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    Dutch and French authorities have cracked another encrypted communication service

    Most so called secure encryption is rubbish and simply a way of aggregating people - who think they have something to hide - in one group, so easier to identify and listen in on them and track.
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    Question Georgian company small business (payment processor)

    Our b2b GE LLC has banked with TBC for years but they declined to offer us their payments API as income / customer payments could be too high and no local GE customers. Anybody really happy with their payment gateway for their GE company?
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    Sark Property Available

    I think”¦ dive deeper and carefully before choosing Sark or similar options. A Short stay in Sark in any year where you then have longer stays in other countries in the same year or rolling 12 months means you need to check carefully the fine print of the tax laws in those other countries you...
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    Dual Citizenship: What's the Real Advantage of Holding Two Passports?

    to respond to your very general question about "What is the advantage of having two passports, if any?", I am putting aside the discussion about bought passports... Like others have rightly said, it all depends on what your first passport is, and what you want to achieve. For example, some...
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    The list of non CRS countries 2019 - 2025

    seems there is CRS MCAA and CbC MCAA too.
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    Question Cypriot Non Dom looking for possibility to NOT spend 2 Month in Cyprus

    Don't forget, some countries like France will try to catch you in their net if you spend more days in their country in the tax year than days in the country where you might have say 60 days based residency. so there are more ways to fall into tax residency problems - and the fact malta and...
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    Question Georgian company small business (payment processor)

    Bonjour :). What structure / arrangement did you finally decide to use?
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    Banking + card processing for b2b software

    watching . surely you want a jurisdiction with good DTA's etc yes?
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    SERBIA CITIZENSHIP AFTER ONE YEAR TEMPORARY RESIDENCY - DRAFT LAW?

    Some online sources are saying the draft amendment to the law, allow 1 year to citizenship, has been withdraw by the government. For example, in this article the law firm says: it has been withdrawn but we have to wait and see if it is permanently withdrawn...
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    Tax residency in Georgia while living in 2 European countries?

    It is not hard to find out the current requirements to apply for the certificate. What then? Be warned. Sadly, Georgian legal advisors are notoriously unreliable. I am speaking from my own and friends hard experience, having used and relied on Georgian lawyers before. They will leave you in it...
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    Tax residency in Georgia while living in 2 European countries?

    Umm, is this a serious question? You will not find any modern business with any kind of serious income making decisions about tax minimisation strategies without first obtaining and recording their legal and accounting advice from a professional registered in the country where you are likely to...
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    Tax residency in Georgia while living in 2 European countries?

    As backpacker stated, what the Georgian law states and how it's interpreted are 2 different things. Only experience on the ground nows what the final result will be. Everything else is speculation. Sensible advice reads like this: You can read material online for years and still not fully...
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    Opening a Representative Office in Cyprus?

    Thank you for your comments! I am sure you are correct about this option. I am interested to know if anybody has actually gone through the process with success in Cyprus. Every country has its own way of interpreting EU laws :). For example, in Italy the RO does not need to submit the...
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    Opening a Representative Office in Cyprus?

    It is often fairly easy to open a Representative (also called Liaison) Office in many countries. Then to have that Office go through a process to invite you(even non-EU nationals) to go to the country and become resident there based on being the manager / Representative at the Representative...
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    Italy's Representative Office Visa

    Thanks for sharing your comments. Online articles suggest you _must_ have an accountant or lawyer In Italy who your company appoints as its authorised representative in Italy. This first representative then submits the documents to register the RO. That first company representative also applies...
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    Italy's Representative Office Visa

    I think the tax side can be sorted out with some care... and I think from all reports and all my enquiries generally the RO and ROV model works well to get the residency permit in Italy. I think the important and interesting short term questions are these: 1. Does the RO model enable people to...
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    Italy's Representative Office Visa

    As a quick google search will show, there are several articles online about setting up a Representative Office in Italy. They typically say you need an Italian accountant or notary to register the RO and to then apply for the nulla osta. The accountant submits the papers on behalf of the RO for...
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    Hong Kong Residence Permit

    EU grey list since 2021... . you can find that with a quick google search :). As for the financial impacts of being on the grey list, they are many. Anyway, some institutions are already treating Hong Kong transfers differently. Just flagging so you check with your financial institution/s if...

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