So a WY LLC can be owned by rak icc holdco and federal tax rate on profits of US income only is at 21%
Branch profit tax or withholding? If the company is owned, shouldn't it be withholding taxes?Plus 30% branch profit tax. Great.
Ok. But at 21% is won't be transparent. Then just WHT as I mentioned above? Because then, he could add a Georgian company in the middle and reduce it a bit while lowering profits otherwise there too.If the US LLC is taxed as a corporation, it is called WHT. If the US LLC is transparent and has ECI, it's called BPT.
Ok, thanks. Now, I get point, although it all does not make any sense. He wants to avoid WHT in the first place from his investment and then sets up some company to pay 21% tax and then pay WHT still?Of course you can pay 21% with a transparent entity? Just set up an office in the US and hire staff? Then you will be paying BPT - it's the same rate as the WHT.
I think his original question was only about WHT.I think what OP is trying to do is find a cheap way to avoid the US estate tax while investing into US stocks. I guess RAK companies are cheap to set up and don't require and audit? So I could see how that would make sense (if you don't know how terrible it is to deal with UAE service providers and free zones).
Many people are fishy here.But then you of course want to lower the WHT on dividends if possible, so he's asking if he can give IBKR his personal tax residency instead.
Like some guy here suggested in another thread (he didn't understand that this was illegal if the company doesn't actually pay the tax in his residency country).
I don't understand. Isn't 30% the maximum for US that you get in the worst case?My queries are different. It's selling an app globally. Managed to get around 30% wht due to IP wording in rak invoice, in theory.
My queries are different. It's selling an app globally. Managed to get around 30% wht due to IP wording in rak invoice, in theory.