Losing tax residency from aggresive country

[lemonade]

Would moving to Estonia for 3 months and then moving to Cyprus for the rest of the year help me lose tax residency from an aggresive country?
I have to notify where im moving and if I move to Cyprus directly, tax residency would be disputed by my current country.
Im from outside EEA, so it would require to incorporate an Estonia company + visa but income would go to personal account in Estonia.
My goal is to incorporate in Cyprus

 

[brianK]

Why not just set up an address through a service like Clevver and use that when you deregister yourself from your aggressive home country? That’s exactly what I did, and just like that, I disappeared from the radar.

I don’t even have that address active anymore.

 

[Don]

Would moving to Estonia for 3 months and then moving to Cyprus for the rest of the year help me lose tax residency from an aggresive country?
I have to notify where im moving and if I move to Cyprus directly, tax residency would be disputed by my current country.
Im from outside EEA, so it would require to incorporate an Estonia company + visa but income would go to personal account in Estonia.
My goal is to incorporate in Cyprus

Ideally, you should obtain a tax residence certificate, so you need to get a residence permit and not just a visa.
In Estonia, as soon as you get a residence permit, you can immediately get a tax residence certificate from day one, but it doesn't work like this with just visas or based on visa-free stay.

Why not just set up an address through a service like Clevver and use that when you deregister yourself from your aggressive home country? That’s exactly what I did, and just like that, I disappeared from the radar.

I don’t even have that address active anymore.

It might have worked for you, but it might not apply to anyone. I would be cautious.

 

[uplana]

@lemonade what is this agressive country, mind to say ?

 

[Cloudbanck]

This is hard to answer without knwoing which country's tax net you are trying to leave. But there arent that many aggressive tax countries outside the EEA, so Im guessing Brazil, Australia, or Canada.

But yes, for countries with anti tax haven rules, it is a good strategy to first register as having moved to a non tax haven country, and after that you can do whatever you want. And this non tax haven country can be a messed up third world country actually - mostly NGO ppl, development bank and diplomats register in such countries, so it doesnt raise any eyebrows. And the third world country is typically not going to cooperate with any external authorities, nor keep track of you very much.