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Thailand Privilege vs LTR visa: no work, no tax break, and when the LTR wins
Thailand Privilege starts at THB 650,000 for five years and buys no work rights, tax relief or residence. When the LTR visa is the better choice.
Jersey company cost: GBP 205 to file, but the administrator sets the real price
Jersey charges GBP 205 to file, GBP 856 for the two-hour service. Why the administrator and substance, not the fee, set the real cost.
Costa Rica SRL vs S.A.: which to pick, and why territorial tax still means up to 30%
SRL or S.A. in Costa Rica: up to 30% on local profit, a yearly entity tax whether or not you trade, an April ownership filing and slow banking.
Andorra company for non-residents: the permit comes first, the 10% needs you there
Non-residents taking more than 10% of an Andorran SL need foreign-investment approval first, and keeping the 10% tax usually means living there.
Active vs passive residency in Andorra: the cheaper way in, the harder way to stay
Since the February 2026 reform, active residency is the cheaper way into Andorra: a stake above 34%, EUR 50,000 to the AFA. The catch is 183 days.
Thailand nominee shareholders: the 2026 crackdown on who actually paid for the shares
From 1 January 2026 Thailand's registry screens Thai shareholders of foreign-managed firms for proof they paid, and filing is online-only.
Taiwan foreign investment approval: why a foreign-owned company takes 2–3 months
Foreign-owned companies in Taiwan take 2–3 months: foreign investment approval alone runs 6–8 weeks. Tax is 20%, plus a 5% surtax on retained profit.
Swiss resident director requirement: not optional, and the canton still sets your rate
A Swiss GmbH needs CHF 20,000, an AG CHF 100,000. One director must live in Switzerland with individual signing authority; the canton sets the rate.
Swedish AB for non-EU founders: SEK 25,000 is easy, the EEA board rule is not
A Swedish AB needs SEK 25,000 and no notary and pays 20.6%, but the EEA board rule catches most non-EEA founders, and banking is harder still.
Starting a fintech company in Lithuania: the EUR 30 UAB, and why tax is not the reason
A large share of Europe's fintech runs through Vilnius, a better reason to come than tax. The UAB: EUR 30.83 to register, EUR 1,000 capital, 17% tax.
Slovak s.r.o. for non-residents: 10% tax, an e-signature barrier and an August reform
A Slovak s.r.o. needs EUR 5,000 capital and small firms pay 10%, but the e-signature, a minimum tax and the 17 August 2026 reform bite non-residents.
Seychelles IBC bank account: why a US$130 company can leave you unbanked
A Seychelles IBC costs US$130 to register and US$140 a year and pays 0% on foreign income, but banking is where people regret it.
Scottish limited partnership: what stopped working in 2017 and what ID checks changed
Why the Scottish limited partnership is not what you read, what mandatory ID verification changed, and the £100 one-day Ltd alternative.
Qatar WLL vs QFC: 10% on foreign profit, an office lease and no remote setup
A Qatar WLL pays 10% on profit attributable to foreign ownership and needs an office lease; the QFC works like a different country.
PT PMA minimum capital: IDR 2.5 billion paid up, and the IDR 10 billion nobody mentions
PT PMA paid-up capital fell from IDR 10 billion to IDR 2.5 billion in October 2025. The figures in the right order, and the Positive Investment List.
ONE Pass renewal: SGD 30,000 a month gets you in, the renewal is the real test
The ONE Pass needs SGD 30,000 a month to get in and runs five years with no employer tie. The renewal is the real test, and it catches people.
Monaco business authorisation: 2–3 months, personal to you, and it can be refused
Every Monaco business needs prior government authorisation, granted to a named person for a defined activity. It takes 2–3 months and can be refused.
Mauritius GBC vs Authorised Company: the 3% rate and the two directors you must hire
GBC or Authorised Company: decide first. The GBC's 3% comes with conditions and two directors you must hire, and licensing takes three to six weeks.
Malta's 5% corporate tax is a refund, not a rate: the company pays 35% first
A Maltese company pays 35% and most of it comes back later by refund. How the refund works, EUR 1,165 minimum capital, running costs and substance.
Malta naturalisation requirements: five years of residence, and a minister who decides
Twelve months' unbroken residence before applying, four more years before that, and a minister's discretion. Plus marriage, descent, dual citizenship.
Malta dividend tax: 0% withheld, 35% paid first, and the float nobody quotes
Malta withholds nothing on dividends, and full imputation means profit is never taxed twice. How refunds get you near 5%, and the cash-flow catch.
