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Common reporting standard
I have a question that I still have no answer for.
I know that countries have a mutual agreement called Common Reporting Standard which is thought for fiscal transparency, but how does it operate?
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Germany GmbH shareholder living in another EU country
When an EU citizen who is holding shares of a GmbH decides to move to another EU country, what are his obligations to the tax office and the state?
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Can an independent contractor from Zimbabwe have a bank account in South Africa to receive income from a South African company?
In a case where a South African company has contracted independent contractors from for example Zimbabwe or other foreign countries, is it legal for the independent contractor to be paid into a South ...
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What is the maximum number of countries in which one can simultaneously be tax resident?
Inspired by this Reddit thread and other stories of people working remotely from all over the world, apparently without giving too much thought to the legal implications,
Working abroad remotely and ...
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Should a bilateral tax law between the US and another country protect remote workers?
Assume someone is a citizen of the United States, and a resident of another country (if a specific example is necessary, Turkey). They live in the foreign country and work remotely for a company in ...
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Company's permanent establishment (OECD Tax treaty model article 5) and remote work
TL;DR The info I'm looking for is if there is known cases when a digital nomad -style remote work has been triggered permanent establishment for a company?
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My employee has released a new ...
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What's the point of an inheritance tax on movable property? Can't valuable property be shipped to a country without the tax, and be inherited there?
This probably wouldn't happen for property that's low value and bulky, like furniture. But for property like yachts, planes, artwork, jewellery, etc., it seems easy to move it to a country without ...
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Working part of the year from Spain for a UK company, what are the implications?
I am an EU national based in the UK working for a British company. I would like to live and work remotely from Spain between 3 to 6 months per year. My current company told me they would not ...
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Is FATCA really reciprocal?
Question is obviously for non-US persons. E.g German living in Germany with a US bank account
FATCA is supposed to be reciprocal but I've seen reports that it is not.
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Do ACAT transfers of stock positions between brokers clarify as gross amount of US source income paid or credited to account?
This will probably be a bit tricky.
Let's say a non-US person holds 100 US stock ETFs in US Broker A.
Then does ACAT transfer of those 100 US stock ETFs to US Broker B.
Then doesn't do anything else (...
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Selling software internationally and taxes
I'm about to go crazy due to the amount of information I have explored on this matter and still I have no answers. Anyone with at least some knowledge, please share it.
My case is very simple (I think)...
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Are tax crimes' punishments in general proportional to the amount of money?
Let's say that I sell 0.001 BTC right now on Bisq (decentralized P2P exchange) and the buyer sends me $500 USD to my bank account. I then use that $500 to buy a pair of headphones for myself. Or I ...
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Is a company liable if an employee illegally works across the border? [closed]
As a US based company, if an employee illegally works from a foreign country in violation of company policy, will the company be held liable for taxes and fines for this action?
If the company is held ...
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Do you have to pay tax on money received after a friend/family repays money you lent them?
So if I lend a friend/family like 5k$, do I have to pay tax on that money when my friend/family pays it back to me?
A more concrete example: my brother in the USA would send us let's say 5k$ for some ...
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Limitations for importing from China to US
If a US small business company would want to import products from China ( possibly tax-free or low-tax, mostly beauty, cosmetics and fashion products - below $10,000), what are the limitations, taxes, ...
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Can a government tax foreign activity that does not involve its citizens or residents?
Say a law is passed in the United States that purports to tax the Canadian government on its income, or to tax a Canadian citizen for activity in Canada.
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What is the legal & tax position of a UK person working remotely for UK firm, in non-UK locations, in Europe and globally?
This question is inspired by this question on travel.stackexchange.com.
I am mainly asking about a UK viewpoint, but am interested others (Europe, USA, commonwealth, etc), because at its root, this is ...
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Does apply Single Tax Principle in that situation?
Does apply Single Tax Principle in that situation:
Person is citizen of Chile, but currently lives and has residence in Ukraine and works remotely meanwhile Chile.
Does he need pay taxes in Ukraine?
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How to calculate currency conversion for USA consumption tax (sales tax) reporting
I have been told, that an overseas company selling in USA need to collect consumption tax and pay it back to US. However, our company is going to charge our customers in Australian dollars. Thus, to ...
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Can a server justify a permanent establishment in a tax manner?
Let's assume I am located in Germany, but I am operating servers in some other country, for example Ireland. My fictional business is running these servers to rent them out to others (like hosting ...
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Tax implications when assigning a patent application to a non-US company?
When a US company transfers ownership for a pending patent application via an assignment to a company outside the US, say for 1 Dollar, are there any tax implications to worry about?
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Bonds of foreign reputed companies and Army bonds
Do the functioning of Bonds cease after the date of maturity of the bonds?
In what respects Army bonds differ from Bonds of foreign companies operating in INDIA?
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Tax treaty and residence country taxation
Suppose you are a scholar that has a contract at a university in state S for less than 2 years, and you are resident in your home country, say Italy. Then you successfully apply for tax treaty ...
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What are "US Business Activities" and "Effectively connected income", again?
I know this is a confusing matter and there's been number of questions here and articles elsewhere, but maybe it would be simpler in the situation explained below.
Assume there's a non-US company ...
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Why is English law so important to finance?
What are the features of the English law that make it so indisposable to international finance and particularly offshore companies?
I've recently bumped into this passage when reading about Cyprus, ...
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Non US company raised equity by issuing shares to non accredited investors,does re-domiciliation to Delaware cause retroactive breach of US laws?
As per the title I would like to know if anybody knows what happens if a foreign non -- U.S. company ( offshore ) raises equity by advertising and soliciting investors included but not limited to ...
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Is it lawful to discount products below its cost to sell other products on the same sale?
Suppose a company in Singapore buys some hardware for $100, develops some software for it, and wishes to sell the integrated solution for $200 to a foreign customer. The invoice lists the hardware ...
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unknown US citizen, do I owe taxes
My parents are US citizens who, moved to Brazil and had me 32 years ago. We never went back. The US doesn't know about me I'm sure. I don't even have any US documents.
But I wonder still, I have ...
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How are businesses based outside, but doing business inside of the US taxed?
I am looking specifically for how the U.S. taxes businesses that originate from another country, but are doing business within the U.S., with or without operations taking place at a permanent address ...
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Are there international treaties preventing states from taxing property transfers out of it?
With the goal of discouraging companies and high net worth individuals from leaving the country to save taxes by taxing wealth leaving the country by a multiple of the taxes due per year if they ...
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What kinds payments/accounts are reported under the automated exchange of tax information between countries?
I'm trying to understand how the automated exchange of tax information works between countries. I'm vaguely aware of the OECD's Common Reporting Standard "activating" this year and introducing some ...
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Tariffs for international shipping
I wanted to buy some rare earth oxides and noticed the unit price is 6 or more times more expensive in the USA than if bought from China, even with international shipping included. Since China is the ...
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Is there a threshold for declaring interest income from a foreign country?
Assume the following situation:
foreign national in the US
working visa (e.g. H1-B)
living permanently in the US, no other address, paying all taxes in the US
savings account in home country (...
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What is the VAT policy for a non-EU company with EU customers?
Say there is an offshore (Belize, Seychelles) company that provides some online service (like antivirus).
Their service is subscription based which means that users pay for membership on monthly basis ...
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Can a foreign company be charged fees or taxes if their website is hosted in the US?
I am wondering if a foreign company be obliged to pay fees or taxes if its website is hosted and served by servers located on US ground?
Does it matter if monetary transactions are made on that ...
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