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Ireland Payment Processor for German founders
Setting up a payment processor in Ireland as a German founder is a three-variable problem: the Ireland entity, the payment processor regulatory profile, and the home-country exposure of the UBO.
Ireland entity
Substance critical (CFC, BEPS)
Payment Processor considerations
MSB/PI/EMI handling fiat and crypto rails.
German UBO exposure
AStG add-back taxation, exit tax on >1% holdings, substance critical.
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