have changed.

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[JackAlabama]

bigbite100 said:
what would you then do? if the person and the company is nowhere tx resident, what should they tell the bank?
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all i gonna say is you were close already 😉

 

[Xshore]

Is the bank account in the US? If the banks ask for your residence then just put your previous or nationality country there. for the w9-ben you can avoid filling out the form where you claim treaty benefits.
When I opened a US account for a LLC they didn't ask for my personal address, maybe they used the company address for my address also, not sure, they weren't interested in my personal address.

 

[bigbite100]

@Sols @Xshore it would be an Non US-EMI . with a UAE or CY residence, would you then enter the UAE or CY TIN for example? if they report to this countries that might bring some hassle..?

@JackAlabama i am sorry but i am not sure what you mean 😀

 

[Sols]

bigbite100 said:
@Sols @Xshore it would be an Non US-EMI . with a UAE or CY residence, would you then enter the UAE or CY TIN for example? if they report to this countries that might bring some hassle..?
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I'd enter whichever one is truthful and can be substantiated if further requests for information come in. No point providing a CY TIN if you can't show tax returns filed in Cyprus, proof of address in Cyprus, residence permit, and such.

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[bigbite100]

but the returns will be personal returns, not the companies, right?

Sols said:
I'd enter whichever one is truthful and can be substantiated if further requests for information come in. No point providing a CY TIN if you can't show tax returns filed in Cyprus, proof of address in Cyprus, residence permit, and such.
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[JustAnotherNomad]

The UAE doesn't have TINs. You can enter your Emirates ID number, but it's not officially considered a TIN.

There are a bunch of EU countries where you can be resident without becoming tax resident. But some risk always remains if you don't have a proper home elsewhere.
Paraguay is a popuplar option, as well. So is the UAE.

 

[cusano]

Sols said:
I'd enter whichever one is truthful and can be substantiated if further requests for information come in. No point providing a CY TIN if you can't show tax returns filed in Cyprus, proof of address in Cyprus, residence permit, and such.
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At what point do you need a tax return for the bank? What triggers such a request? TIN and a utility bill seem to be easily achievable as a non resident.

JustAnotherNomad said:
There are a bunch of EU countries where you can be resident without becoming tax resident. But some risk always remains if you don't have a proper home elsewhere.
Paraguay is a popuplar option, as well. So is the UAE.
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Is Paraguay still good enough for banks? From my point of view it just got too popular.

 

[Sols]

bigbite100 said:
but the returns will be personal returns, not the companies, right?
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cusano said:
At what point do you need a tax return for the bank? What triggers such a request? TIN and a utility bill seem to be easily achievable as a non resident.
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Increasingly, when banks and other financial institutions perform KYC on someone, they look into the Source of Funds and Source of Wealth even on the owners/founders of the company. In doing so, requesting a copy of a tax return is quite common request.

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[jafo]

cusano said:
Is Paraguay still good enough for banks? From my point of view it just got too popular.
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What do you mean it just got too popular?

bigbite100 said:
Hello,

if you are a perpetual traveler (you and your company are not tx residents in any country) and open a bank account for the LLC, what should you enter as residency?

a) US and add the EIN number? that will imply facta reporting -> what happens then?
b) any other country and the personal tx ID?
c) anything else?

Thank you.
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(1) I resisted answering this, but there is ONLY one correct way to answer this, and it is this way:


You should be concerned ONLY with the first story!

(2) If you didn't understand #1 completely, then the advice from @Sols is the ONLY one you should follow! You'll enjoy peace and prosperity!

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[cusano]

jafo said:
What do you mean it just got too popular?
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Paraguay is one of the cheapest and easiest residence solutions if not even the cheapest. Almost no restrictions to get it. This in combination with a lot of ads for obtaining residence in Paraguay made me think it's too popular. No clue how EU and US banks see this.

 

[jafo]

cusano said:
No clue how EU and US banks see this.
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Unofficially blacklisted. Even if the corresponding banks don't harass you right away, the local banks will absolutely make your life a living H3LL with bureaucracy and paperwork and then rob you of a considerable percentage of your incoming transfers. hi%#

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[cusano]

jafo said:
Unofficially blacklisted. Even if the corresponding banks don't harass you right away, the local banks will absolutely make your life a living H3LL with bureaucracy and paperwork and then rob you of a considerable percentage of your incoming transfers. hi%#
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Why should anyone bank locally in Paraguay?
The topic is about a solution for people to have enough documents for the compliance department in the US.
Is the residence unofficially blacklisted too or only the local banks?
I already heard that banks in PY are insane about requesting papers and are slow.

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[jafo]

cusano said:
Why should anyone bank locally in Paraguay?
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For example...
How do you pay ANDE?
I guess you can pay CASH in person, but what if the "cashier" pockets the money? 🙄
What happens when you travel? How do you pay when you can't go personally?

cusano said:
Is the residence unofficially blacklisted too or only the local banks?
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Depends! If you are an American or European, a compliance officer in Miami, NYC, or LA would have a real issue with you having residency in PY. I'm NOT defending them, but that is how they have been programmed to think.
If you are from PY, live there, have a local business, and have +$25K in Schwab, then "no." Just mentioning you need to keep Schwab because "Latin America" is corrupt will confirm the "confirmation bias" of the compliance officer.

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[cusano]

jafo said:
For example...
How do you pay ANDE?
I guess you can pay CASH in person, but what if the "cashier" pockets the money? 🙄
What happens when you travel? How do you pay when you can't go personally?
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If you don't look and behave like an idiot this isn't going to happen. I don't know if you can pay cash in person for the electricity bill but i know at least one type of business that can do bank transfers for you. All legal and it's not a bank.

If you can't go personally you need a person of trust and let's be honest even if someone scams you because of such a low amount then you learn from it and select the person of trust the next time better.

jafo said:
Depends! If you are an American or European, a compliance officer in Miami, NYC, or LA would have a real issue with you having residency in PY. I'm NOT defending them, but that is how they have been programmed to think.
If you are from PY, live there, have a local business, and have +$25K in Schwab, then "no." Just mentioning you need to keep Schwab because "Latin America" is corrupt will confirm the "confirmation bias" of the compliance officer.
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Then the whole PY residence just for producing papers doesn't make sense. Business and Personal account are at another place and only need a good looking residence if the bank asks for it. The thread starter is an perfect example.

 

[JackAlabama]

cusano said:
Paraguay is one of the cheapest and easiest residence solutions if not even the cheapest. Almost no restrictions to get it. This in combination with a lot of ads for obtaining residence in Paraguay made me think it's too popular. No clue how EU and US banks see this.
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That is telling everyone everything you need to know about Paraguay.