Malta capital gains tax: no separate rate, up to 35%, and a closed list of what is taxed
Malta has no separate capital gains tax: gains sit in income tax at up to 35%, only assets the law names are caught, and property and non-doms differ.
Madeira's 5% corporate tax: new MIBC licences end on 31 December 2026
New MIBC licences for the 5% rate end on 31 December 2026, with benefits to 2033. A shell will not qualify; outside the MIBC, 14.7% applies.
Luxembourg Soparfi: a regime, not a company type, and substance decides whether it works
The Soparfi is a regime, not a company type. The Sàrl behind it, EUR 12,000 of capital, about 23.87% tax, the notary and the substance test.
Liechtenstein GmbH cost: CHF 1,100 to the state, then the mandatory trustee
About CHF 1,100 in state fees, a 12.5% profit tax with CHF 1,800 attached, a trade licence nobody mentions and a trustee you cannot do without.
Iceland citizenship absence rule: a 90-day leash for seven years, and A2 Icelandic
Seven years' residence, absences capped at 90 days in any twelve months, an A2 language test and the timeline nobody quotes. Dual citizenship allowed.
Hungary's 9% corporate tax: the EU's lowest rate is not the whole rate
The EU's lowest headline corporate rate is not the whole rate. What a Kft. costs: the zero fee that is not free, HUF 3,000,000 capital and banking.
Guernsey company cost: GBP 100 at the registry, then a fiduciary you cannot skip
GBP 100 at the registry, GBP 1,000 for fifteen minutes, plus a mandatory fiduciary whose fees are the real cost. And why 0% is only a standard rate.
GmbH vs UG: EUR 25,000 or EUR 1, and the trade tax that sets Germany's real rate
A GmbH needs EUR 25,000 of capital with half paid up; a UG starts from EUR 1. The trade tax, video notarisation and the bank-account bottleneck.
Gibraltar Category 2 vs HEPSS: GBP 39,940 a year if your employer applies
HEPSS is granted to a job and your employer applies: a fixed GBP 39,940 tax bill, no net-worth test. Category 2 is for people with money.
Estonia's 0% corporate tax is a deferral: 22% arrives when you take the money out
Estonia taxes retained profit at 0%, distributions at 22%. What an e-Residency OÜ costs, the banking catch and the tax that follows you home.
Dutch holding BV: the participation exemption, substance, and the bank that says no
Why the Dutch BV is a top European holding vehicle: the participation exemption, withholding, the substance it needs and the bank that says no.
Delaware vs Wyoming LLC for non-residents: the USD 25,000 Form 5472 trap
A Delaware LLC costs about USD 110, a Wyoming LLC USD 100, both in days with no US residency, but a Form 5472 mistake carries a USD 25,000 penalty.
Czech s.r.o. for foreigners: CZK 1 of capital, but a criminal-record check sets the pace
A Czech s.r.o. needs no local director and CZK 1 of capital, pays a flat 21%, and the criminal-record extract is what sets the timeline.
Cayman exempted company: what US$853 buys, and what economic substance takes back
A Cayman exempted company registers in 3–5 business days from US$853: no corporate income tax, an exemption undertaking and economic substance rules.
BVI company annual requirements: three obligations that outlast the USD 550 fee
USD 550 registers a BVI Business Company in one to three days. The three obligations people forget, what the register shows, and why banking decides.
Belize IBC: gone since 2022, and anyone still quoting one is using an old price list
The Companies Act 2022 ended the Belize IBC. What replaced it: one company register, BZD 300 to register, one to three days, and banks as the limit.
Austrian FlexCo vs GmbH: the 2024 reform and the minimum tax nobody budgets for
Since 2024 an Austrian GmbH needs EUR 10,000, not 35,000, and startups get the FlexCo. Tax is a flat 23%, with a minimum even in loss years.
Where to incorporate in Western Europe: the tax rate is the least of it
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Denmark compared on tax, substance, banking and speed, with a verdict for each kind of founder.
The IBC is dead: what Cayman, BVI, Mauritius, Belize and Seychelles sell now
Cayman, BVI, Mauritius, Belize and Seychelles compared on substance, ownership registers, banking, treaties and grey lists. Only one still has a tax story.
Russian passport through grandparents: granted in months, conditional for life
Three ancestry doors, one border test: naturalised in months with no language test, then a military catch and a citizenship conditional for life.
