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    Patent for secure erasing of data

    Please PM me I have 3 possible clients.
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    Patent for secure erasing of data

    I'm no expert but what I would like to know is Can this be placed inside a USB drive,phone or laptop. Can it be triggered by too many attempts to log into a device (set at 5 attemps)
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    Italy's Representative Office Visa

    Renewal I expect about €2K. I did it myself with help from my business partner but have not completed the process.
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    Samoa, BVI, Marshall Islands, Seychelles or another Country for Zero Tax Remote Opening of an Offshore Company?

    If She is not a US citizen then put it in her name. She pays you a salary which you declare.
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    Samoa, BVI, Marshall Islands, Seychelles or another Country for Zero Tax Remote Opening of an Offshore Company?

    US Citizen is headache for banking. Do either of you reside in the US?
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    UAE Mainland or FreeZone?

    Your opinion is something you are entitled to.
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    UAE Mainland or FreeZone?

    You are confusing issues here. The tax was not an exercise to generate revenue but to coincide with FACTA and the rest. Read the law because majority of accountants didn't bother. You will find some interesting night time reading. I have always audited both my FZ and Mainland purely for my...
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    UAE Mainland or FreeZone?

    I would suggest you check with any local accountant. As it stands right now it works. Of course there will be pressure from the outside world to change that. There is also no transfer pricing rules either. The people who write the script of the new tax law were English or Schooled in the...
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    Low maintenance entity to hold pre-IPO shares

    Somewhere like Marshall Islands would suffice but it will cost you about $2000 a year. You could use a UK LTD because its cheap to maintain but check if a foreign shareholding with a foreign owner is still applicable for tax.
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    UAE Mainland or FreeZone?

    So before the new turnover rules came into effect. How do you think the UAE company owners paid themselves? Please separate Europe from the Middle East. The Tax ID would be for the company not a personal one. In the UAE you would have to do the minimum residency requirements which I think is...
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    UAE Mainland or FreeZone?

    If you can break up the 2 months in Dubai to 1 month every 6 months then that would be your default. UK LLP/LTD is good if you do not do invoice UK Companies. Thai authorities do not ask for Tax ID but the benefit of using a UK entity is they issue you one by default. Freezones in the UAE to...
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    Italy's Representative Office Visa

    I literally went through the process myself. I have some business interest in Italy from a company I do a lot of consulting for. My business partner just asked one of his legal admins who speaks good English to assist me. There are plenty of guys online but as this is something I wanted to...
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    Italy's Representative Office Visa

    Taxes are due because you must pay yourself or the representative a minimum of €6000 per year. You work for the Representative Office so any other income you should optimise/structure. As its still in the EU then either pay tax in your home country or in Italy. That clarity I have not sort yet...