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Incorporation, Banking and Residency in Georgia

Marc Gras — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:47:29 +0000

Setting up a company and obtaining residency in Georgia Georgia is a former Soviet Republic, located on the border between Europe and Asia, on the east cost of the Black Sea. It shares borders with Russia to the north, Turkey and Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the southeast. It has a population of

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IRS Form 5472 on Foreign-Owned Domestic Disregarded Entities

Marc Gras — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:03:07 +0000

IRS Form 5472 − new requirements for foreign-owned US companies An easy-to-understand guide to IRS Form 5472 Despite the political turnaround that took place in The White House at the end of 2016 and the associated geopolitical instability that some would say was caused by it, the United States was, is and will continue to

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Why Stripe Atlas is Bad for Foreigners, Digital Nomads, Bootstrappers and You

Edmund John — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 21:57:42 +0000

Why is Stripe Atlas Bad for Foreigners? Taxes, US investors, and compliance headaches – if you don’t want these, avoid Delaware and Stripe Atlas. You can get a company registered, a bank account, and a merchant account easily in Hong Kong, Singapore, or lots of other places, and we’d be happy to help at Incorporations.IO.

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Digital Assets

Edmund John — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 07:07:07 +0000

Most recently Flag 6 deals with internet privacy and protecting yourself online. Digital assets is a new flag (Flag 7) dealing with cryptocurrency and new forms of electronic money. We have named this Flag Digital Assets as it deals with both cyrptocurrency and the blockchain. This article aims to be a guide on all things digital assets, from bitcoin (the first successful decentralized digital cash implementation); to altcoins (alternative iterations of bitcoin) to the coming blockchain revolution.

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Digital Security

Edmund John — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:52:01 +0000

Essential Encrypted Services for Digital Security
Encrypted email: Unseen.is
Encrypted chat: Wickr, Line
End-to-end file sharing: Unseen.is Premium, Mega.NZ
Encrypted cloud storage: SpiderOak.com
VPN: HideMyAss.com
Here are some of the quick and easy wins for planting a digital security flag - if you are too lazy to browse the entire list below.

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Physical Assets

Edmund John — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:49:22 +0000

Productive land is one of the most valuable appreciating assets in the world. There is a limited amount - and it can be strongly held with a freehold deed. If the land is arable or has potable water, the price will increase accordingly. Call me prepared, or call me paranoid - I see having a hideout of productive land, food and water being one of the highest priorities.

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Offshore Banking

Edmund John — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:45:55 +0000

Depending on your individual citizenship and passport situation, you might have a much greater or lesser option for offshore banking. Countries and individuals facing sanctions might have difficulty opening up an account in certain jurisdictions. However, there are plenty of benefits to offshore banking for most nationalities. Here is a list:

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Tax Residency

Edmund John — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:36:42 +0000

The second flag of Flag Theory™ is Tax Residency, an ultra important flag to plant, as it is the basis for determining your personal taxation. Most countries tax their citizens on a residential basis - in other words, individuals pay taxes to the country in which they reside. However, there are important exceptions, as you will see below. For example, the United States and Eritrea are the only countries that tax their citizens regardless of where in the world they live.

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Second Passport

Edmund John — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:28:12 +0000

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Merchant Accounts

Edmund John — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 08:59:45 +0000

Where to get a Merchant Account for your Online Business This post is a continuation of the previous, Where to incorporate as a Digital Nomad, where we continue to explore options for internet entrepreneurs to successfully structure their business. In that article, we talked about the importance of having a legal entity but didn’t touch

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Passport Updates

Edmund John — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:41:03 +0000

Visas and Second Passport Updates We live in a world where very little is constant. With the changes in technology, slow-moving governments are struggling to keep up. And the bigger the government, typically the slower and more inefficiently they work. Take the US for example, whose immigration policy is decades behind the rest of the

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New Zealand Citizenship | How to become a New Zealand citizen

Edmund John — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:31:17 +0000

How to become a New Zealand Citizen Today’s post will focus on the same issue of citizenship as our previous article on how to get Canadian citizenship, choosing to explore the route to achieving New Zealand citizenship. REMEMBER! The most important flag in Flag Theory is the first, which calls for a second citizenship in order to

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How to Get Canadian Citizenship and Permanent Residency

Edmund John — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:18:43 +0000

How to Get Canadian Citizenship This article is outdated – you can check out how to get Canadian Citizenship on the Canada page of passports.io Today’s topic will focus on achieving one of the key steps of this site’s guiding principle – Flag Theory. As introduced in the first post ever published on this site,

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This Gold Mining Stock is an Easy Win

Edmund John — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:55:14 +0000

This Gold Mining Stock is an Easy Win Investment Saturday rolls around again, and as it does – we see a dramatic move from the Fed to initiate QE3. I’ve long since held the position that the Fed will continue with their money printing policies of QE Infinity – as there really is no alternative.

