Representative composite case study
US expatriate tax and ownership planning before an Asian relocation
Technology and private investment · US founder and family · Pre-move tax planning, filing architecture and adviser coordination
Representative composite based on recurring mandate patterns. Client identities, facts, timing and results are altered or combined for confidentiality and should not be read as a claim about one identifiable client.
Situation
A relocation would change residence, compensation and foreign-business exposure
A US founder planned to relocate with family while retaining ownership in a US business, creating a new foreign operating entity and making private investments in the destination region. The family had US, state and foreign-country advisers but no consolidated model.
Several decisions had different lead times: domicile evidence, entity formation, compensation, banking, foreign accounts and a possible future liquidity event. The work needed to distinguish what must be settled before departure from what could safely wait.
Constraints
What shaped the work.
- The move date affected state-residency facts and payroll.
- Foreign accounts and entities created additional information reporting.
- The family wanted to preserve flexibility across more than one possible destination.
Work performed
How the mandate was approached.
- 01
Mapped residence, ownership, compensation and cash flows.
- 02
Modelled pre- and post-move tax scenarios.
- 03
Defined US filing and foreign-adviser workplans.
- 04
Sequenced entity and compensation changes before relocation.
Deliverables
The working artefacts.
- Pre-move tax memorandum
- Residence fact checklist
- Foreign-entity reporting map
- Annual filing calendar
- Adviser responsibility matrix
Expertise applied
Connected practices under one lead.
Next step
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