Hi, I am an APRC holder and I have a Youtube channel with considerable reach in english with 95%+ audience in US and EU and I am planning to sell SaaS Subscription Services through my website in the near future, which i will promote through my channel.
So far I held the Youtube channel in my personal name but due to plans of selling Software Solution Services (mainly analytic tools) I have to form a company preferable an LLC. It would also be better to move the YT channel also into ownership of that company then, however the problem I am facing is:
1 - Stripe does not support Taiwan, meaning a taiwan company would not have A tier payment processing
2 If I form a offshore LLC in USA (Delaware / Stripe Atlas, etc) i am not able to get an adsense on that LLC because it is a disregarded entity and because of having only a shared business address there (i am not a US citizen)
Is there a definitive best corp jurisdiction that both solves these 2 problems (having business Adsense as well as stripe support) for me as an APRC holder residing in Taiwan permanently (German Citizen)
Maybe you could set up a company in Germany and then have that company buy from your Taiwanese company as well. There are a few different ways that could be done.
yes but better not to mess with the german systems, they have a crazy exit tax and if you hold more than 1% of a german company at any given time they consider you a tax resident for all of your world wide income, have to avoid any german solution for these reasons
I think I’m in a similar situation, not sure I fully understand what are you trying to optimize for?
The LLC is for protection purposes, not tax optimization, right? I assume so since it would be foreign owned single member disregarded entity.
What’s the issue with Stripe payment processing and Taiwan? Is it you can’t accept payments from Taiwan customers, or Stripe won’t pay out to a Taiwan entity?
ye was thinking along those lines, tho hong kong and singapore recently introduced substance requirements which makes it not feasible as a offshore solution for digital service & products
To the best of my knowledge; there isn’t a type of company in Taiwan that would do what you want. You might need to open stripe payments in a country on the list and check which one has the best conditions if Germany is not feasible.
I just tested my Stripe integration (US LLC account) that just accepted 2 of my TW cards (Mega and CTBC).
I guess you mean it’s not possible to have a Stripe account that sends payments processed to a Taiwan account? Accepting TW cards as payment seems fine.
Just be aware that they’re in the process of raising taxes all over the board, unfortunately: Next year, VAT and the tax on issuing dividends will increase. Also, in 2026, they will start taxing company profits even when they’re not distributed in the form of dividends.
Otherwise, I’d also recommend taking a look at Estonia - mostly because of the simplicity of getting a company running there and keeping it running.
Yes, of course. My point was just that they currently seem to be looking for ways to broaden tax revenue. That could mean that at some point they’ll also start taxing salaries paid to overseas.
