The Micro-state With One of the Best Tax Climates in the World

MIEUX FISCAL INVESTISSEMENT EN ANDORRE. Andorre propose des avantages multiples et permet aux entreprises et aux personnes physiques de se libérer de la pression fiscale considérable exercée par l’administration fiscale. Mieuxfiscal est spécialisé dans l’optimisation et l’expatriation fiscale afin de redonner de l’oxygène aux entreprises et aux particuliers. La Principauté d’Andorre : un pays coopérant à faible fiscalité Créer son entreprise en Andorre. Devenir résident andorran. La Principauté d’Andorre : un pays coopérant à faible fiscalité. Malgré les idées reçues, Andorre n’est pas un paradis fiscal, mais un pays coopérant à faible fiscalité. En 2015, la France et l’Andorre signent une convention de non double imposition. Andorre respecte par ailleurs l’échange d’information sur des données fiscales des non-résidents ainsi que la déclaration des bénéficiaires effectifs : Andorre et ses agents économiques sont en conformité avec l’ensemble des directives internationales.

The Micro-state With One of the Best Tax Climates in the World

The Micro-state With One of the Best Tax Climates in the World

The Micro-state With One of the Best Tax Climates in the World

Andorra, one of Europe’s seven “micro-states,» is one of Europe’s hidden treasures

If you follow world politics, you know that Emmanuel Macron is the President of the Republic of France. Did you know that he is also an elected monarch?

The French elected him their President, but simultaneously, Macron serves as an unelected Prince of another sovereign nation. Can you guess which one?

Here are a few hints: In land area, the country in question is the sixteenth smallest in the world. Its 181 square miles is just twice the size of Boston and approximately 15 percent of the state of Rhode Island. About 77,000 people live in it. At 3,356 feet above sea level, its capital city is the highest in Europe.

This country—Andorra—is one of Europe’s seven “micro-states,” quaint and tiny nations which are political holdovers from the distant past. The other six are San Marino, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malta, and Vatican City. Andorra is landlocked and sandwiched in the eastern Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain. It boasts one of the world’s longest average life expectancies.

My most vivid memories of visiting it in 2004 are the simmering kettles of tasty and aromatic paella; the spectacular views and dry mountain air; and world class shopping at discount prices.

Micro-states are fascinating and among the freest enclaves in the world. That’s especially true of San Marino today and Ragusa centuries ago. The small size of these places works in favor of their freedom. A government composed of neighbors you know may be naturally more accountable than distant bureaucrats and politicians you don’t know.

Tourists in Andorra vastly outnumber the local population—more than 10 million annually. Skiing in the winter and shopping in the summer are mainstays of the local economy. Sheepherding is bigger than agriculture because only two percent of the land is arable, due to the mountainous terrain. The capital city, Andorra la Vella, claims about 22,000 inhabitants; when the immediate urban area is included, that climbs to 40,000, or a little more than half the country’s population.

According to local lore, Andorra’s origins are steeped in the 8th Century conflict between the Christian kingdoms to the north and the Moslem-controlled territories to the south. The original Andorrans emigrated there to avoid Moslem attacks. Charlemagne, who proclaimed himself the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 800 A.D., provided protection for the Andorrans. But it was his son Louis the Pious for whom Andorrans owe the greater debt.

Leary paid a fine tribute to the Andorrans in his 1919 book: “They are very proud of their country but evince no special desire to boast about it to others. They just want to be left severely alone.” Decades before the EU, Leary found the Andorrans to be masters at smuggling. “Only a race of angelic beings could withstand the temptation to evade the customs duties between France and Spain,” he wrote.

Frankly, I find dodging another country’s onerous customs duties as far less problematic than complying with demands from EU bureaucrats to raise taxes and regulations. At least Andorrans are still permitted to sell goods at prices lower than the EU, and numerous goods are completely duty-free.

“Andorra is a popular business environment for entrepreneurs who want to start their own company,” writes Guy Sharp, a native Andorran financial advisor. Why? Because “you get many of the benefits of Europe without the high taxes.”

“Whether your plan is to incorporate or live in Andorra,” says Sharp, “you will be treated to some of the lowest tax rates in the developed, compliant world.” The maximum personal income tax rate, as well as the capital gains rate, is just 10 percent. The corporate profits tax is only slightly higher and is half the US rate. Real estate is completely exempt from inheritance and transfer taxes. Most goods are subject to a modest value-added tax rate of less than five percent. Andorra is also friendly to digital currencies:

Andorra is a hidden gem when it comes to working with cryptocurrencies such as BTC, ETH, SOL and so on. The country remains open for this kind of business while also providing several advantages for those looking to establish operations. With minimal tax rates for cryptocurrency profits, Andorra can prove to be a great option if you choose to move and become a tax resident here.

In my favorite Marx Brothers film, Duck Soup (1933), Groucho played the leader of a small, fictional country called Fredonia. I can assure you that Andorra is a much freer place. I can’t resist sharing with readers a clip from Duck Soup in which Groucho sings of Fredonia’s shortcomings.

Hail the mountainous micro-state of Andorra, where people live high, long, well and free!

 

TEXT, PROPRIÉTÉ de: https://catalyst.independent.org/2022/02/09/andorra-tax-climate/

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