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    EU national, resident of Vietnam with HK based company, where to bank?

    I freelance in IT and needed a legal way to invoice clients
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    EU national, resident of Vietnam with HK based company, where to bank?

    Sorry I wasn't clear, I can prove residency in both Vietnam and EU (I have driving license and bank statements on my brother address) and EU is what I declared as residency while setting up a company and Neat account. So you can skip Vietnam part and we are left with EU national, HK based...
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    EU national, resident of Vietnam with HK based company, where to bank?

    I have been banking with Neat business over last 6 months and they just informed me that my account will be closed (by Standard Chartered). They didn't give any reason but my guess is that they are not happy with my monthly income - which is around $2K - $3K / month at the moment. Few minutes...
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    HK company, living in Asia... taxes

    Thanks for help and you are right I'll look for a tax specialist both in UK and Poland and post here what the answer was.
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    HK company, living in Asia... taxes

    I understand Vietnam, but UK? I'm not British, don't have any properties in UK, I've spend there total of 6 days over last 6 years and my UK bank account has Poland as my address. Does it mean that if I get a contract from a client based in New Zealand I should pay taxes there?
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    HK company, living in Asia... taxes

    Any thoughts on my second question? Theoretically - I keep getting paid to my personal uk account (the one with my parents address in Poland) without paying any tax. UK inland revenue discovers it and... then what? Would they send question to Polish tax office? I know its speculating, I...
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    HK company, living in Asia... taxes

    When you are writing my country you mean Poland, even if I didnt live there since 2005?
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    HK company, living in Asia... taxes

    Im Polish, living in Asia (past 5 years Vietnam), working as freelancer for UK based companies (past 3 years ongoing work for 1 client only). Im getting paid once a month (anything between 3K-6K gbp) to my private bank account in uk (hsbc), registered to my parents address in Poland. If I...
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    Cheap offshore bank for 3-6 transactions/£3K-£6K a month

    Im looking at Bank of Cyprus fees and Im a bit confused. Anyone has business account with them and can share what the costs are? Also would it make any difference if I open personal account with them (since it looks cheaper) and run my business using personal account?
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    Cheap offshore bank for 3-6 transactions/£3K-£6K a month

    Do you have any experience with Russian banks? Any recommendations?
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    Cheap offshore bank for 3-6 transactions/£3K-£6K a month

    Fees and Charges - Euro Pacific Bank Ltd Or am I looking at wrong thing? Leupay, looking at it right now.
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    Cheap offshore bank for 3-6 transactions/£3K-£6K a month

    Monthly maintenance €22.50 Incoming Wire Transfer €12 Outgoing Wire Transfer €22 That gets to €80-€100, bit more then I expected bank service can cost.
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    Cheap offshore bank for 3-6 transactions/£3K-£6K a month

    Im looking to open bank account for my Hong Kong offshore company. Agency which helped me to setup HK company send me to Singapore OCBC, but the minimal balance of £30K is a bit to much for me. Im based in Vietnam, working in IT. The way it would work at the moment is 2-5 incoming wire...