Crypto-currency investors can enjoy wide range of benefits from second passport acquired through citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes. Second passports from tax free countries only costs about 15 bitcoins for crypto investors, assuming the BTC price is $7000. This is quite cheap when looking at the passport benefits. Remember CBI schemes offer direct passports while RBI/GV schemes offer residence permits.…
Greece invites wealthy investors to shift their tax residence to Greece to benefits from Tax reliefs. The Non-Domiciled scheme was introduced making Greece one of a kind tax haven for millionaires who want to immigrate to Europe. This scheme is similar to non-domiciled tax regime introduced by Italy and Portugal. HNW investors, will need to and pay ONLY a flat…
The Citizenship by Investment (CBI) industry has quickly grown into $5 billion dollar industry, almost doubling in just the last three years. We at Best Citizenships (BC) designed a new ranking model for Citizenship by investment (CBI) programs based on Points Based Scoring (PBS) system to mathematically rank the best CBI program for clients. Our model is one of a…
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) was enacted in 2010 by Congress and the law was signed by Obama. FATCA was passed to identify assets of persons with US connections and prevent tax evasion. The law identifies U.S. citizens, U.S. corporations and U.S. tax residents. FATCA requires foreign financial institutions (FFIs) and banks to report to the IRS information about financial…
Many clients have approached asking us which Citizenship by Investment (CBI) countries have personal income taxes (PIT). This is also a very common question. Today we will shed some light on the personal income taxes with citizenship by investment schemes. In short, we will try to address which CBI countries have zero personal income taxes, when you buy a passport.…
The Dominican Republic does not have a direct citizenship by investment program, but citizenship can be quickly acquired within one year by becoming a resident investor making $200,000 investment in real estate, bank deposit or in businesses. Dominican republic is one of the few countries in the world which can offer fastest citizenship through ordinary naturalization. The Dominican Republic (should…
Taxes are necessary evil and cannot be avoided. In general most of the world countries that tax income generally use one of two systems: territorial or residence-based In the territorial system, only local income – income from a source inside the country – is taxed. In the residence-based system, residents of the country are taxed on their worldwide (local and…
US despite renowned for strictest tax systems in the world, on the flip side is quietly becoming a world’s biggest tax haven. The United States is one of the few countries in the world, taxes the worldwide income of its nonresident citizens using the same tax rates as for residents. United States currently does not automatically exchange information with more…
We have developed a CBI calculator that will compute the most accurate prices for comparing the prices of Citizenship by investment (CBI/CIP) schemes in ONE place. It will give you easy comparison of prices for families and single persons and you will know which program is cheaper. As technology is improving every day, we made this online calculator, so that…
Comoros was the first country to launch a Citizenship by investment program in Africa. It was one of the cheapest citizenship by investment program ever existed in Africa. The Comoros Citizenship by Investment (CCBI) was first established in 2001 in accordance with the Union of Comoros Constitution. Legal Basis The legal basis for the Comoros Citizenship by Investment Program is…
