Ladyboys, Bangla Road, Muay Thai Kickboxing, pristine beaches, constant construction, green curry, red curry, yellow curry, Singha. Russian Gangsters, Swedish Tourists, Bogan Aussies, British Expats. Kata, Karon, Kamala, Patong Beach. Phuket. Thailand. In this missive, Edmund presents a true story of how a personal friend lived and grew a business tax free -legally- from paradise. [...]
Saigon On Fire | How form an LLC in Vietnam
Communism, coffee, code monkeys, pho, alcohol, rooftop bars, barbeques, startups, hackers, designers, young talent, inflation, the Vietnamese Dong, sickle and hammer, rivers, rickshaws and ruby on rails. Saigon. The next silicon valley? I’m back from Europe (thankfully!) and made a weekend trip to Vietnam. In this missive I’ll describe the expat spots to network in [...]
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Principality of Monaco
Welcome to Monaco Beaches, Ferraris, Casinos, Diamonds, Helicopters, Security Cameras, Yachts, F1, South of France, No Crime, No Taxes. Class. Pour vivre heureux, vivons caché. If you want to live happy, live hidden. Bonjour from one of the classiest places on earth. The billionaires retreat in Europe, Monaco is a great place to vacation, a [...]
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Istanbul City
Merhaba… For Thousands of years, (Constantinople) was the center of global trade, and as the connection of east to west, the epicenter of the silk road. Somewhere along the way, Turkey lost its flavor. It was no longer the most important city in Asia, let alone the world. Turkey is now an emerging market, one [...]
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Myanmar | Where to Invest or Start a Business in Burma
Only a short plane ride from Hong Kong or Singapore, you can leave the developed world and be transported back to the 1950’s in Myanmar… which was at the time the rice bowl of Asia. Just a 3 hour flight and a few hundred dollars, and your perspective is altered forever. That’s the beauty of [...]
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Emerging markets
So in my last post I made two bold predictions on the economy in the coming century, that emerging markets in Asia and Africa will be the driving force of many of the changes we see in the world. East Timor Is a war torn nation that no one knows much about, or has even [...]
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2 Bold Predictions on The New Economy
During a call with a client the other day, I remarked at how exceptional his timing has been over the past 2 decades. He had over a million dollars in profit in stocks in 1999 when he walked into his brokers office and told him to sell everything. The young shocked broker attempted to tell [...]
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Is your Corporation Really Tax Free? Flag 2: Residence
Today’s topic should be read by any international entrepreneur who is interested in paying less tax – and staying legal. It concerns mostly the issues of “residence” of a corporation, and it gets tricky. I’ll begin with a question from reader: “I recently created an IBC in Seychelles as the international arm of a domestic [...]
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