The cross-border stack desk

Vendor-neutral comparisons for non-US founders running US LLCs.

Compare 43+ formation, banking, tax, and compliance services across 32 country × dimension playbooks. Founder-built. Methodology disclosed.

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43 comparisons·18 affiliates disclosed·121 guides·32 live playbooks·Methodology

Our picks

Editorial picks

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Banking

Mercury

OUR PICK

US-only revenue, single-currency simplicity

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Formation

Doola

OUR PICK

First US LLC, EIN without SSN

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Mailing Address

Traveling Mailbox

LOW-COST ALL-IN

$15/mo, mail scanning included in every plan

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EOR / Global Hires

Deel

OUR PICK

Global contractor + EOR coverage

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Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC. Affiliate disclosure & methodology.

32 live playbooks

Pick your country × dimension

Each cell maps the vendors, regulations, and structural traps for one country and one dimension.

CountryFormationBankingTaxCompliance
🇮🇳IndiaOpen Open Open Open
🇨🇳ChinaOpen Open Open Open
🇬🇧UKOpen Open Open Open
🇨🇦CanadaOpen Open Open Open
🇵🇰PakistanOpen Open Open Open
🇳🇬NigeriaOpen Open Open Open
🇹🇷TurkeyOpen Open Open Open
🇧🇷BrazilOpen Open Open Open

Methodology + evidence basis → /about/methodology

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SaaS & Solo DevelopersDigital NomadsFreelancers & ConsultantsAmazon FBA Sellers

By country of residence

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🇮🇳

India

Indian founders

🇨🇳

China

Chinese founders

🇬🇧

United Kingdom

UK founders

🇨🇦

Canada

Canadian founders

🇵🇰

Pakistan

Pakistani founders

🇳🇬

Nigeria

Nigerian founders

🇹🇷

Turkey

Turkish founders

🇧🇷

Brazil

Brazilian founders

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Quick Check

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Compliance Calendar

Federal + state deadline alerts

Calculators

Formation, transfer, EOR, tax cost

Most recent guides

Latest from the desk

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How to Pay Yourself From a US LLC as a Non-Resident (2026)
money

How to Pay Yourself From a US LLC as a Non-Resident (2026)

A nonresident owner of a single-member US LLC can't use payroll or an S-corp. What paying yourself means instead: the owner's draw, Form 5472 and W-8BEN.

Oct 4, 2026
tax

How a Non-Resident-Owned US LLC Is Taxed (2026)

Sep 7, 2026compliance

Invoicing Your Own US LLC from India: LUT, FIRA, EDF (2026)

Sep 7, 2026tax

W-9 vs W-8BEN vs W-8BEN-E for a Foreign-Owned LLC (2026)

Sep 7, 2026hiring

The AI Hiring Stack for Cross-Border Solo Founders (2026)

Aug 25, 2026

What the Free Diagnostic shows

Same engine. Four founder profiles. Four stress signatures.

Tap any persona to open its sample report. The diagnostic runs the same M / E / T / A engine across every founder pattern.

M Money · E Entity · T Tax · A Accountability
a1high
Platform Operator Alex
Amazon / Etsy seller scaling internationally
M
3
E
2
T
2
A
3
Platform dependency × VAT and account-suspension exposure across foreign markets
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ih1high
Indie Hacker Ian
Solo SaaS founder building in public, non-resident
M
4
E
2
T
1
A
2
Single-processor concentration × rolling-reserve exposure × tax-confusion lag
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dn1high
Digital Nomad Dana
Location-independent founder across multiple jurisdictions
M
2
E
2
T
4
A
3
Multi-jurisdiction tax exposure × movement-anchored documentation × FBAR reach
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b1moderate
Consultant Carlos
Independent consultant with US clients via US LLC
M
2
E
3
T
3
A
2
Thin LLC layer × home-country PE risk × treaty exposure on consulting fees
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JF

Founded by a cross-border operator

Built by someone who runs a US LLC from Hong Kong.

Global Solo is founded by Jett Fu — 20+ years building cross-border businesses across the US, China, and Hong Kong. Every comparison, country playbook, and diagnostic on this site comes from firsthand operator experience. The methodology page documents what we use directly, what we evaluate through founder conversations, and what we research from regulatory sources.

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