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Thanks for this mate. When you say "buying directly from the owners", how would you suggest one does this? Obviously looking at Propertyfinder I can only see the agent listings and have no idea who the actual seller is to be able to contact them. Do you suggest posting in owners' facebook groups...

Hi all, I am looking to buy a property in Dubai for around AED 2.5m (no mortgage) on the secondary market to get the golden investor visa. My money is currently in USD and I'm being told that I will need to pay an "Escrow Agent" 1.5% of the price as a payment intermediary for the purchase...

Hi, does anyone know if the 30% withholding would also apply to Amazon.com FBA businesses run out of, say, UAE companies?

That's certainly the plan. Should be c.£300k left in the LTD company after retained earnings are depleted for dividends so going to speak to a tax advisor about whether this kind of amount can be extracted through a salary next tax year and the NIC concerns of doing so (potentially need to...

Update to the situation - the asset purchase will go ahead and we will aim to complete by end of March, meaning 19% corporation tax will be paid. Then this will be redistributed to myself as a dividend in the following tax year, which should be considered disregarded income as I will be a UAE...

Thanks a lot guys, this is super helpful. I had my suspicions that this might be the case so I will now try to push for a share purchase.

Hi all, I'm about to sell my online brand (within a LTD company) as an asset purchase deal. Wondering if you can see any initial red flags with this plan: If I left the UK for the UAE in Year 0, the LTD company received £1m for the sale of the brand and then paid me (a director) a salary of...

I'm in the exact situation in looking to set up a UAE structure - I've heard of multiple sellers using a HK corporate structure (no tax treaty with the US) and not having to deal with withheld sales by Amazon. Would appreciate if someone with such experience could weigh in

Hi all, I run an eCommerce business (have stock and sell in the US and EU) currently out of a UK LTD company as I'm a UK resident. I'm aware that if I want to switch over to a HK company, I need to prove to HMRC that the company is centrally managed and controlled outside of the UK. A lot of...