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Comment by FooBarWidget

One thing to note if, as a Dutch person (and possibly even if you're another European), you incorporate in the US:

Many Dutch financial institutions hate people who have the "US person" status. If you own a US-incorporated company then I believe you will gain that status. Banks, lenders, stock brokers, etc will either refuse to do business with you, or will give you a lot of paperwork headache and/or charge you more tax. I think this has to do with the fact that US persons have to comply with FACTA.

For example I have 3 stock brokerage accounts (1 for personal, 1 for pension, 1 for business). They all ask me whether I have the US person status, and 2 of them just flat out tell me that they won't do business with me if I answer yes.

Not sure whether financial institutions in other European companies also come with this caveat. But since it's related to FACTA, I believe they do.

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