Service · International tax structuring

International tax structuring, before you move a thing.

Setting up a company abroad or changing country is a decision with tax consequences for years. We analyse your personal and business situation, compare options with real numbers and give you a clear roadmap — so you decide with data, not with what you read on social media.

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Starting point
Your real situation
Output
Written roadmap
Covers
You and your company
Jurisdictions
Spain · UAE · others

What’s included

What the plan includes.

A tax plan isn’t a generic report. It’s an analysis of your case with conclusions you can act on.

Analysis of your current situation

Where you are tax resident today, how you invoice, what structure you have and what risks it carries.

Personal tax residency

Whether you would really change your tax residency, what conditions you must meet and what to watch during the transition.

Company structure

Where the company should be, who should own it and how income should flow between you and the business.

Jurisdiction comparison

Spain, the UAE and other realistic options for your profile, with the estimated tax burden of each scenario.

Risks and substance

What a tax authority would look at in your case and what real substance your structure needs to be defensible.

Roadmap

The steps in order, with timings and dependencies, ready to implement.

Who it’s for

Is this for you?

  • Entrepreneurs considering a move abroad — to Dubai or elsewhere — who want to check the numbers first.

  • Founders with a company in Spain who work mostly with international clients.

  • People who already set up a company abroad and aren’t sure it’s well structured.

  • Freelancers whose income has grown and who need to stop improvising.

How it works

Step by step.

  1. First conversation

    We understand your situation, your goals and your timeline.

  2. Information gathering

    You send us the key documents: tax returns, company details and income sources.

  3. Analysis and scenarios

    We study your case and compare realistic alternatives with numbers.

  4. Roadmap

    We walk you through the conclusions and next steps, in writing.

Guide

What you should know before structuring.

Three ideas that prevent most problems in international tax structuring.

Tax residency comes first

The company is only half the picture. In most cases, what determines where you pay tax is where you are personally tax resident. If you remain resident in Spain, your worldwide income is taxed there, wherever your company is.

That’s why any serious plan starts by analysing your personal residency and only then designs the company structure.

Where the company is managed matters as much as where it is registered

A company incorporated abroad can be considered tax resident in Spain if its effective management takes place in Spain. Registering a company in Dubai while running it from Madrid doesn’t change where it is taxed.

The structure has to match reality: where decisions are made, where the team is and where the business actually operates.

Cheap today can be expensive tomorrow

Choosing a structure only by its tax rate often ends in reassessments, penalties or a structure that has to be undone. What matters is a structure you can explain, with real substance, that holds up if the tax authority asks.

A good plan also looks ahead: what happens if you grow, bring in partners or decide to return.

Rocío Falagán, founder of Evolve Tax

Reviewed by Rocío Falagán

Founder of Evolve Tax. Nearly a decade in tax advisory across consulting and law firms in Spain and Dubai.

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This page offers general information and does not replace personalised advice for your case.

Common mistakes

Mistakes we see often.

Incorporating first, asking later

Opening a company abroad before analysing your residency is the most expensive and most common mistake.

Copying someone else’s structure

What works for another entrepreneur may not fit your income, your family or your business model.

Forgetting about the exit

Leaving Spain can have tax consequences on the way out that should be planned in advance.

Confusing optimisation with hiding

Structures without substance, or designed to hide income, end up costing more than they save.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

How long does international tax structuring take?

It depends on the complexity of your case and how quickly we receive the information. We give you an estimated timeline in the proposal, before we start.

Do I have to hire the implementation afterwards?

No. The roadmap is yours and you can implement it with whoever you want. If you’d like us to do it, we can take care of the whole process.

Is Dubai always the best option?

No. For some profiles it makes a lot of sense and for others it doesn’t. The analysis compares realistic options and tells you honestly which one fits you.

Can you help if I already have a structure in place?

Yes. We review your current structure, identify risks and propose adjustments if they are needed.

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Blog

From the blog.

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Does a Dubai company pay tax in Spain? Place of effective management explained

Setting up a company in Dubai while living in Spain is one of the most common — and riskiest — structures among digital entrepreneurs. We explain when the company is taxed in Spain and how to tell whether your structure holds up.

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  • #Spain
  • #Tax residency
International structures4 min read

US LLCs are tax-transparent: why an LLC won’t make you tax-free

Many entrepreneurs set up a US LLC believing it means paying no tax. In reality, an LLC is usually transparent: the US doesn’t tax it, but your country of residence taxes you. Here is how it works and what to watch out for.

  • #LLC
  • #United States
  • #International structures

Initial diagnosis

Start with a diagnosis.

Before designing anything, we need to understand your case. In a one-hour call you tell us your situation and we review it together: what you have, what risks there are and which options make sense for you.

  • One-hour video call
  • You tell us about your personal and business situation
  • We review it together: risks, options and priorities
  • You leave knowing your next steps

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