Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ?

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Post by victorbjorklund » Sat, Jun 27, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC

Paradigm2020 wrote: post #79

victorbjorklund wrote: post #77

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If you were German in Nazi germany would you protest or just complain that French -!: British people discriminate against you for being a German citizen?

I'm talking about double weights and standards aka getting kicked out of the international banking system which wasn't possible in that time (and seemingly is still impossible if you are a friend/ vassal of the usa. If I lived in nazi Germany I would have left asap to the usa like countless people (Einstein etc) did... Strange how they didn't try and stop people back then getting out...

And if you were are German citizens (not a Jew or another victim) in good standing with the German government. Would you expect that US govt would let you freely do business in the US to acquire things that can be used to kill Americans? It’s just crazy to assume that US would let all german citizens freely roam around USA and do business during ww2

Re: Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ?

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Post by sscaryterry » Sat, Jun 27, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC

ExpertAdvisor01 wrote: post #17

Useless + overhyped . Company will end up as tax resident from the country where it is managed & controlled . If there is an DTA the tie breaker rule applies and the country from where it is managed & controlled gets the right to tax . Also you get to enjoy bureaucracy+ dual accounting in both countries . If there is no DTA it can lead to double taxation . And if you don't have a fixed place of management/business+ t…

This 100%. Hire a (good) accountant.

Re: Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ?

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Post by sscaryterry » Sat, Jun 27, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC

broken-kebab wrote: post #62

leitasat wrote: post #21

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Russian citizen living abroad

Then you really can't say you has nothing to do with Russia. Citizenship is a very big thing in banking, and legal services. And it's certainly not about race. You could be ethnically Japanese for that matter, it's Russian passport which is the dealbreaker here.

Exactly. You could renounce it and potentially become stateless, which is a whole different problem.

I get it, guilty by association, it isn't fair. The banks need to keep their books clean, anything that could be flagged they will avoid like the plague.

Re: Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ?

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Post by sscaryterry » Sat, Jun 27, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

jwr wrote: post #69

rendx wrote: post #61

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I sympathize with all Russian citizens living abroad. While citizenship is something you can get out of, it is a long process and circumstances may not easily allow it. I don't think it's fair to discriminate against Russian citizens without hearing their story, even the ones still living in Russia, for actions taken by their rogue government. Do US Americans really want to be held individually accountable for everyt…

There is a second point of view: imagine a Ukrainian living in a Western European country. They moved there because Russian missiles and bombs were falling on their heads and killing their family. They regularly send money to their country to defend against the agressor. Their neighbor holds a Russian passport. He works at an IT company and earns a nice salary. It's a good life. He complains about being discriminated…

This just incites hatred. Have you considered that the Russian neighbour might have fled Russia?

Re: Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ?

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Post by KomoD » Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC

victorbjorklund wrote: post #80

KomoD wrote: post #78

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> Why are you claiming that it is extremely hard to renounce your Russian citizenship if you now claim you are not a Russian citizen Because I can look things up as well as read other people's accounts? I even backed it up, with the very link you provided as well as with a government source. I can use the same logic against you: why are you claiming that it is easy to renounce your Russian citizenship if you aren't a…

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That's not at all what I said? You are literally claiming I said the exact opposite of what is written in plain text in my previous comment.

Väx upp, människa. Du är nästan 40 år gammal och beter dig så här?

Jag förstår att du känner starkt inför ämnet och jag uppskattar verkligen att du stöttar Ukraina och de andra länderna som har drabbats av Rysslands aggressioner (eller så är det kanske bara en ursäkt du använder för att få vara arg? vad vet jag...), men det här är verkligen inte ett sätt att bete sig på. Jag försöker ha en vettig diskussion och förklara mina åsikter men du skiter fullständigt i allt jag skriver, hakar upp dig på små delar, vrider dem till något absurt som jag aldrig har sagt och attackerar mig utifrån det.

Inte en enda gång i hela den här tråden har jag uttryckt stöd för Ryssland. Tvärtom. Om du hade tagit dig en minut att faktiskt läsa vad jag skrev istället för att låta ilskan förblinda dig hade du förstått det. Om det är så här du beter dig i verkligheten tycker jag faktiskt synd om dig, och jag hoppas att du får det stöd du behöver för det här är varken ett lyckligt eller hälsosamt sätt att leva på.

Eftersom du väljer personangrepp istället för att diskutera saker är det tydligt att det inte är någon idé att vi fortsätter prata. Ha en fortsatt fin söndag.