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    Easy to open online non-Euro personal bank account

    What is an easy to open, non-Euro personal bank account? Possibly online account.
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    Capital controls vs non-Euro bank account

    I think this will be the start of capital controls in the Eurozone: https://twitter.com/x/status/1898704322889662846 Now my question is: let's say I am a resident of Germany, and I have a bank account in a NON-Euro country, in the local currency (let's say Georgia, or Armenia, or Egypt, or...
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    When does fiscal residency start/end?

    My friend Wilhelm has investments in the stock market. He is from Germany, but lives now in Estonia and is a fiscal resident of Estonia. Wilhelm plans on cashing out on his stocks in about 5 years, and for that he would like to move to Singapore or similar country, just for the time to cash out...
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    SOF for real estate purchasing

    To what extent buying real estate in Europe (European Union) is liable to produce a request for SOF? If so, when the request would come (before/after) purchase and from whom (bank/police/other government agency)? What would that entail? Proving that money comes from a legitimate source or also...
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    Overstaying 183 days - Spain vs Germany

    In the event of overstaying the 183 days that make one a fiscal resident of most countries, and not making the obvious mistakes (getting a tax id, buying a car, having a child, sending children to school, buying real estate, get arrested several times...), and conducting a low-profile life...
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    Company in Switzerland, owner in the States - tax inversion ?

    I am seeing a ton of companies in the crypto space opening up in Zug, which has favorable taxation. The setup is such that the company is incorporated in Zug, the owners are in US/EU, the employees are scattered around the world working remotely and the customers are from anywhere. Problem is...
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    How crazy is that? Non-resident banking in Morocco

    As the title says”¦I suppose banks in Morocco are archaic, expensive and might not even let you do it”¦or maybe I'm wrong? The idea is that one can have a still-functioning card when Christine Lagarde decides that you don't need money to pay for your groceries.
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    Renouncing US citizenship, left long ago

    I acquired US citizenship back in the 90s, as a dual citizen of Germany, but have since left (15 years now), never was there again, and I don't plan on traveling there again. Currently: - I don't own anything in the US in any form (bank accounts, real estate”¦) - when in the States, I was a...
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    Citizenship taxation as last recourse

    Is taxation based on citizenship as a last recourse real? So let's say I am a German who: - has not lived in Germany for 10 years, officially (un-registered from city records and the tax office) - can prove not having been in Germany for that time So maybe I keep an account with Sparkasse in...
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    UAE fully onboard with CBDCs

    https://unlimitedhangout.com/2023/1...fluent-finance-and-the-coming-digital-dollar/
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    How to exchange crypto to cash

    Can somebody point me to how to get cash from crypto directly? I mean p2p, without going through an emi or such. I suppose I would have to find persons with cash, wanting crypto, being in the same place where I am. But how?
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    EMI/online Turkish bank account

    I would like to open an online bank account in Turkey. What I need is just the account, I don't really care about cards. Ideally I could do it online, without physically going there. What do you recommend? I am an EU resident.
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    Spain - opening a telephone line

    I went to a Vodafone store to get a new internet line to my apartment , and they wanted a NIE (foreigner resident number). I would really like NOT to get a NIE, it costs money and it's a massive invasion of privacy. Do you guys know a way around that? How bad il it is to give them a fake number...
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    Would Euro states be better off if they split into smaller pieces?

    We see these days how Catalonia and the Basque land are successfully strong handing Spain into letting them “almost” secede, by allowing the Spanish socialist party into power as a concession. On the one hand, the socialist will turn Spain into an even worse tax hell than it is today, so it...
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    Best EMI for cash withdrawals?

    What's the best EMI for cash withdrawals? The all allow it but often have ridiculous limits (like Revolut has 200 euros/month) and/or will take 2% of your withdrawal.
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    5k euro threshold - how is it calculated?

    I know that banks/EMIs report transactions larger or equal to 5k euro to the tax authorities, but how is that calculated? Per day? Per transaction? Incoming AND outcoming? - I wire 6000 euro to my friend Axel -> this is easy, the transaction gets reported - I receive 6000 euro from Axel - do I...
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    Solaris bank

    I recently discovered that Genome and Vivid share a little secret - they are banks the same way I am Roger Federer if I wear short white pants and hold a racket in my hand. It turns out that if I can create a logo with Photoshop, I can "be" a bank - I just need to call Solaris bank, which will...
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    Spain - do you have to declare your stocks?

    While being a resident of Spain, do you have to declare the stocks you own if you basically never sell? Let's say you have a 10 year investing strategy where you sell after 10 years, and you become a Spanish resident after 5 years. When you sell on year 10, will they say "hey you didn't declare...
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    Axel wins big on the stock market

    Going back to our friend Axel from Germany, it turns out he decided to leave Spain and become an Estonian tax resident with an Estonian LLC, so now he freelances from Tallin and pays his 22% on dividends. As it turns out, Axel also decided to buy Tesla stock in 2019, so now he's got 500keur in...
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    Best de-googled phone?

    What is the best de-googled phone you recommend? How are apps loaded, especially banking apps (N26, Revolut...)? Thanks!

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