I want to drop here the strategy I use (applicable only if you do software development).

I live in 🇦🇲Armenia.
As IT business, making <285K€ in revenue we qualify for a simplified tax regime.
This allows us to be taxes at 1% on turnover.

I have a solo entrepreneurship (IE) with 1% turnover tax + social and military tax (<2% in total); I do a gun for hire software development here.
I also have an LLC with partners with 1% turnover tax + we have to have a salaried director (20%/PIT, we pay higher than minimum salary) + 20% taxes on a set of expenses + 5% on dividends (total tax burden <13%, but can be less than 10% total)

AMD is good currency, but if you want to get the money out add some 2-2.5% for SWIFT and currency conversions if you do not use crypto on top.

It is quite a simple system here.
They have tax residencey based on centre of vital interests OR 183+ days, meaning you do not have to spend 183+ days here if you do not want to, you just need a good essay on how your CVI is in Armenia.
Banking was easy to get at Ardshinbank (top bank with relatively little requirements).

Armenia does not tax your stonks income if earned abroad.

P.S. We tried to get things going in Georgia, but it all broke down when we figured out that Google does not support merchant accounts from Georgia. In addition to that, we found their tax treatment of Virtual Zone companies scary, same with SBS; in general lawyers and accountants in Georgia spoke more in terms of probabilities, in Armenia in terms of rules; locals are way friendlier in Armenia too; but Armenia is admittedly more boring and less diverse.

So overall recommend Armenia as a base, gonna stay here for 2-3 years.
Check this out: https://woodscenter.am/en ; visited over 20 coworkings, the best one till far found in Armenia.
Thesis over.

Looks cool, thanks for sharing.

Hey Alex! In this answer did you have in mind as well the ausencias esporádicas?

I wasn’t familiar with this term, but quick research suggest that ausencias esporádicas is in fact the opposite of what I wrote, as this is spanish tax resident that occasionally leave spain, withough loosing spanish tax residency status.

Anyone here working with a US company as a contractor and resident of India. My company issued stock options when i joined as a contractor but now they seem to be stuck because of Indian laws. As per FEMA/RBI it is not allowed to hold stock options in foreign company as a contractor/sole proprietor. Anyone here dealt with something similar or exercised their vested amount?

Hey guys! I'm planning to "slowmad" and the advice I've received is to get a UAE personal tax residency, to stay above board, get a TRC. So I'm planning to move my business (currently a UK Ltd Co.) to the UAE and spend 90 days a year there to meet their tax residency requirements.

Anyone have a similar experience? If so would love to hear how you've done it!

make sure you have all the little details figured out in advance when it comes to moving your business. Banking, payment processing in particular

If you want a TRC make sure to spend 183 days. It’s risky with less than that

Hey, anyone doing / has done the 60-day residency setup in Cyprus?

Pls DM🙏🏻

Hey guys, is there any residency similar to UAE with easy to meet requirements? Unfortunately, I'm not able to apply for UAE visaas and looking for similar alternatives

hditbkivxwtq 90 days TRC will not work in double taxation avoidance agreement

Need 183 days TRC last year I got that from UAE if you need any details happy to share .

Anything important to know other than just staying there 183 days or more?

I'm also very interested to read about this.

Interesting, can you tell me more about where you got this from and which country's Double Taxation Agreement (DTA)?

When I was looking on the UAE MOF's website, I couldn't find a difference between what a 90d or 183d TRC could be used for. But it seems like what is relevant is the content of the DTA in case it specifies that you need 183 days in the UAE. For example, the UK-UAE one seems to use this definition for residency in Article 4 ("Resident"):

"any individual who under the laws of the United Arab Emirates is domiciled in the United Arab Emirates or has his habitual abode or centre of vital interest in the United Arab Emirates;"

So it seems like you'd be covered under the 90d TRC here (unless obviously you also meet the UK's statutory residence test by having close connections there or staying there for more than 90 days etc) if you have a business and long-term lease on an apartment?

Would love to be corrected if I've misunderstood something 😅

Right now no.
But if you have anything in mind let me know I will add that.

If you’re not a uk tax resident you can easily bring your UK Ltd profits to zero via bonus or salary so you don’t pay UK corporate tax (only applies to income after becoming a non UK tax resident). You don’t need to move your company or get another tax residency to reduce UK taxes… it’s advisable to do but the UK law is straight forward for minimising tax exposure there

I used that in india.

As far as I know for india 90 days one will not work.

DTAs are mostly used for disagreements between countries and to offset taxes paid in one jurisdiction. Focus on not being a tax resident where you don’t want to pay taxes

you need to pay tax on your salary in UK

If you are a tax resident of the UK, yes

I am non tax resident and was still paying PAYE

You have a bad accountant then

yeah, I was using Ember and they weren't focusing on non-residents

anyway, I am in the process of shutting it down

Is anyone here an eCommerce specialist?
I’d like to ask a few questions about tax residency in Paraguay and selling in Europe through my LLC on Amazon.

