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why not create a company in tax friendly country and transfer all your business to it. work as a CEO/Remote emplotee of it,Get healthy base salary as fixed income from it ,whatever else you need can be given to you as business expense and allowance. all money lays in the company with lower tax jurisdiction.

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Doesn't work or very difficult to do. CFC rules.

Doable with many proxies in tax-heaven who acts like the real company board, holds virtual meetings etc. They create all required paper trails which can comfortably bypass CFC restrictions.

So if it is in the gray zone, then not sure I'm willing to take the risk. We had here some lawsuits where people had to pay huge penalties. Even prison is possible.

Have been thinking about openning a company in Gibraltar. Best case would be 10% cooperate tax + 25 % tax on dividend. So you are a bit better of compared to a tax rate of 45%. More important would be a hedge against the regulatory risks.

As you said you need a managing director and maybe some employees. Have you done something like this or could you provide some more info's? Of course it should be legal!

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