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What’s the best solution if you’re a CEO but work in a different country to where your company is founded?

Will the contractor model still work?

N:B I’ve created a company in the UK but I’m thinking of moving to Denmark.

Fwiw, in the Netherlands most startup founders have a limited liability holding company to own the shares, and also use it send invoices from the holding to the startup. We don't, because being employed by our own conpany instead of sending invoices allows us to benefit from some R&D related tax cuts. But at least for Dutch law, founders sending invoices is allows and super common, maybe the same holds in the UK.

I'm the director of a UK company, now resident in Denmark.

Unfortunately by moving to Denmark the company is viewed as having an office here.

I therefore work for and get paid from an ApS (Danish limited company) which is wholly owned by the UK Ltd.

This is called a 'datterselskab' in Danish. Look at Danløn for payroll.

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