In Portugal there are easier banks to open a bank account for foreigners, mostly the newer ones.@romashkavarashka @burden
Pure speculation.
Try the UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Belgium. No ID invalidation upon registering as a non-resident. Those are just a few examples, in practice it's doable in all of the EU 27 with Spain being the most difficult. Spanish officials will communicate residency changes to local banks which will likely cause a mandatory CRS re-certification or account closure as you want to leave. In the case of Spanish proxy residency, pair it with a non-Spanish bank account from another EU state.
Should some of the nations invalidate non-resident's IDs in the future, the picture ID is still going to be good for banking and phone contracts, for as long as the document is valid. I can't imagine them physically destroying the document in such cases. Special ID verification software will deem the document genuine, because it is, and the software does not cross-check against a government database to read residency status.
Enjoy!
But they have CRS and no privacy :!!In Portugal there are easier banks to open a bank account for foreigners, mostly the newer ones.
Of course, it's like that in every EU country....
@xzars
Regarding ID -- understood.
Regarding proxy tax residency in Europe -- still why Europe?
Are those who don't live in Europe and UK, US -- are automatically associated with tax illegal tax evasion? Yes, Bermuda or Cayman Islands and the like will look suspicious. But there're other more reputable countries that have some non-zero taxes. But yet smaller than those of the countries in Europe, and they aren't aggressive when it comes taxes. With territorial-based taxition.
it's even easier to start demanding tax residence certificatesTo be frank, it's easier to abolish income and wealth taxes altogether and raise revenue from other (enforceable) sources than trying to shovel sand with a slice of Swiss cheese.
it's even easier to start demanding tax residence certificates
Meanwhile, you want to present as little (ideally, zero) connection to your true country of residence.
@xzars
Hey mate, I checked this link Country-by-Country exchange relationships and it shows different information than this link - it is showing some active relationships between countries that the first link in your OP does not show. It's the same website so i am a little confused.
Maybe it's a stupid question but I don't understand the difference.
blackeric said:a bank usually asks for 2 addresses - current one (which may be of an hotel/airbnb), and permanent/residential one (expected to be abroad).
blackeric said:Another question: are CRS reports always sent to the country of my passport too? No matter what? Even if I haven't used any address of that country to open an account?
Give a From-To example with an inconsistency, I'll check.
Has anyone on here ever heard that someone actually got reported under CRS rules?