Tag: OpenDoorConsultancy

Birth Citizenship

Did you pay enough taxes for a lifetime? My guess is that you’re inclined to say you paid enough taxes for two lifetimes. That may be true if you are thinking about having a child in the future and aren’t particularly worried about where. It may be a challenge for the lady to have all […]

Ways to Invest in Gold

You’re Looking to Buy Gold, but How? I was speaking to a friend of mine about the debt trap that the US Government finds itself in with its 130% Debt to GDP and requirement to continue spending for social security, pensions, healthcare, welfare and so much more. Inflate or die was essentially where we see […]

Hungary

OnTheBall Travels (Hungary) The most beautiful city I’ve ever been (Budapest). It is a must-go if Europe is on your bucket list Itinerary We flew into Budapest from Cancun Mexico with a layover in Turkey. Everything was smooth entering the country–I don’t believe there was anything even said to us. Passports stamped for the 90 […]

What’s Your Threshold?

Everybody Needs to Decide Their Line in the Sand As the saying goes, it’s better to be a year too early than a day too late, which is especially relevant when it comes to leaving a place heading in an authoritarian direction. I’m motivated to write this after long discussions with my friends about relocating […]

Iceland

An Overlooked Hideout There are threads and threads on Twitter and various forums discussing this main question: Where does one go [for freedom, normalcy, to escape the madness]? You can imagine that this question has gotten considerably more attention over the last few years when governments decided to turn their countries into prison systems just […]

Tax Changes in Armenia

Armenia has made some tax changes to their successful micro-entrepreneur and turnover tax regimes. Prior to the changes, companies (under certain business types) could pay zero tax if their revenue did not exceed approximately 60,000 USD per year. Similarly, a turnover tax regime allowed the business over to elect to shorten their tax bill from […]

SKN CBI

This Country Sells Plastic Booklets for its GDP There’s a Caribbean country that is particularly known for it’s program called Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) whereby a donation to their state fund or a purchase of real estate (subject to terms/restrictions) can grant you a passport & consequently naming yourself a citizen of that twin-island country. The country […]

Common Love/Hate Attachments

I can’t fix my problem Doc, I need it! Do you have a friend where every time you hear them, they are complaining about the same problem? Maybe it’s their relationship, it’s their parents, it’s their coworkers… but you always have to hear about it. You love your friend, but you can’t help wonder why […]

The Belize LLC is No More & Businesses are Already Leaving

Offshore Jurisdiction Changes to LLCs Since the tyrannical economic substance requirements swept the offshore world in 2019 (and has been tightened since), the Belize IBC has been effectively a no-go. It had mandated tax, presence, hiring of staff on-the-ground & many other regulations that made it no longer a feasible corporate structure for international portfolios. […]