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Is it safer to invest in gold ETF or to buy physical gold and to store it somewhere? The physical stuff seems super complicated and risky to me, how to get it, transport it, keep it in good conditions, think of a place to store it without risk of a physical theft etc... I have zero experience...

Assuming offshore company without a bank account, operating 100% in crypto. How can this company invest in Gold ETF? Apart from eTORO it seems the most reputable brokers need bank deposit. I.E. I can't directly deposit my crypto in the broker to buy gold. So I need to open bank of the offshore...

I know opening bank account of an offshore company is super hard but at least are there some nice street (non EMI) banks that would accept: - personal account of a non-resident - money coming from crypto exchanges - source of money is dividend distribution in crypto from an offshore company ...

Which country would you recommend for a ~250K real estate investment in Europe and why? Currently we are finishing our first investment in Spain. The prices there are ridiculously low and the rentability is insanely high but there is a good reason for that - everything is so unreliable and...

I read foreign resident doesn't even need to fill tax return in Switzerland if the annual income is up to 120K. Is this true? Are there any other taxes? How about if you live outside Switzerland but work in Switzerland (I guess that's non-resident)?

Title says it all. A website which itself allow credit cards, doesn't block US users, but in the same time US credit cards don't block it themselves.

Has anyone successfully verified corporate account on Binance using for proof of operating address an EMI statement, and if yes, which EMI? I have no bank options. Binance have a list of EMIs they accept generally, I think for natural persons, none of this EMIs would open an account for...

Stay away from Bankera. After deciding to be a nice customer and update them for my KYC circumstances, they show how incompetent they are and asked me to do not just something ridiculous, but illegal. In brief, I mentioned that I now have an offshore company from which I will be getting...

I was told in-kind contributions do not generate profit, and therefore these funds can't be distributed back to the shareholder as dividends. Because only profits can be distributed as dividends. In this case, in what other form can these funds be distributed back to the shareholder?

Yesterday I hooked up on the idea of the Estonian offshore setup for crypto trading and I am still researching it. Today, however, I was proposed by a Maltese accountant alternative setup. He claims they have many clients doing it and also discussed with Portuguese lawyers. The setup is: -...

I need to discuss with lawyers now, just sharing. But from what I read, I see it solid, and even a not-gray area: 1) Open an offshore company in a jurisdiction with 0% tax. No need for a Nominee Director, it could be yourself. 2) Go to Estonia, rent an apartment, live there, trade from there...

I am reading through PWC and I found something which seems too good to be true so I'd like to double-check it here. Suppose the following scenario: - crypto trading (one man business, proprietary trading for myself only) - it is done via a Gibraltar incorporated company - with a Nominee...

Bankera is quite popular on this forum and I'd appreciate it if anyone can share if they have had bad experience with them objectively. By bad experience I mean freezing of account, blocking funds, stopping to reply or replying nonsense so eventually the money is lost (forever blocked) by them...

Can someone confirm that please. Suppose I do crypto trading for myself through an offshore company, which has another director from another country (different than my home country). If I travel into nomadic mode (<183 days spent in every other country), and the offshore company's country does...

Can someone recommend a solid Gibraltar agent? Being in Europe, I see it as an advantage that if things go wrong I can easily go there myself and look into it. But still, I heard some people wait for weeks or months for a company to be incorporated there which sounds scary to me. Currently I...

I am looking for a country to find a Nominee Director for my offshore company. I want to make sure the tax residency of the ND won't make the company tax liable in his or her country based on a place of management. So I researched a lot and the Philippines seems like the ideal place for this. I...

There are quite some EMIs out there which accept natural persons even for free and are fine with transactions from crypto exchanges. But when it comes to offshore corporate accounts it could be pricey, slow and questionable even if they would agree to open such account for offshore companies...

Hello, I have proposals to incorporate in BVI or Gibraltar from different agents and the prices could literally vary in the 3X range. Everyone would prefer to work with a nice agent, but I am wondering also in general, what is the worst thing that could happen, if for example the agent simply...

Hi, I am wondering if it's worth to open a Gibraltar vs BVI company. AFAIK the Gibraltar due diligence is much heavier and also I will need to submit an annual return (although taxed a 0%). So Gibraltar will cost me more efforts. The only reason I would do it is as I think it has better...

Suppose your local tax office claims your offshore company is taxable not only with dividend, but also with corporate tax (due to CFC/PE rules or whatever). Provided the fact they can't inspect the book records (can they?), how to they impose the corporate tax in this case: 1) The expect you...