NRA or Non Residents Alien is a widely used term, which refers
to the non-US citizens, having no residential base in the
country. It is generally put in to the use by the country's
banking sector. Why does a NRA require a US account? Let's try
and analyze the various benefits that everyone around the globe
can extract from a US account.
With emerging trends and the Internet boon, everything seems to
be happening online. Whether you are a small free-lancer or big
exporter of goods, your entire transactions are possibly going
to be online. Whatever be size of your business you can't escape
the fact that there is big drift of trade towards the Internet.
And it's evitable that with the US currency being the currency
with the maximum reach, you should also have an easy to handle
place to trade in the same. A US account is what you really
should opt for. Let me list some unique benefits that a US
account offers.
1. Savings on Tax: The amount of strictness that US ensures as
far as protecting its people is concerned is great but despite
of that when it comes to the Tax laws of NRA's the laws are such
that you would end up saving a lot on your taxes. If you open
the same international account in some other country you would
end up give a lot more tax. So this is one important and solid
benefit.
2. No Physical Presence: An account in a US bank usually comes
fully loaded with a huge amount of solid services. There is a
lot of support for online transactions and this in turn makes
physical presence not a necessary requirement. You can handle
all the functions of your account from the comforts of your home
or office.
3. Reference: This is a very interesting point and not many
people know about it as well. There are some nations in which it
is impossible to open an account directly. But after having been
the customer of a US bank for six months or so you can easily
ask your bank to refer you to other banks in other nations
including these nations. And this makes way for you being able
to open accounts at even other places via the US route.
4. Safe: Your money in the US bank is safe. I have friends who
are webmasters and who have used other systems, which accept
money online. One of them recently lost around $3000 with such
an online system, as the system simply froze his account. In
another instance one of my other contacts was charged so much as
charge back money that he lost a sum of around $2400 just like
that. And this is not limited to these to instances only. Once
your business starts flourishing and you start earning a good
amount of money, you would realize that you require something
much better and more reliable than these online systems. And a
merchant account in a US bank is the best solution for you.
5. The stringent laws of US banking sector almost made it
impossible to open the accounts for NRA's. However the things
are not that grueling anymore; though it would be incorrect to
call the procedure easy and simple going. The things are still
complex and complicated. However the best solution that I found
after a lot of research on the website, rather an online guide:
http://www.non-us-bank-account.com. It is a complete
step-by-step procedure, which teaches you how to open a US bank
account as an NRA.
I feel the importance of a US account for a NRA is now quite
evident and the fact that it shall really help you grow your
client base. So don't waste you time, act now and go for a US
bank account.
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