Your Plan B

Taxes and other deductions required from employee paychecks. Like most countries, Panama requires foreigners employed by companies or households to have a work permit issued by the Ministry of Labor...

One non-negotiable for US citizens is that we are taxed on worldwide income. If you live in the US, make money overseas and bring the money back into the US, it will be subject to US tax. However, if the income is earned overseas, the business is owned by a foreign entity and the income is not brought back to the US, the income will be subject to taxes in the foreign country and not the US.

It sounds tempting. Move your business to another country and avoid US taxes. But, is it legal? Like so many other instances in tax planning, the real answer is “it depends.” What you need to consider before moving your business is revealed in Part 1 of this Expert Series.

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