Robert Laney
American looking for information about Brazil
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About me
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Speaks English and read and understand a little Spanish and Portugu锚s.
Registration: 15 August 2024
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New question RNE vs RNN by NewBrazil
There been reports when coming back from the USA the Airline are not honoring the RNE residents document. They are saying you need a VISA. The RNN seem to be the only one they accept. Their excuse is the Brazilian government hasn鈥檛 clarified ...
Such BS. Answer the question and leave politics out of it. Brazilian politics is the reason I don鈥檛 live in Brazil despite having Permanent Residency. Too much poverty, too much crime. And they are going to charge me the maximum tax (27%) on ... Read More
Problems with paying in stores with international cards by ltoby955
Has anyone managed to resolve the problem with debit and credit card machines in stores and restaurants here? The machine doesn't recognise the cards and yet they atm's do. My partner is worried about me carrying cash and she ends up using her card ...
@dedecadaver Exactly! A majority of the time the problem with a foreign-issued credit card not running is due to the credit card processor. Most of the vendors have more than one credit card terminal and I had the same issue with the yellow ... Read More
Wise Multi-Currency Debit Card by Peter Itamaraca
This may be of interest: I recently applied for a Wise Multi-Currency Brazilian Debit Card. On to this I have loaded a bunch of BRL, but have also registered it for use with US$, GBP and Euros for travel purposes. As the exchange rates move in my ...
I send money(5500-10000 reias) to a Brazilian bank account every month and have never heard anything from the bank in 6 years. I use WISE, take dollars from my US bank account, convert to reias(reals) and deposit in the Brazilian bank account ... Read More
US and Brazil Taxes Revisited by sjpetzold
I鈥檓 sorry to bring this up again, but with tax season upon us, wise expats鈥� thoughts turn to the complexities of dual taxes. My wife and I are both US citizens filing jointly in the US. She is also a Brazil citizen while I have a ...
Thanks for the response. To me, any tax on Social Security retirement income is reason to avoid that country. Especially 鈥渄eveloping nation鈥� countries. First World countries, maybe I could consider it. There are too many countries in the ... Read More
US and Brazil Taxes Revisited by sjpetzold
I鈥檓 sorry to bring this up again, but with tax season upon us, wise expats鈥� thoughts turn to the complexities of dual taxes. My wife and I are both US citizens filing jointly in the US. She is also a Brazil citizen while I have a ...
@Peter Itamaraca Hi, Peter. From what I read our Social Security funds that we transfer to Brazil is taxed at the rate of 27.5% because we make way more than the cut off for the lower tax brackets. I researched that for weeks and consulted an ... Read More
US and Brazil Taxes Revisited by sjpetzold
I鈥檓 sorry to bring this up again, but with tax season upon us, wise expats鈥� thoughts turn to the complexities of dual taxes. My wife and I are both US citizens filing jointly in the US. She is also a Brazil citizen while I have a ...
@roddiesho good plan! My Brazilian wife and I are not coming back to Brazil primarily over the tax situation. The Brazilian gov鈥檛. Is GREEDY. There is no excuse for them to tax Social Security payments deposited in a Brazilian bank account but ... Read More
How to sale a property in Brasil without a bank account in Brazil by Aleit
Good evening, I'm in Italian and I'm currently in Brasil trying to sale some properties that my family received from an inheritance from a family member that lived in brasil for over 40 years. Neither myself or any other family member lives ...
As someone who is married to a Brazilian wife, why does anyone want to live in Brazil when they charge 27.5% tax on foreign income. Of course she wants to come back, but I鈥檓 not coming back to a place that takes so much of my income. Read More
Brazil new Tax law for 2024 for resident and Citizens by NewBrazil
This just was signed into law in 2024 Brazil government created a new tax. This applies to crypto, dividends from investments funds, platform , real estate and Trust. This applies to anything made outside the country at 15% tax this for both ...
And how exactly is Brazil going to find out what you are doing in your home country if the only income that you show is coming from the US Social Security administration? Read More
WoW! Six Reais!!! Incredible Exchange Rate!!! by roddiesho
Did I see this right? Is the American Dollar worth almost 6 Reais?Roddie in Retirement馃暤
F鈥檌ng Google鈥�..馃え Read More
183 Day rule for Tax exemption by *HernameisRio*
Hi! I want to make sure I'm under the 183day rule so I'm.not double taxed in the US and Brazil. It looked a little complicated and I talked to some lawyers and don't know if I should pay them for help or not. Basically if I just count my first ...
@*HernameisRio* https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/brazil/individual/foreign-tax-relief-and-tax-treaties Hope that helps! Robert King Read More
Apostille documents for the visa. by Mantharali99
Hello Everyone I hope All doing well. Kindly if someone have experience regarding apostille documents share with me. It's important to must Apostille Orgianl Brazilian Marriage certificate of Cart贸rio Apostille in Brazil before send to ...
If you got married in Pakistan, you will need an apostilled Marriage license from PAKISTAN to show the Brazilian authorities.Pakistan is a party to the Hague convention on Apostilles. Robert King Read More