I just do not understand the concept of renting a property. If you can't live there, let other people do!
How good is that system for society? You're rich enough to buy extra property, then you make money of poorer people. That's sick.
If you're in the eu, us... just setup your business there, off course.
It's not a tax evasion thing. But if your residency is an issue, the program provides you with a safe heaven to do business. You still have to pay taxes of course, including income taxes in your country of residence
Closure ? Why not, never thought it had a big demand for it. I was a perler for a while but demand dried up ;)
As for e-residency, I guess it depends on your situation. As a resident (expat) of a country no sane company would do business with, with no bank transfers possible, setting that up was easy, cheap and saved my business.
I don't want to evade taxes, just be able to do business, and it does serve that purpose beautifully
Totally agree and Estonia e-residency program is a great way to do that.
But that doesn't solve all problems mentionned by the op
- timezone : I have worked and converted companies to global remote. It is surprisingly flowless and often leads to increase in productivity. Yet, most companies are afraid of "not enough facetime"
- employee "ownership". You can make your contract very similar to an employment contract (working hours, copyright ownership...) but most companies want "their own employees". It's a culture thing that I think is linked to perceived loyalty and subordination
- perks and benefits. Most companies think they are cool because they offer a lower salary but plenty of free lunch, gym membership, insurance... you can't put that in a contractor's contract