Retiring in Panama: the discounts are real, the tax escape on a French pension is not
Statutory discounts, the tax a French pension still pays, where retirees settle, and Pensionado vs Friendly Nations vs Qualified Investor.
Malta MPRP vs GRP: four programmes, one word, and three of them are not for you
MPRP, GRP, Nomad permit or plain residence: what each grants, its tax effect and presence rule, and which of the four is actually for you.
Kyrgyzstan 10% flat tax: real, but almost every route wants you in the country
A 10% flat tax, 0% for IT companies, no CRS and a passport in five years. Why almost every route wants you in Kyrgyzstan, not at a paper address.
Is Belarus a tax haven? 13% income tax, no CRS, and banks that will not touch it
A 13% income tax, an IT park with no profit tax until 2049, no CRS exchange and residence through a company. Why it still fails the bank test.
Iran tax residency rules: the test starts from your passport, not your days
Iran counts residency from the passport, not the calendar. Foreign staff face a deemed salary and exit permit; diaspora, a passport they cannot drop.
How to move to the Cook Islands: 119 places, ten years and no New Zealand passport
Permanent residence in the Cook Islands is a statutory quota: 119 places in 2026, ten years of permits first, no New Zealand passport at the end.
Hong Kong offshore company tax: the claim the IRD takes apart, and what FSIE changed
Hong Kong taxes only Hong Kong-sourced profit, at 8.25% then 16.5%. Why the IRD takes offshore claims apart, what FSIE changed in 2023, and the bank.
Djibouti free zone: decades without tax, and still not a place to move your family
A free zone promising decades without tax, a dollar peg since 1949, residence tied to a contract and no CRS. Why it is still not a relocation.
Denmark's expat tax scheme: 27% for seven years, then the year-eight cliff
The 27% researcher and key-employee scheme: an effective 32.84% for up to 84 months, once in a lifetime, then year eight and the exit tax.
Cost of living in Gabon, Angola, Togo and Niger: nine expat capitals ranked
Why 'expensive country' and 'expensive for expats' are different things in Luanda, Libreville, Lomé and Niamey, with a ranked verdict on all nine.
Company formation in Central Europe: Hungary's 9% is the wrong reason
Czech s.r.o., Slovak s.r.o., Hungarian Kft or Polish sp. z o.o.? We compare tax, dividends, VAT friction, residence routes and banking, and pick a winner.
Chile tax exemption for new residents: three years on foreign income, then up to 40%
New foreign residents in Chile are taxed only on Chilean income for three years from entry, then worldwide at up to 40%. Uruguay compared.
Chancenkarte vs self-employment visa: founders keep choosing the wrong door
The Chancenkarte is a job-seeker's card, §21 is the founder's visa and the Blue Card is the fastest road to settlement. Plus the five-year passport.
Cape Verde citizenship by investment: the law exists, the passport is not for sale
Agents quote a price for a Cape Verde passport, but the CBI law has never been switched on. The real route is residence by property, the Green Card.
Buying property in Egypt as a foreigner: a five-year card and a currency bet
A flat in Egypt buys a five-year residence card: no language test, no minimum stay. The deposit route, the tax and the currency risk.
Armenia residence permit through a company: what changes on 1 November 2026
Register a company in Armenia and its owner gets a one-year permit, no minimum stay. A rewritten Law on Foreigners applies from 1 November 2026.
Which golden visas are still open: 62 of 102 routes, and not the ones people search for
The UK, Ireland and Spain closed investor visas; Portugal ended its property route. Of 102 routes we track, 62 are open with a published price.
The cheapest second passport in 2026 is usually free — and most advisers never check
The cheapest route to a second citizenship is not a USD 200,000 contribution. We track 21 ancestry routes and 34 naturalisation routes. Several cost filing fees and deliver an EU passport. Here is how to find out which one is yours.
Gibraltar company annual costs: USD 148 to register, then the renewal nobody quotes
Gibraltar's registry charges about USD 148 to incorporate. Over five years a simple company costs about USD 10,000: renewals, extras and banking.
Are golden passports still worth it? Eight are open, and each has lost a destination
Every European programme is shut. Of 25 we track, eight are open and each has lost a visa-free destination. The E-2 trap and the costs nobody quotes.
There are 51 tax residencies that don't report you. You will hate 50 of them.
51 of the 165 countries we track sit outside CRS. The biggest is the United States. Here is what the non-reporting list actually buys you — and what it costs.
