Guides
Guides. Checked against the source.
The rules behind residency, companies and banking, written for digital nomads, founders and investors who work across borders. Each guide lists its official sources and the date we last checked them.
Where you live. And where you pay.
0% income tax countries for digital nomads, and what living in one takes
A handful of countries charge no tax on personal income. Living in one takes more than a visa, and the 0% only holds once your old country lets you go.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 4 min read
0% tax on foreign income: territorial countries, and the catch for remote work
Territorial countries tax only local income, so foreign income can go untaxed. The catch: in most of them, work you do while living there counts as local, whoever your client is.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 4 min read
Digital nomad visas with 0% tax on your income, and the ones without
Two nomad visas carry an income tax exemption written into law, and three more sit in countries that do not tax your foreign income. The rest make you a tax resident after about six months, with a lower rate at best.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 4 min read
Tax residence: why 183 days is not the whole test
Spending fewer than 183 days in a country does not, on its own, make you non-resident there. Most countries also look at your home, your family and your money, and some hold on to you after you leave.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Moving to a 0% tax country? Leave Brazil properly first
A move abroad does not end Brazilian tax residence on its own. Two filings do, and one of them has a deadline you cannot miss and fix later.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Moving to a 0% tax country? Leave Italy properly first
Registering in AIRE is necessary and no longer enough. Since 2024 Italy looks at where you are and where your life is, and for some destinations it asks you to prove the move.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 3 min read
US companies. And the numbers behind them.
Wyoming, Delaware or New Mexico: a US LLC for non-residents
For most non-resident founders the state matters less than it seems. It changes the yearly cost and paperwork. It does not change the federal filings, or how you are taxed where you live.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Form 5472: the filing a foreign-owned US LLC owes every year
A US LLC with one foreign owner usually owes no US income tax. It still owes this filing every year, and the penalty for missing it starts at $25,000.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 3 min read
The ITIN for non-residents, and how to apply
A US tax number for people who cannot get a Social Security number. Useful, and narrower than it is often sold.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Choosing help. Before you sign.
How to vet an international structuring firm
The field has no single license and a lot of confident marketing. These are the questions we would ask a firm like ours, and the answers that should end the conversation.
Last checked October 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Tools. Before the call.
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What it costs
Every starting price we publish, in one place.
How we check. Source first.
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Official sources
Every figure and rule comes from the authority that sets it: the tax office, the registry, the regulator. Each guide lists them.
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Dated
Each guide carries the date its facts were last checked against those sources. Rules change, so check the date.
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The rule, not advice
A guide explains the rule. How it applies to you depends on your facts, which is what the introduction call is for.
The rule is the start. Your facts decide the rest.
Tell us where you live, where you earn and what you are setting up. We will go through how the rules apply to you on a call.