Recent content by xnpu

Depending on how exactly you're self-employed, I would expect an exit tax on that too. They won't just let you move a business abroad without getting some.

I use multiple websites to tackle these types of issues. Let's say I have low-risk.com, which sells fairly generic services and is integrated with payment processors. These are genuine services which people can buy, but few people do. The pricing is purposely unattractive and I don't market...

Ah. I overlooked the investors visa. That's not the path I'm following though. Mine is an employment visa (which may be restricted to friendly nations?) and the company merely serves to employ me.

I'm in this now. If you add up lawyer, CPA, immigration, company, taxes on your "salary", etc. you quickly get to 10-12K. It's definitely one of the more expensive routes, but the company+work-permit allow you to get into business locally if you like and your 200/300K won't be stuck if at any...

Could you elaborate on this? I could not find anything that suggests this is the case.

Although I did not get the W9 request (yet), I did end up doing what that YouTube CPA recommended: add another member (for 1%) to my LLC so I can legally use the W9. I have a feeling that Mercury won't be the last with this issue.

If you have no intention of paying they can issue a credit invoice and have the VAT returned. Imho they should avoid this issue by sending pro forma invoices prior to payment, final ones after.