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    Dissolution of Belgian (BV) Company Costs EUR 5,000?

    Hello everyone, As I left Belgium over 2 years ago and moved to Dubai, I no longer need my Belgian (BV) company. Now, I want to dissolve this company in the most straightforward and cost-efficient manner. My accountants estimated that it would cost around EUR 5,000, including the revisor...
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    Nominee Director For Hong Kong Company Questions

    Where can you get nominee directors for Hong Kong LTD companies? Are there any trustworthy and reasonably priced providers? How safe or dangerous is it to have a nominee director in a Hong Kong company? What are the risks involved?
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    Possible Dubai/UAE 0% Corporate Tax Structure

    I came up with a potential structure to pay 0% corporate tax (legally) in the UAE, even if you do millions of USD a year in revenue/profit. Let's say you run a media production & publishing company, here is the example in this case: 1. Set up a "Production" & a "Publishing" Freezone company (I...
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    POLL Do you believe religions are a way of population control?

    Do you believe religions are a way of population control? Curious what y'all think.
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    UAE (Dubai) Expats: What moves will you make with the new UAE tax laws?

    UAE (Dubai) Expats: What moves will you make with the new UAE tax laws? Many of us didn't expect the UAE to start taxing income on free zone companies. What steps will you take to lower/minimize your tax liability? Curious to know.
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    Dubai resident living in Bali - How to not trigger taxes?

    Does anyone have experience staying in Bali, Indonesia, or other SE Asia countries for an extended period (more than 183 days a year) while having tax residence in Dubai? Would you get in any trouble in reality?
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    Bali offers TAX-FREE status to anyone who moves there to permanently 'work from home'

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-FREE-status-moves-permanently-work-home.html Thoughts?
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    Investing in Belgium real estate without being seen as tax resident

    I'm from Belgium originally, but moved over 6 months ago to Dubai for tax purposes. I effectively live in Dubai for at least 6 months a year. Now I've found an interesting property in Belgium that I'd like to buy. How do I make sure Belgian tax man doesn't handle me like a Belgian tax...
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    How good is CHF as a hedge against inflation?

    Title says it all.
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    "You can no longer do business with PayPal" UAE

    So this is the 2nd time my UAE PayPal ACC gets terminated randomly, out of nowhere. I barely used this account and 4-6 months after creation it just (yesterday) got terminated. Didn't do any transactions on it last 30 days. This time it was a biz ACC, previously it was personal acc. Anyone knows...
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    Why do Dubai banks not accept crypto payments? (While exchanges are licensed)

    For example: Tried to send $20K from Mashreq to Binance bank account in the Seychelles, but the bank didn't wanna complete this transaction “because crypto is not allowed””¦ And this while Dubai and Abu Dhabi licensed several exchanges & are trying to be the crypto hub or the world”¦ So my...
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    Company for frivolous lawsuit protection

    We run a certain online business from Dubai with a lot of freelance employees, and a small percentage of them gets really angry when they get fired for not performing. Some even go as far as threatening to sue the company for the most random reasons if we don't pay them $X,XXX within 24h for...
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    What happens if you don't register for VAT in Dubai?

    If I understand it correctly, after $100,000 of revenue a year you will have to register for VAT in Dubai. But as all the revenue is coming outside of UAE, there wouldn't be any VAT required to be charged. What's the worst thing that can happen if I decide to not register for VAT?
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    Best Jurisdiction For Offshore Real Estate Holding?

    So I'm planning to start investing a lot in real estate. (6 figures a month, EUR) I'm currently a Dubai resident. What would be an ideal jurisdiction for a real estate holding company? Could an offshore real estate holding company lower any taxes? Could it protect the assets? Could it add...
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    "Dubai Uncovered" - Dataleak - 191,000 Names Leaked!

    Dubai Uncovered: Data Leak Exposes How Criminals, Officials, and Sanctioned Politicians Poured Money Into Dubai Real Estate - OCCRP Thoughts?
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    What's the advantage of a 2nd citizenship for Belgian citizens?

    I understand the benefits if your original citizenship isn't very powerful. But what would be the benefits for a Belgian citizen? (Or people with other strong European citizenships)
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    Lower Cyprus Tax for Youtube Business due to IP?

    I was wondering if it would be possible to claim the lower tax rate Cyprus gives to IP companies, considering we basically “license” our content to YouTube and receive royalties for it.
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    Adsense -> US LLC -> UAE

    Would this setup be legal? Google Adsense income -> US LLC (no WTH tax as US LLC is run from outside US) -> UAE Company / Personal bank ACC (no corporate income tax/personal income tax), so effectively 0% total taxation. I am already a UAE resident and have a freezone company in the IFZA...
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    You can no longer do business with PayPal (Refusing to give a reason)

    So I opened a Paypal account on my UAE Freezone company (IFZA freezone), a few days later I get this notification in my mailbox: Screenshot I asked Paypal for help on Twitter, this was their response: Screenshot Does anyone know what might have caused this? Or does anyone know how to fix...

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