Bermuda
| Pros |
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| Absence of personal income, capital gains, or corporate taxes for most international business entities. |
| Robust legal framework based on English Common Law ensuring strong property rights and contract enforcement. |
| Strategic geographic location providing easy access to North American markets and high-speed digital infrastructure. |
| Cons |
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| Significant reliance on high import duties and payroll taxes to fund government expenditures. |
| Restrictive local ownership regulations requiring sixty percent Bermudian control for many domestic business categories. |
| Exorbitant cost of living and operational expenses driven by isolated geography and limited land availability. |
Will Bermuda tax what you earn?
NO. Bermuda doesn't tax personal income, and doesn't reach for you when you settle. No withholding, no return, no centre-of-vital-interests test waiting to trip. Salary is a non-event here, both in the rate and in the paperwork.
Will Bermuda tax what you own?
NO. Bermuda doesn't tax what you hold. No capital gains, no annual wealth assessment, no inheritance regime. The value sitting in your portfolio compounds untouched, and leaves it the same way it arrived.
Is it easy to run a company in Bermuda?
YES. Corporate tax in Bermuda sits at a low 15%, with no criminal liability for misuse of corporate assets and non-public corporate registries. Cheap to run, discreet on ownership, calm on legal posture. A clean operating jurisdiction.
Is Bermuda good for your holding company?
NO. Bermuda doesn't carry a treaty network, which makes it unsuitable as a holding jurisdiction. Any dividend flowing in or out faces full statutory withholding, and no domestic participation exemption can compensate for missing relief on the source side.
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What does it cost to come and go from Bermuda?
LITTLE. Coming and going from Bermuda is cheap. The country runs a territorial system (foreign income stays foreign), and there's no exit tax on departure. You leave with what you came in with, plus whatever you earned abroad while you were here.
Will Bermuda protect your privacy?
PARTLY. Bermuda participates in some exchange frameworks (typically CRS, MLI, MAAC), so a portion of your financial information reaches treaty partners. Corporate registries stay non-public, so ownership remains opaque. Middle-ground privacy: selective, not total.
Is Bermuda itself a liability?
YES. Bermuda sits on multiple major blacklists. Counterparties routinely apply anti-abuse rules, higher withholding, or refuse the transaction entirely. The jurisdiction itself is the risk, regardless of the substance of what you're doing inside it.
Will you feel free in Bermuda?
Not enough data to assess civil liberties and financial freedom in Bermuda.
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