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Yes, @JustAnotherNomad was absolutely right, and looks like the important point on my case is‌ the residency location... So not much to do regarding this.

A.) keep paying localTAX
B.) move to another country with better regulations

How's Georgia btw?😉
 
Georgia is great! And if you're willing‌ to put in the days, in your case with $60k you'd likely qualify for 1%‍ tax on turnover 🙂
 
Which location do you recommend for living there? I might have a look at it‌ 🙂
 
You have no idea how good it is to read that, lol.︁ I’m really pissed off by all these idiots who have no idea, break the law︂ and then never get caught - and thus believe what they did was the right︃ way to do it, so they tell others about it.
 
It depends on what you're after and are used to.‍ Personally, I'd never consider anywhere other than Tbilisi as that's basically your only option if⁠ you're looking for Western-style amenities. Ok, maybe Batumi, but Batumi is overcrowded during the summer⁤ months and dead during the winter. But I know plenty of people who live in⁣ smaller towns/villages and are perfectly happy with their rural lives. It's certainly an "interesting" place,⁢ though, in every sense of the word. One thing that I'll say is whoever considers︀ moving here should first visit for at least a few weeks, or ideally a month.︁ It's a place that has a lot to offer, but it's not for everyone.
 
Thailand was full‌ of these folk. If you live on the beach and make $300 per month doing‍ logo design or blog spamming for offshore customers, then nobody's really going to bother with⁠ you. Of course if you make good money, people start to care.

Wise words. I know people who would love, or hate, everywhere⁣ I've lived. And preferably not just a vacation going to tourist sites. It's good to⁢ walk around, use the metro, get a cellphone, do some mundane things to see if︀ you would actually like living here.
 
I am an android developer. I reside in Spain. I︂ do not charge people. I get paid royalties from google, apple, amazon. Can I open︃ a New Mexico LLC and handle my business from there? I know I still have︄ to pay taxes in my country, but this way I could avoid paying the monthly︅ fee to be self-employed, around 300$/month. This way the LLC would be the one paying︆ taxes, but since I am not US resident I would not have to. Is this︇ possible? I just want the LLC to avoid paying the self-employ monthly fee no the︈ taxes.
 
Romanian micro-enterprise. 3% income tax, minimal overhead costs and - if you decide‍ - very easy to become a legal (and fiscal) resident, thus paying only 5% taxes⁠ on dividends (it is going to be more if you maintain your fiscal residency in⁤ Austria)
Contact me if you want to discuss more.
 
I'm in the same exact situation, damn "cuota de autonomos!" accordingly to a international︁ tax company I consulted in Spain, is not a clean way to do it and︂ they recommend to open a SL instead, as that would be more clean.
Ofc theres︃ people running and LLC and managing from Spain, but looks like "Hacienda" can catch you︄ anytime... I'm still trying to verify all this informations...
 
yes, of‌ course.
But on a personal level we are talking about a fully european country (/lifestyle),‍ with two low-cost flights a day to Vienna and (I think) 5/week to Salzburg, with⁠ a large community of expats of all ages....
By a company standpoint, you are issuing⁤ invoices from an EU jurisdiction. US and Australian customers would have no objection in receiving⁣ an invoice from anywhere, but your EU clients would have a hard(er) time accounting a⁢ Georgian invoice as a cost (not saying it is not possible - I am just︀ saying that an EU invoice is a simpler solution for them)
 
I thought‌ I read you are Austrian... if I am wrong, ignore the "Vienna/Salzburg" detail but the‍ rest of my comment remains valid
 
Got your point, and nothing against Rumania, been there before, but I'm not considering the‌ option to moving there to live just bec of tax benefits... Although I wont mind‍ visiting a second time 🙂
 
then Romanian micro-enterprise tax (3% on⁠ income) + Romanian dividend income (5%) + your country's individual income tax on foreign dividends⁤ based on the double-treaty tax with Romania (for most EU countries it is in the⁣ region of 15%,). You might still end up better off than using a domestic LTD/SaRL/GmBH⁢
 
I think the point we are all discussing here, is that managing a company out‌ of your country in the benefit of better tax / conditions, while still being resident‍ on your home-country can trigger some suspicious on local tax authorities, which they can consider⁠ your scheme a set up for avoiding tax... that's what we all wonder if it's⁤ 100% legal and legit, or if it can have some consequences later on..
 
barred blacklisted countries, if you declare the foreign dividends on your local⁢ global income declaration (in Italy it is called "modello 730", in Romania it is called︀ "Declaratie de Venit Global") and you pay the taxes described in the anti double taxation︁ treaty, no, you actually have no problem.
The real question is what savings are you︂ getting, in exchange for such a setting.
I mean, if this all saves you 5k/year,︃ it is certainly not worth it.
If it saves 50k/year, we are talking about an︄ amount for which it is worth swallowing a bit of complexity.
 
No, you are all wrong. My fingers are becoming sore from typing this over and‌ over.
You cannot live and work in your high-tax country and just register a company‍ in some other country and expect to pay that country’s taxes instead. If that was⁠ possible, everybody would be doing it. It would be the same as your government saying:⁤ “You know what, just decide how much tax you want to pay!”

I’m no expert⁣ on Spain, but I don’t think you can avoid the autonomo fees that way either.⁢ Because when everything is done from Spain, you must register a Spanish office for your︀ US company and then it will be the same all over.
Unless you can avoid︁ the fees with a SARL then you can’t avoid them with a US LLC or︂ UK LLP or whatever structure. You’d need something more complex.
 
You have plenty of‌ options in Spain or near Spain to reduce your taxes:
Open a Spanish S.L. in‍ Ceuta or Melilla and you'll pay 50% discounted rate on corporate income tax meaning 12.5%⁠
Start a company in Gibraltar and pay 10% taxes
Move your residency to Andorra and⁤ pay 10% flat
If you have some money and want to hire at least 3⁣ people start a company in the Canary Islands, invest 50K and you'll pay 5% tax.⁢
 
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