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    Question Georgian company small business (payment processor)

    Bonjour :). What structure / arrangement did you finally decide to use?
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    Banking + card processing for b2b software

    watching . surely you want a jurisdiction with good DTA's etc yes?
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    SERBIA CITIZENSHIP AFTER ONE YEAR TEMPORARY RESIDENCY - DRAFT LAW?

    Some online sources are saying the draft amendment to the law, allow 1 year to citizenship, has been withdraw by the government. For example, in this article the law firm says: it has been withdrawn but we have to wait and see if it is permanently withdrawn...
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    Tax residency in Georgia while living in 2 European countries?

    It is not hard to find out the current requirements to apply for the certificate. What then? Be warned. Sadly, Georgian legal advisors are notoriously unreliable. I am speaking from my own and friends hard experience, having used and relied on Georgian lawyers before. They will leave you in...
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    Tax residency in Georgia while living in 2 European countries?

    Umm, is this a serious question? You will not find any modern business with any kind of serious income making decisions about tax minimisation strategies without first obtaining and recording their legal and accounting advice from a professional registered in the country where you are likely to...
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    Tax residency in Georgia while living in 2 European countries?

    As backpacker stated, what the Georgian law states and how it's interpreted are 2 different things. Only experience on the ground nows what the final result will be. Everything else is speculation. Sensible advice reads like this: You can read material online for years and still not fully...
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    Opening a Representative Office in Cyprus?

    Thank you for your comments! I am sure you are correct about this option. I am interested to know if anybody has actually gone through the process with success in Cyprus. Every country has its own way of interpreting EU laws :). For example, in Italy the RO does not need to submit the...
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    Opening a Representative Office in Cyprus?

    It is often fairly easy to open a Representative (also called Liaison) Office in many countries. Then to have that Office go through a process to invite you(even non-EU nationals) to go to the country and become resident there based on being the manager / Representative at the Representative...
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    Italy's Representative Office Visa

    Thanks for sharing your comments. Online articles suggest you _must_ have an accountant or lawyer In Italy who your company appoints as its authorised representative in Italy. This first representative then submits the documents to register the RO. That first company representative also...
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    Italy's Representative Office Visa

    I think the tax side can be sorted out with some care... and I think from all reports and all my enquiries generally the RO and ROV model works well to get the residency permit in Italy. I think the important and interesting short term questions are these: 1. Does the RO model enable people to...
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    Italy's Representative Office Visa

    As a quick google search will show, there are several articles online about setting up a Representative Office in Italy. They typically say you need an Italian accountant or notary to register the RO and to then apply for the nulla osta. The accountant submits the papers on behalf of the RO for...
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    Hong Kong Residence Permit

    EU grey list since 2021... . you can find that with a quick google search :). As for the financial impacts of being on the grey list, they are many. Anyway, some institutions are already treating Hong Kong transfers differently. Just flagging so you check with your financial institution/s if...
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    Does anyone know who Peter Taradash (Grandpa /Pugi) is and what happened to him?

    Since we have some Italy and Campione experts in this thread :) How come so many people write about residency being easy to get in Campione d'Italia as if it issues its own residency permits?
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    30.09.2023 all Bank Accounts visible

    WISE accounts now show total account values in Georgian lari for companies and persons resident in Georgia, even though you cannot hold lari in a WISE account. Clearly this suggests they are getting ready to report account balances at least (sooner or later) to the identified country of...