Nobody moves back because of the tax rate. They move back because of the school run.
Choosing a country is a legal decision you can get right at a desk. Choosing a city is the one that decides whether you stay. The method, in order.
Where to get a gambling licence in 2026: the honest ranking
Where to get a gambling licence in 2026: Malta, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Curaçao post-LOK and the budget tier — ranked, with a verdict by operator type.
The UAE retirement visa: who actually qualifies for five years in the sun
The UAE retirement visa explained: who qualifies at 55, the property, savings and income tests, Dubai vs Abu Dhabi, renewal — and an honest verdict.
Malta tax for foreigners: a 35% headline, and why much of the incoming wealth pays 15%
Brackets from 0% to 35%, the non-dom remittance basis and the 15% flat-rate programmes: what foreigners in Malta actually pay, and which status fits.
Investor 2 resident visa: what replaced New Zealand's closed investor routes
New Zealand's Investor 2 resident visa closed in 2022. What replaced it — the Growth and Balanced categories — how they compare, and our verdict.
How expensive is Qatar? The real cost of living in Doha
How expensive is Qatar really? Doha's cost of living vs Dubai and London — rents, food prices, schools, zero income tax — with a clear family verdict.
Gibraltar company pros and cons: 15% tax, no VAT, UK access in, EU access out
A Gibraltar company: 15% territorial tax, no VAT, UK access in, EU access out. Compared with Malta, Cyprus and the UAE, plus a verdict.
Cayman Islands taxes: what zero actually costs
Cayman Islands taxes explained: 0% income, corporate and capital gains tax, 7.5% stamp duty — what zero really costs and our verdict on who should go.
Canada departure tax: how the deemed disposition on leaving Canada works
Canada's departure tax explained: the deemed disposition on leaving Canada, what's exempt, the interest-free deferral — and a verdict on timing your exit.
The 10 best countries to buy property in 2026
An investor-journalist ranking of where to actually put money into real estate, by yield, tax drag, liquidity and currency. With a link to the full lifestyle guide for every country.
10 countries where the wealthy move themselves, their companies and their trusts
A US passport now costs $450 to hand back. The exit tax is the expensive part. Germany taxes gains you never realised. Norway's billionaires simply left. Here is what leaving actually costs in every rich country, and the ten places the wealthy move themselves, their holding companies and their trusts. Verdict inside.
10 countries where an exit, a portfolio or a trading book pays almost nothing
You have sold, you invest, or you trade. And a 45% top rate is deciding how much you keep. Ten jurisdictions where the taxable base drops to single digits or zero, ranked on 2026 numbers, plus the five everyone recommends that will quietly burn you. Verdict inside.
Your crypto just joined the bank statement
CARF and the expanded CRS went live on 1 January 2026. The verdict: on-chain privacy from your home tax office is now a scheduling problem, not a strategy.
Why your bank hangs up when you say you're American
It is not personal and it is not illegal. FATCA turned every foreign bank into an IRS reporting agent. And for many of them, the cheapest response to a US client is no.
Uruguay's tax holiday still holds. The entry fee just went up
Uruguay kept its 11-year foreign-income holiday but repriced the door in 2026. Who still qualifies free, who gets priced out, and the once-only trap.
The world's doors opened for everyone except Americans
US passports slid to a record low while the UAE surged. The real story is reciprocity, not access. Here is what it means for a mobile family.
The passport stamp just died. Your overstay fudge died with it
The EU's biometric Entry/Exit System is fully live across 29 countries. The verdict: the old Schengen 90/180 overstay fudge is finished for good.
The only EB-5 worth buying in 2026 is the one nobody advertised
Same cheque, three queues. The 2022 reform quietly made the rural set-aside the only EB-5 that reaches a US green card this decade, if you can stomach the catches.
The four doors out of America, and which one is actually open to you
Wanting out is not a visa. There are four legal doors, descent, a skilled job, money, or study, and most Americans qualify for none of them. The honest map.
The digital-nomad gold rush is over. The paperwork won
Nomad visas multiplied for five years. Now income bars rise, bank histories lengthen and biometric borders log every day. Here is who still qualifies.
The climate passport that shrank in a year
Nauru's climate-branded citizenship lost a G7 border within a year of launch. The verdict on whether it buys the mobility it advertises.
Thailand taxed the whole world, then blinked
Thailand did not tax your worldwide income. It closed a remittance loophole, is already drafting relief, and the LTR visa exempts you entirely.
