Guides
Cross-border
A US LLC or a UAE company does not sit outside Pakistani tax law just because it sits outside Pakistan. These guides cover what a resident must declare, what the State Bank permits, and the penalties that make the difference between a filing question and a criminal one.
Declaring a foreign company
What section 116A requires of a Pakistani resident who owns a company abroad, the penalty that runs every year, and the point at which it stops being a filing question.
Owning a company abroad
What the State Bank actually permits, the limits that come with it, and why the answer for a company is not the answer for an individual.
Tax residency
Why the number is 183 and not 182, why the 120-day rule you have read about was repealed, and the limb that makes a citizen resident without setting foot in Pakistan.
Money from abroad
The five million rupee ceiling most pages omit, why a shield against questions is not an exemption from tax, and what the bank certificate is for.
Keeping a US LLC
The federal filing that cannot be e-filed, the state fee Delaware's own website gets wrong, and why the registered agent is a permanent line item.
Paying foreign suppliers
The 5 per cent on offshore digital services that catches hosting and ads, the 15 per cent that catches consultancy, and the exclusions that stop both.
Overseas obligations
Why holding an NTN means you file even as a non-resident, the reliefs that do exist, and the residency certificate you probably can get.
UK company from Pakistan
Who can be a director, the address rules, the £100 fee that replaced £50 in February 2026, and every filing a UK company owes from its first year.
Companies House ID verification
Who must verify, when your own deadline actually falls, the two routes open to someone in Pakistan, and what happens if you do not.
ITIN from Pakistan
Why owning a US LLC does not by itself mean you need an ITIN, the Form W-7 reasons and exceptions, the three ways to apply, and the wait the IRS quotes for overseas applicants.
US trademark from Pakistan
Why a US LLC does not get you round the US-attorney rule, the USPTO fees and surcharges since January 2025, the Madrid route through IPO Pakistan, and what Amazon Brand Registry will accept.
Which US state for your LLC
What each state charges to form and to keep, what goes on the public record, and the short list of things that actually differ when you have no US presence.
Stripe with a US LLC
Why Stripe is not open to Pakistani businesses, what it asks of a US company with a Pakistani owner, where its own pages disagree, and what happens to the money in Pakistan.