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The Real Story About Americans Going Offshore

Edmund John — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:39:53 +0000

The Real Story About Americans Going Offshore Reader Question today… An Internet Entrepreneur from the US is concerned about getting sued and wants an incorporation that protects against lawsuit liability, aka asset protection. I am interested in asset protection I am also just starting out my business and want to do asset protection and plan

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5 Golden Rules About Buying Gold

Edmund John — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:39:18 +0000

5 Golden Rules About Buying Gold Rumor has it that the dollar may soon be backed by gold… The committee at next week’s US Republican convention is going to bring forth a proposal to return to the gold standard. This would be a monumental change in the way the monetary system functions in America. Under

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Proof That Freedom Has Left America

Edmund John — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:58:51 +0000

NDAA – National Defense Authorization This week, a 2-time war veteran marine was thrown in a mental hospital for a Facebook post. This injustice is demonstrative of the erosion of civil liberties and freedom in America. If you haven’t yet – (read the first post here) for the full story. Was Brandon Raub arrested under

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It’s already too late when this happens…

Edmund John — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:20:06 +0000

International Investment – Why diversify your investments internationally When Niki Yanakopoulou was walking home from the bank on a casual weekday, she didn’t realize she was being followed. But the man who had watched her withdraw her pension at the bank that afternoon crept up behind her in the hallway outside her apartment, smashed her

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Investment Saturday | Dim Sum Bonds

Edmund John — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:13:06 +0000

Why and how to invest in Dim Sum Bonds Every Saturday, a different investment opportunity. This week: Dim Sum Bonds. Imagine a vagrant area in a bad part of town, and then transplant that under one of the more impressive buildings in Hong Kong. This week I was in Hong Kong, and one of my

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Freedom Friday | Kim Dotcom

Edmund John — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:31:22 +0000

Kim Dotcom Imagine yourself enjoying a quiet morning when the noise of a helicopter sounds from your driveway, you can hear the pebbles kicked up from the massive wind force of the propellers. As you look out the window, you see men with automatic machine guns, donned in in black helmets and full body armor

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Investing Offshore | Where the Billionaire Keeps his Wealth

Edmund John — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:44:05 +0000

Offshore Investments: Where the Billionaire Keeps his Money This article is concerned with passive income, and how to invest internationally like the absolute elite. First, a question: “I’ve got a significant amount of funds that I don’t have any immediate plans for. I don’t want to lose money to inflation, but I don’t trust the stock

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Freedom Friday

Edmund John — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:49:46 +0000

Freedom Friday Big brother is watching you – but we are also watching them. At the end of each work week we bring you Freedom Friday. Canada One of the nicest places to live in North America, Canada has recently passed a law which will impose a daily fine on any students who are protesting

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Irish Citizenship by Investment

Edmund John — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:17:58 +0000

How to become an Irish citizen and get an Irish passport The global financial crisis has hit hard on most European countries with Greece being the eye of the financial tornado. Cases of banks collapsing and businesses closing have been very rampant across the whole European continental block. Consider this before you invest in a

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Freedom is a dialectic

Edmund John — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:28:18 +0000

Freedom is a dialectic Governments are increasingly willing to spy on their own people. Whether it is the UK government watching your every movement, the Chinese government censoring the entire internet, the Iranian and Egyptian governments shutting the internet down, government powers and censorships have clearly grown in recent years. A brief glance at the

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The best country for an internet entrepreneur to incorporate

Edmund John — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:32:40 +0000

The best country for an internet entrepreneur to incorporate — This article was written on May 17, 2012 – we have recently published (December 2018) the ‘Where to set up an International Business‘ article series, where you can find up to date information on international structuring options: Where to set up an International Business Part

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