Saudi Arabia built a Golden Visa while you watched Dubai
Riyadh's seven-tier Premium Residency drew tens of thousands with no sponsor and no income tax. My verdict on whether the Kingdom is a real base.
Portugal moved the finish line: the 5-year passport is now a 10-year wait
The golden visa is still open. The prize behind it is not what it was. Organic Law 1/2026 doubled the naturalisation clock and reset where it even starts.
Paraguay's side door to permanent residency, with no waiting room
Paraguay's 2026 Investor Pass adds direct permanent residency. No provisional wait, no jobs. The verdict: you're buying speed, not tax freedom.
New Zealand reopened the door, and the Americans ran at it
New Zealand's relaunched Active Investor Plus visa is drawing nervous American money fast. A genuine bolt-hole, or risk dressed as insurance? The verdict.
Mauritius built a Golden Visa and taxed it in the same budget
Mauritius launched a Golden Visa, then raised the top tax band, doubled property duty and halved the retiree permit. The verdict on who it now fits.
Malta's Merit passport is the old scheme in a toga
The CJEU killed the EU's last golden passport in April 2025. Malta's citizenship by merit replacement changes the label, not the transaction. The verdict.
London's non-doms fled. Here's who's bidding for them
Britain killed the non-dom. Italy, Greece and Cyprus are now bidding for the same wealth. They aren't selling the same thing. The verdict.
Japan shut the cheap door and kept the death tax
Japan made its Business Manager visa six times harder in October 2025. But the real trap for relocating wealth is its worldwide inheritance tax. The verdict.
Italy slammed the bloodline door: who still qualifies after Law 74/2025
The great-grandparent route is gone. What Law 74/2025 and the 2026 Constitutional Court ruling left standing. Who is grandfathered, and who is simply out.
Hong Kong reopened the golden door it slammed in 2015
Hong Kong's New CIES drew nearly 3,200 applicants and now targets family offices. Strong Asian base, wrong hedge against China risk. The verdict.
El Salvador's Bitcoin passport is real. It just can't take you to Europe.
El Salvador's crypto-native citizenship works exactly as advertised. The problem is what the passport does next. A candid verdict for crypto founders.
Britain's 12% window is closing, and it won't reopen
Britain's Temporary Repatriation Facility lets ex-non-doms bring offshore wealth onshore at a flat 12%, but only until 2027. The verdict: don't wait.
Athens tripled the price and banned the Airbnb
Greece repriced Europe's last cheap golden visa and outlawed short-letting the property. What survives the 2024-2026 overhaul, and is any of it worth buying?
Argentina put its passport up for sale. Then a court said no.
Milei decreed a fast-track investor passport for Argentina. A federal court struck down the predecessor. The verdict: buy the country, not the decree.
America priced its front door. Almost nobody has paid
The Trump Gold Card portal is live and accepting applications. One approval, an executive order, and no statute. Why the wealthy are staying outside.
Your tax plan is perfect. Your family isn't moving.
Everyone models the tax and the passports. Nobody models the teenager, the parents who can't follow, the spouse who resets to zero. Plan the family first.
Will your source of funds pass due diligence?
You have the money. The real question is whether a vetting unit will believe where it came from. Here is how the check works, and how to be ready for it.
Who's opening a door in 2026, and who's slamming one
New Zealand reopens, Japan tightens, the Gulf sells certainty, Nauru launches, Europe keeps killing. Where the smart money is watching for 18 months.
Where the UK millionaires went
Britain abolished non-dom status in April 2025 and the wealthy left in visible numbers. Where they actually landed, and who is quietly going to regret it.
What the EU kills next
Brussels has been systematically ending the sale of access to Europe. Malta was the test case. Read the pattern and you can see what falls next.
The worst passports money can buy
Not every citizenship-for-sale is worth buying. Weak access, reputational baggage, and visa-free deals that keep getting suspended. What a bad passport actually costs you.
The tax-residency hacks that are one audit from collapse
The low-tax residency tricks people brag about on podcasts. And why most of them fall apart the moment a real revenue authority takes an interest.
The second passport in 30 days is a lie
Where the fast-passport clock really starts and stops, and why quick is a warning sign, not a feature. The honest timeline inside.
The safe-haven darlings, ranked
Switzerland, Monaco, Singapore, New Zealand, Uruguay. These are the jurisdictions everyone name-drops, scored on what actually matters when the world gets ugly.