That is factually try, however, need to check if your non UK residency country will treat your UK LP as tax resident itself under local jurisdiction. Most likely it will, so local corp tax laws will apply. (This would apply for UAE residents as well)

Ah didn't know that was possible. Would definitely help keep things simple. Thank you 🙏

Has anyone used Doola to open up a US LCC as a freelancer? Or Stripe Atlas? What has your experience been?
I'm currently looking at options online to setup a company and setting up a US LLC seems like the best first step for a freelancer (maybe I'm wrong? Would love to hear what others are doing). Of course, the reason being tax friendliness and access to additional bank/finance services

i used easyfilling

What others are doing should not matter to you. Tax is a very personal affair and changes depending a ton of factors (citizenship, residency, tax residency, type of business, how you’re paid, etc).

US LLC depends a lot on how you structure it and in which state

I used Firstbase like 5 years ago and wyomingllcattorney for companies since

Turns out being a non-resident Philippine citizen makes you tax-free for all foreign income, then you can get a Wyoming LLC... that makes you effectively tax-free for life.

Just have to get that Philippine citizenship.

You mean if you're a Philippine citizen not living in the Philippines you don't have to pay Philippine tax? If that's what you mean, that's pretty much the default. You still have to watch out not to become a tax resident somewhere else.

Like 99% of countries in the world...

Not Australia, we're taxed on global income. 🥹

Well if that's the case for these 99% of countries, then that's good :)

I used Stripe Atlas, quite easy to fill the form online, straightforward and intuitive

Is that only for setting up the business, or for handling taxes as well?

I also used Stripe Atlas to set up my LLC. Now, I’m curious about how to handle taxes with it?

You’re right, for incorporation. For tax filing, I haven’t done yet. See if this helps? It’s for Delaware Corp though

https://support.stripe.com/questions/how-to-pay-delaware-franchise-tax-online?locale=en-GB

Has anyone used taxhackers.io?

Interesting! Would be happy to hear any experience

sounds like bad advice in general because it puts you into a legal grey area in many countries, plus it's going to make it hard to do banking with most banks if you have no tax residency. I've lived like this from 2014 - 2019, it's a pain 😂 it's much easier to just get tax residency in a country which does not tax you on income outside of its borders, that way everything is completely legal and regulated and you still don't pay taxes.

Yup, I agree with you

If you’re running an active business, either as a freelancer, or a director, isn’t getting untaxed income outside of the borders of the country you’re a resident of a gray area too? I mean: your residency country won’t tax you, but if the income is not earned in your country of residency, then it’s earned somewhere else. And that “somewhere else” probably wants a cut from your income. If “but they don’t care/enforce” is the answer, then it’s a gray area to me.

as long as you are not a tax resident of that «somewhere else» contury - there is no way they can tax you, unless that income was generated from that spacific country (like renting out an aparment there, receving dividents/royalties or some other specific and limited cases).

I agree that’s what happens “in practice”. But the legality of it requires you being able to prove that you never do any actual work anywhere.

that’s a bizare thing to worry about to be honest.

It depends on where you actually plan to spend time.

That depends on where you earn your income. For example in my case I earn it in the US, so I regularly complete the W8-BEN to declare that I'm not a tax resident there according to US law

I don’t know the rules of all countries in the world. But my general understanding is that such income paid by US-based employer would need to be taxed at the place where you do the actual work. I’m guessing there’s some good, practical reason why my accountant always warns me not to expense any coworking space outside of my tax residence country for more than 3 months.

If you have Paraguayan tax residency, which European country would you recommend for setting up an e-commerce business and selling across Europe? Does anyone have experience with this?

That would be Paraguay. In Paraguay the law clearly states that this income is tax free because it never even enters Paraguay.

If you have Paraguayan tax residency, which European country would you recommend for setting up an e-commerce business and selling across Europe? Does anyone have experience with this?

Interesting, seems like a good setup then.

Estonia or Romania

CHANGES TO THE URUGUAY TAX REGIME 🇺🇾

With the latest legislative change, here are some of the positive and negative changes from the Uruguayan tax residency and tax holiday regime in 2026

NEGATIVE:
- DECOUPLING of the tax holiday and tax residency requirements: The option of investing ~590k and staying 60 days in Uruguay is only available now for tax residency, but not for the tax holiday. Meaning you would be a tax resident without the exemption on foreign capital gains, dividends, rentals and interest for 11 years.

- Foreign-sourced capital gains and rentals, which were previously tax-free forever, are now also taxed at the 12% regular rate. Those on the tax holiday can keep the exemption

POSITIVE
- Besides 183 days in-country and 2 million USD Real Estate investment, there is now a 3rd option to obtain the tax holiday: Invest 100k USD yearly into a Uruguayan research and innovation fund, to be structured by the Uruguayan public administration

- Introduction of a transition regime after the 11 years are over. Now, residents will have the option of choosing between 2 regimes: 300k USD flat tax for 20 years, or a 50% tax reduction on foreign incomes (6% effective rate) for an additional 5 years. For the latter option, the person must invest another 1 million USD in real estate or continue investing 100k per year into the Uruguayan funds.

Noteworthy here: Uruguay can NO LONGER be considered a territorial tax-country!

Pre-2011, foreign sourced passive incomes were fully exempt for all residents under a truly territorial regime
Since 2011, "mobile capital" incomes, namely dividends and interest, were added as exceptions that were taxed even if foreign sourced. The tax holiday exempted them for new residents.
As of 2026, dividends, interest, capital gains and rentals are all taxed on a worldwide basis, with the exception for those on the tax holiday program

The country is now better qualified as a worldwide taxation country WITH a special temporary tax regime, as Portugal, Italy and Spain.