Oki, I really don't understand few things...first thing I don't understand is why people open same threads in pairs, for example, this is second or third thread with tax evasion as topic in last week or so.
Second, what is all the fuss about taxes? Do you know that you can get royally raped in your tiny hole by the government if they find out? Al Capone managed to massacre people and get away with it, to be finally caught for dodging taxes.
Solution for tax payments can be simplified to two choices: either you don't earn enough money and you pay taxes (absolutely makes no sense to land in jail for 10k USD), or you earn enough money that you can, at first opportunity, buy a ticket, fly to Singapore/Hong Kong and open LLC which will shield you from majority of taxes in your county of origin.
Enough with the fear rhetoric, over 65 million earners a year don't even file, and only 2200/yr are convicted of 'tax evasion,' so very few people, in fact, are actually getting inevitably jailed for standing up for themselves. For many of us who are supportive of the tax honesty approach, 'the fuss' is over our not tolerating a system that presumes liability or jurisdiction over us that it doesn't have. If you live in Miami, and get a letter from Seattle's taxing authority saying 'you owe, now pay up,' will you pay up? But wait a minute, if you never lived there, or transacted there, how do you 'owe Seattle' anything, and how are you under their authority? Are you going to just pay taxes you don't owe and act like you are from Seattle, or are you going to object, and stand your ground? Will you relent to be 'royally raped' of your property, or will you grow a pair?
That's what the fuss is all about. Most people in America are not required to file or pay income taxes, but the thugs at the tax gestapo routinely misapply the tax code to them anyway. Rejecting the tax slavery regime is not 'tax evasion,' but lawfully objecting to its erroneous or fraudulent misapplication. The path of least resistance, that happens to keep the conflict at a minimum level, is to rely on tactical methods that involve disassociating one's financial activity from the SSN/slave number, keeping oneself judgment proof, demanding the IRS actually prove (instead of presume) their assessments are correct or jurisdiction is valid, etc. The simplest approach for IMers is to use offshore addresses and entities, stealth or pseudonym identities and the like, and be diversified enough in these actions as to not have their financial privacy easily compromised. I.e., choose to live free, and not as tax slaves.
I lived in Grand Cayman for a year when I was 19. The Cayman Islands do not have tax, none, nada, zip, zilch. There is no sales tax, no income tax, if you make $1600 you bring home $1600. You can form an LLC with an a postal box address from Grand Cayman so it is a Cayman Islands LLC. It is completely legal and plenty of Americans do it.
I lived in Grand Cayman for a year when I was 19. The Cayman Islands do not have tax, none, nada, zip, zilch. There is no sales tax, no income tax, if you make $1600 you bring home $1600. You can form an LLC with an a postal box address from Grand Cayman so it is a Cayman Islands LLC. It is completely legal and plenty of Americans do it.
Well those Americans are breaking the law if they're making over $90k or so a year. America taxes its citizens wherever they may be worldwide, unlike other countries. You just get a $90k exemption + ability to deduct any local income tax if overseas. You have to file with the IRS back in the USA every year.
The same goes for all the posters talking about getting out of taxes via some kind of offshore entity. That strategy works for the citizens of many countries, but not those of the USA. The US has controlled foreign corporation laws in place to take care of that. If you're an American overseas running a foreign corporation your life will be a nightmare of taxes, paperwork, and expensive international accountants.
The same goes for all the posters talking about getting out of taxes via some kind of offshore entity. That strategy works for the citizens of many countries, but not those of the USA. The US has controlled foreign corporation laws in place to take care of that. If you're an American overseas running a foreign corporation your life will be a nightmare of taxes, paperwork, and expensive international accountants.
Well those Americans are breaking the law if they're making over $90k or so a year. America taxes its citizens wherever they may be worldwide, unlike other countries. You just get a $90k exemption + ability to deduct any local income tax if overseas. You have to file with the IRS back in the USA every year.
The same goes for all the posters talking about getting out of taxes via some kind of offshore entity. That strategy works for the citizens of many countries, but not those of the USA. The US has controlled foreign corporation laws in place to take care of that. If you're an American overseas running a foreign corporation your life will be a nightmare of taxes, paperwork, and expensive international accountants.
1. You just need a foreign manager to run the company,while you own the shares.
2. You don't need to worry about expensive accountants,thats what software is for.