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Vodafone, I don't see them going anymore down, but they pay 10% dividend. But as always, you should diversify and not put all your 50k in that.

Revolut UK does not require a TIN Full blown account provided

7 years in Belgium and 10 in France if I am not mistaken. Valid points nonetheless Register in France as resident. Deregister from Belgium (easy if no kids) Set up Auto Entreprise in France Enjoy super low tax up to 2 years since you will spread your revenue within the max threshold Cash out...

As long as you don't register yourself with local authorities they won't have a trace of you, well in most cases. Many countries in the EU want to get your local tax number in order to open a bank account or even rent a property.

I use Kredit Karma, no need for a bank card at all with them, I don't know about the others. But they will check that your IP address is from the UK, if not, you won't be able to create an account/check your credit score with them. UK residence is irrelevant, if you have a presence here...

Of course you can. I did. They will check your credit score/history but if you just moved in they will still let you open a bank account. They won't give you a loan that's all, at least for a little while.

It will be hard to open a bank account in Europe with a Russian passport. Many banks refuse it outright, even if resident in the said EU country. Just my 2 cents

When you come back to France you are immediately considered a tax resident on your date of arrival. Middle if the year, end of year it does not matter. You have to register yourself with local tax office when you do so. All your foreign bank accounts are already known by french tax office, even...

Some shops take them, like Hermes etc Pretty sure gold sellers in Germany take them too. Currency shops too, some say they don't but finally after double checking the notes, they took them and game me British pound notes against the 500 euros notes.

Funds will be blocked and you will have to justify source :-) Link to thread would not work

Buy a property with credit. A property that needs refurbishing. Pay the contractors and hardware in cash. Your property value is now worth 150.000 or more in value after refurbishing (Carefully get estimate before and after before spending of course). Sell (if you want), congratulations on your...

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Each country in Europe has different rules when it comes to opening bank accounts, in Ireland you need a PPS number (Irish tax ID), in Belgium you need to be registered with the commune so you have a local resident card and so on...welcome to Europe. Just adapt to whatever they want

Why don't you get a visa card attached to your crypto account and use it locally for your day to day expenses and holidays in the mean time? En better, many merchants accept crypto payments directly

Each EU country has its own view. Here are some basic pointers for Belgium for example https://www.taxpatria.be/faq/how-are-distributions-from-a-single-member-us-llc-taxed-in-belgium/