US tax lawyers would be of little to no help regarding Dominican taxes. Sneaky is looking for a Dominican Tax lawyer.
I suggest that you ask your Canadian tax lawyer for a referral to a Dominican tax lawyer. I am certain that the Canadian will be able to assist you make the transition. The international tax community is smaller than most people realize, particularly when engaging in international tax issues.I am Canadian, not American. I actually do make a lot of money and so want to make sure I structure things best so I am not raped in DR. So, I need a top local DR tax person who is familiar with expats.
wrong as usually !! If you are a U.S Citizen (he now indicates he is not) that is your first and foremost contact. I work for a U.S company here and have for many years. A Dominican tax dude cannot properly advise most x-pats unless you are just serving a few drinks at a beach casita.
I contacted, recently, a couple of lawyers in the US about Dominican taxes. These were lawyers who deal with expats. They told me that I needed to talk to a DR lawyer about DR taxes.
So I was "wrong as usually". I am, in fact, hardly ever wrong. When I am, I admit it.
I will await the OP after he contacts a Canadian tax lawyers to see what they say to him.
Dr_Taylor proposed a reasonable approach to get a referral from a Canadian lawyer on a Dominican Lawyer. Probably hard to do, but you never know.
Big - I spoke to three US based Expat specilalist lawyers and they all told me the same thing. Talk to a DR lawyer. I am not wrong on this point.
whether you start w/ a lawyer and get sent to accountant or vice versa..... not too important
Personally, I would go the accountant route initially.
its a mute point now, we found out he was Canadian, thats why I asked. Any and every U.S person that has any assets to speak of has a U.S based tax consultant, because you still have to pay the IRS. I know, I live it every April 15 working outside the U.S
I have to disagree on this. The IRS does grant due process, i.e., notice and the opportunity to be heard. I have successfully handled an IRS inquiry, and many tax lawyers have done so. The problem lies in an unnecessarily complicated tax code, and purveyors of incorrect "tax advice" to those unwilling to hire tax counsel when needed.The worst possible branch of the U.S government to tangle with is the IRS, there is little due process. Its "pay up" or we will take it. Its best to do everything possible to be in compliance otherwise one will be in for YEARS of headaches. For every person that thinks they have an angle, they have dealt with 1000 just like you