The one Caribbean passport that reaches America
Grenada's edge is a US E-2 treaty: a business visa, not a green card, with a three-year catch. Who should buy it? And who's wasting money?
The New Zealand investor visa you are searching for is dead
Investor 1 and Investor 2 closed in July 2022. What replaced them asks 21 days for residency and 1,350 for the passport. The gap, explained.
The Mediterranean golden door: a ruthless showdown
Spain's is dead, Portugal's is a backlog swamp, Greece is quietly the last one standing, Italy is a tax play. Four countries, one honest comparison.
The Latin American residency nobody talks about
While everyone chases Portugal and Dubai, Paraguay, Panama and Uruguay quietly offer territorial tax and a real life. The trade-offs, honestly.
The golden-visa graveyard
Spain, Ireland, Portugal's property route, Australia, Malta's passport. These are the programmes that died. The pattern tells you which one is next.
The citizenships that go nowhere
Some passports sound like freedom and deliver a filing cabinet. When the visa-free deal you paid for gets revoked, what's left? How to spot a laminated promise.
The cheap gambling licence is dead. Here is what replaced it
Curacao ended the sub-licence era in December 2024. Malta, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar and the budget flags compared, with the fees that matter.
The Cayman Islands charge you at the border instead
The Cayman rate table is one line long and every line says zero. Here is what replaces it, and the two qualifiers that decide your actual bill.
The Caribbean passport price war is over, and the bargain-hunters lost
Five islands spent years undercutting each other. Then came a price floor, tougher due diligence and an EU threat. Which one is still worth it in 2026.
The Alpine tax havens, ranked by how much they make you suffer
Switzerland, Monaco, Andorra and Liechtenstein, what each demands, what each gives, and the honest ranking. Verdict inside.
Six relocation myths that cost real money
e-Residency isn't living in Estonia. A second passport hides nothing. Six costly relocation myths, busted, plus the one rule that saves you.
Retire in paradise? Wait until you've met the hospital and the tax office
The retire-abroad pitch meets the hospital bill, the tax form and the visa that moves under you. The verdict: which paradise actually survives.
Paraguay's three-year passport, and the test nobody mentions
The fastest naturalisation clock in Latin America, from USD 70,000. The catch is an arraigo test and a Supreme Court exam in Spanish or Guarani.
Malta's 35% is a headline almost nobody pays
Malta's headline rate is 35%. Trading profits land near 5%, and non-doms' foreign capital gains land at zero. The real rates, and the catch.
Italy's flat tax is not what the romantics think
Italy's flat-tax regime suits the genuinely globally rich and burns the romantics. How it compares with Greece and Portugal. Verdict inside.
Is Paraguay really a zero-tax country? Four people, four answers
Paraguay is sold as a zero-tax country. It is not zero, it is territorial at 10%. Four composite cases showing who pays nothing and who pays plenty.
Gibraltar company bank account: three days to incorporate, then the compliance desk
About three working days and GBP 100 to incorporate, then a bank's compliance desk. Plus management and control, home-country tax and Pillar Two.
Dubai versus Singapore: where new money actually lands
Two magnets for the freshly rich, two completely different bargains. Tax, family, schools, status, and how hard it really is to belong.
Digital nomad tax residency: the trap in a tourist visa with a marketing budget
Dozens of countries launched a nomad visa. Most are a tourist visa with a landing page, the tax trap catches people, and only a few are worth it.
Cyprus's 20% capital gains tax that hardly anyone pays
Cyprus taxes capital gains at 20%, but only on Cyprus property. Securities are exempt. What the 2026 reform changed, and what non-dom really buys.
Will you be a covered expatriate?
The US exit tax has three tests. Fail one and you are covered. The 2026 figures, Form 8854, and the green card trap at eight of fifteen years.
What we would tell you not to buy
Vanuatu’s EU access is permanently gone. Luxembourg’s 1900 route expired. Digital residency is not residency. Five things still being sold in 2026.
What happens when a citizenship application is denied
Refusal rates run from 1.7% to 14%. What is non-refundable, what is unappealable, and what a claimed 100% approval rate actually tells you.
The end of non-dom
The UK abolished non-dom on 6 April 2025. The 4-year FIG regime, the 12% repatriation window closing in 2028, and the IHT tail that is not 10 years.
The 183-day rule is a myth
Day counting is one test among several and rarely the decisive one. What treaty tie-breakers actually turn on, and why keeping the house loses cases.
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