Full-Time Graphic Designer — Onsite | Karachi
Hiring a full-time onsite graphic designer for all design work.
Range: 40k - 60k
To apply: https://forms.gle/qjWM16Ymyg5fU9FS9
No portfolio = not considered.
Full-Time Graphic Designer — Onsite | Karachi
Range: 40 - 60k
Hiring a full-time onsite graphic designer for all design work.
To apply: https://forms.gle/qjWM16Ymyg5fU9FS9
No portfolio = not considered.
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Need honest advice: UK LTD vs US LLC (Stripe, taxes, structure confusion)
Hey everyone 🤝
I need some real advice from people who’ve actually been through this.
I’m from Pakistan and running an ecom marketing agency. I registered a UK LTD around 3–4 years ago. Every year I’ve been doing the filings properly, but to be honest, most of my actual payments were going through my wise personal account, so the UK company didn’t have much real activity.
Recently my Wise accounts got closed, which forced me to rethink everything and fix my structure properly.
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What I’m doing now:
Moving to Stripe for payments (around 4–5% fees) bcz of wise account closure.
Connecting everything to company account (because no option left)
Keeping everything clean, recorded, and compliant
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Where I’m confused:
With a UK LTD:
Around 19–25% corporation tax on profits
Plus compliance, accounting, etc.
Now that everything will be properly recorded through Stripe and bank, I’m honestly not comfortable with that level of tax, and I also don’t want any issues later.
---
What I’ve been seeing online:
Chat gpt says:
Open a US LLC
It's 0% tax (if you’re non-US and no US activity)
You only pay tax in Pakistan
But I’m not sure how true or safe that is long-term.
Is it true? 0% as a non resident? I only pay tax in Pakistan?
---
My main questions:
Should I just continue with my UK LTD and accept the tax as the cost of doing things properly? Honestly I'm not comfortable.
Or should I switch to a US LLC now before things scale further?
Is it practical to:
Open a US LLC
Move operations there (open new stripe/banks)
Then dissolve the UK LTD later?
Stripe setup
Bank accounts
Compliance
Benefits
Challenges
---
My goal:
Clean and compliant setup
No future legal/tax issues
Reasonable tax efficiency (not trying to do anything shady)
Smooth operations (payments, banking, scaling)
---
Right now I feel stuck between:
UK LTD → higher tax but more straightforward
US LLC → potentially lower tax but more setup + uncertainty
---
I was thinking to continue using UK LTD stripe and other accounts without worrying and later on before filing I can open a LLC and dissolve the UK ltd? Will there be any issues if I do this? Or what approach I should take?
Would really appreciate honest advice from experienced people, especially those running similar setups from Pakistan or remotely.
Thanks a lot 🙌
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Need honest advice: UK LTD vs US LLC (Stripe, taxes, structure confusion)
Hey everyone 🤝
I need some real advice from people who’ve actually been through this.
I’m from Pakistan and running an ecom marketing agency. I registered a UK LTD around 3–4 years ago. Every year I’ve been doing the filings properly, but to be honest, most of my actual payments were going through my wise personal account, so the UK company didn’t have much real activity.
Recently my Wise accounts got closed, which forced me to rethink everything and fix my structure properly.
---
What I’m doing now:
Moving to Stripe for payments (around 4–5% fees) bcz of wise account closure.
Connecting everything to company account (because no option left)
Keeping everything clean, recorded, and compliant
---
Where I’m confused:
With a UK LTD:
Around 19–25% corporation tax on profits
Plus compliance, accounting, etc.
Now that everything will be properly recorded through Stripe and bank, I’m honestly not comfortable with that level of tax, and I also don’t want any issues later.
---
What I’ve been seeing online:
Chat gpt says:
Open a US LLC
It's 0% tax (if you’re non-US and no US activity)
You only pay tax in Pakistan
But I’m not sure how true or safe that is long-term.
Is it true? 0% as a non resident? I only pay tax in Pakistan?
---
My main questions:
Should I just continue with my UK LTD and accept the tax as the cost of doing things properly? Honestly I'm not comfortable.
Or should I switch to a US LLC now before things scale further?
Is it practical to:
Open a US LLC
Move operations there (open new stripe/banks)
Then dissolve the UK LTD later?
Stripe setup
Bank accounts
Compliance
Benefits
Challenges
---
My goal:
Clean and compliant setup
No future legal/tax issues
Reasonable tax efficiency (not trying to do anything shady)
Smooth operations (payments, banking, scaling)
---
Right now I feel stuck between:
UK LTD → higher tax but more straightforward
US LLC → potentially lower tax but more setup + uncertainty
---
I was thinking to continue using UK LTD stripe and other accounts without worrying and later on before filing I can open a LLC and dissolve the UK ltd? Will there be any issues if I do this? Or what approach I should take?
Would really appreciate honest advice from experienced people, especially those running similar setups from Pakistan or remotely.
Thanks a lot 🙌
​
Need honest advice: UK LTD vs US LLC (Stripe, taxes, structure confusion)
Hey everyone 🤝
I need some real advice from people who’ve actually been through this.
I’m from Pakistan and running an ecom marketing agency. I registered a UK LTD around 3–4 years ago. Every year I’ve been doing the filings properly, but to be honest, most of my actual payments were going through my wise personal account, so the UK company didn’t have much real activity.
Recently my Wise accounts got closed, which forced me to rethink everything and fix my structure properly.
---
What I’m doing now:
Moving to Stripe for payments (around 4–5% fees) bcz of wise account closure.
Connecting everything to company account (because no option left)
Keeping everything clean, recorded, and compliant
---
Where I’m confused:
With a UK LTD:
Around 19–25% corporation tax on profits
Plus compliance, accounting, etc.
Now that everything will be properly recorded through Stripe and bank, I’m honestly not comfortable with that level of tax, and I also don’t want any issues later.
---
What I’ve been seeing online:
Chat gpt says:
Open a US LLC
It's 0% tax (if you’re non-US and no US activity)
You only pay tax in Pakistan
But I’m not sure how true or safe that is long-term.
Is it true? 0% as a non resident? I only pay tax in Pakistan?
---
My main questions:
Should I just continue with my UK LTD and accept the tax as the cost of doing things properly? Honestly I'm not comfortable.
Or should I switch to a US LLC now before things scale further?
Is it practical to:
Open a US LLC
Move operations there (open new stripe/banks)
Then dissolve the UK LTD later?
Stripe setup
Bank accounts
Compliance
Benefits
Challenges
---
My goal:
Clean and compliant setup
No future legal/tax issues
Reasonable tax efficiency (not trying to do anything shady)
Smooth operations (payments, banking, scaling)
---
Right now I feel stuck between:
UK LTD → higher tax but more straightforward
US LLC → potentially lower tax but more setup + uncertainty
---
I was thinking to continue using UK LTD stripe and other accounts without worrying and later on before filing I can open a LLC and dissolve the UK ltd? Will there be any issues if I do this? Or what approach I should take?
Would really appreciate honest advice from experienced people, especially those running similar setups from Pakistan or remotely.
Thanks a lot 🙌