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Currently, Legal Nodes has a range of add-ons available to help with company tax matters in the United Kingdom and the United States. We also have add-ons for entrepreneur (personal) tax matters in Portugal, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

We’ll be offering a variety of add-ons for both company and personal tax matters, including personal tax scoping and planning, and various analyses of rules and regulations.

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We are working to expand our add-ons to include the following options:

• Company tax matter solutions in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Estonia, Ireland, Panama, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.
• Entrepreneur (personal) tax matter solutions in Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.

Absolutely! Legal Nodes is positioned to be able to help founders handle both their company and their personal matters in one place. We regularly help founders understand the tax implications of their company, and understand what kinds of personal tax consequences they may face as a global entrepreneur. We’ll help you choose the right Legal Nodes plan and then assist you with understanding which add-ons might be most suitable for you. Speak to us to get started.

Legal Nodes uses professional service providers based in their local jurisdictions to provide tax consultations. Each service provider is carefully vetted and must have relevant experience working both in their field of expertise and with international founders. Additionally, we only work with service providers who have a proven track record and hold the required certifications and licenses to provide their services. 

Please note that Legal Nodes is not a law firm. Any attorney-client relations are between clients and legal or tax service providers only.

As founders expand their operations across the globe, many might need to set up foreign subsidiary companies. These will be subject to the local tax regulations in their chosen jurisdiction. As tax rules vary from country to country, the CFC rules were introduced to prevent businesses from avoiding taxes by moving their profits to foreign subsidiaries in low-tax jurisdictions. Today, many countries enforce the CFC “controlled foreign companies” rules.

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Founders should take steps to figure out where they stand with the CFC rules. The specific rules and thresholds can vary from country to country, so a CFC analysis is a vital step in properly managing tax matters and remaining compliant with tax laws.

Withholding tax is a form of tax that foreign governments impose on non-residents who receive income or dividends from investments in that country. Different countries have different rates and varying rules for how withholding tax is calculated.

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For instance, if you're a non-US resident and earn income from US investments, the US government will charge a 30% withholding tax on that income, however, lower rates may apply based on tax code provisions or treaties. Withholding agents must report and withhold this tax from payments like dividends, interest, and royalties. In the UK, apart from a few exceptions, there is no requirement to deduct withholding tax from dividends, so dividends are usually always paid in gross.

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It’s important to know the rates, check to see if you, as a founder, satisfy any exemption requirements, and know when to report and pay any taxes so that you always remain compliant and don’t face additional costs or penalties in the future.

Yes, we’ll first help you understand if you need to file the form. If you do need to file form 83 (b), we’ll guide you through the process.

Transfer pricing policies are a major focus for tax authorities worldwide. These policies dictate how multinational enterprises (MNEs) price transactions between their associated enterprises, which can impact the amount of taxes collected by different countries. 

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The arm's length principle is a fundamental concept in transfer pricing, which states that the prices and conditions of transactions between associated enterprises should be similar to those that would be agreed upon by independent parties in comparable circumstances. This principle is based on a comparison between controlled (transactions between associated enterprises) and uncontrolled (transactions between independent parties) transactions. 

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Founders will need to undertake a "comparability analysis" to apply the arm's length principle and ensure that the pricing of transactions between associated enterprises reflects market conditions and prevents tax avoidance.