Evidence basis · founder-operated · disclosed

Methodology

How Global Solo evaluates and surfaces cross-border services for non-US-resident US LLC founders.

Every claim on this site traces to one of four sources

Direct use

Strongest

Vendors that Global Solo operates with in production across our own US LLC + Hong Kong company stack.

Founder conversations

Strong

Patterns from cross-border founders in 8+ countries — what they actually hit, not vendor marketing claims.

Regulatory docs

Authoritative

Primary sources — FEMA / SAFE / SBP / CBN / HMRC / CRA / IRS — with last-verified date per page.

Partner-provided detail

Disclosed

Vendor product pages, partner portals, and direct-correspondence facts — flagged where used.

Editorial picks precede commission agreements. Vendors are selected on cross-border founder fit, not affiliate yield. Some vendors profiled are tools Global Solo uses directly; some are tools we have evaluated without using.

Who runs this site

Global Solo is founder-operated by Jett Fu, who has run cross-border business structures across the United States, Hong Kong, and mainland China since 2015. The site exists because the structural risks and operating realities of running a US LLC from outside the US sit in the gaps between every individual advisor's scope — a US CPA doesn't see your home-country reporting layer; your local CA doesn't see your Form 5472 exposure.

What our analyses are based on

  1. Direct operational experience. Jett operates a US LLC (Aetheris Global LLC) from Hong Kong and a Hong Kong company (Aetheris Hong Kong Limited), with the full cross-border stack — US banking, formation service, registered agent, mailbox, accounting, payments, and tax filings — running in real production. Some vendors profiled on this site are tools Global Solo actively uses; some are tools we have evaluated without using directly.
  2. Conversations with cross-border founders in India, China, the UK, Canada, Pakistan, Nigeria, Turkey, Brazil, and adjacent countries. Patterns reported on country-specific pages reflect what these founders have actually encountered with vendors, not theoretical claims from vendor marketing.
  3. Regulatory documentation. Each country-specific compliance section cites the actual agencies and regulations governing the cross-border layer — FEMA / RBI / SAFE / SBP / CBN / TCMB / BCB / HMRC / CRA / IRS — with last-verified dates per page.
  4. Partner-provided product details. Where Global Solo has formal affiliate or partnership relationships, those partners supply current pricing, terms, and product capabilities. Editorial selection is made before commission agreements; commission does not change rankings.

What we do not do

  • We do not claim to have personally tested every service in every jurisdiction. A zero-employee site cannot maintain a US LLC + bank account + tax filing + registered agent in eight countries simultaneously. We tell you what we know based on the four sources above; we do not pretend to know more.
  • We do not refer specific local CAs or country-resident lawyers. The cross-border layer needs a local professional in your home country, and that referral is best made through local networks you trust rather than through a vendor-neutral comparison site.
  • We do not give personal tax, legal, accounting, or investment advice. Pages describe regulatory frameworks and vendor capabilities; decisions remain yours.

Affiliate relationships and commission

Global Solo earns commission when readers sign up via certain links. Affiliate programs currently active include Mercury, Doola, Firstbase, Wise Business, Stripe Atlas, Northwest Registered Agent, Harbor Compliance, SafetyWing, and others (current list maintained in data/affiliate-tracker.json in the source repository). Editorial decisions about which vendors to feature on a given page are made by Jett based on cross-border fit, not on commission rate.

Several services profiled on the site do not currently have affiliate relationships with Global Solo — 1-800Accountant, several country-specific banks, certain local tax services — and are surfaced anyway when the cross-border fit warrants. Conversely, programs with active commission paths (Inc Authority, ZenBusiness, Nolo) have been demoted or declined when the cross-border ICP fit is poor.

How information stays current

Each page footer shows the last-reviewed date. Regulatory and vendor information is reviewed quarterly. When material changes occur (such as the 2026 Q1–Q2 Mercury / Relay tightening for non-resident applicants, or the 2025 Section 899 retaliatory-withholding-tax proposal), affected pages are updated within two business weeks of confirmation, and the change is noted in the article's last-updated stamp.

How to verify a claim

If a claim on a Global Solo page conflicts with what you observe from your country, please write to jett@globalsolo.global with the specifics. We update pages when new ground-truth surfaces.

References

Methodology last reviewed: 2026-05-20 by Jett Fu.