Canada/US structuring

Even though I found a broker willing to open the account, I discovered a fatal flaw in the idea of holding the account in the US: BEAT.

https://taxfoundation.org/taxedu/glossary/base-erosion-anti-abuse-tax-beat/

By imposing a 10% tax on profits before deductions for payments to related parties, it is not actually possible to extract all the profits at a favorable rate.

The same scheme may still be possible using another country other than the US to hold the brokerage account.

To be continued...
 
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