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Masterclass on Taxation and Legality in the OFM with Olivier from ofmlegal.com (Lawyer & Tax Advisor)
Learn how to optimize your company’s taxation, understand tax residency rules in Dubai, and avoid costly legal mistakes. A complete session to help you do business with full compliance.
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- Video
- 1 h 17 min
- Lessons
- 1
- Taught in
- French
- Subtitles
- English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese
- Price
- Free
Overview
About this masterclass
A live question and answer session of about 77 minutes, held in French, in which Olivier from OFM Legal, a former business lawyer now working as a tax advisor, answers agency owners, managers and creators alongside Arthur from Fanbase Accelerator.
The discussion starts with the US LLC: why it is a pass-through entity, why it only removes tax when the owner lives in a country that does not tax worldwide income and the business has no effectively connected income (ECI) in the US, and why an LLC brings little for residents of France, Germany or Belgium. Olivier then covers tax residency (Dubai, Malta, Cyprus, Panama) and the trap of being still considered French, when expatriation is worth its cost, and Dubai corporate tax with a free zone company invoicing a US LLC.
The second half deals with day-to-day legal practice: why there are no truly OFM-friendly banks and how accounts get frozen, why money flows must be backed by contracts and invoices, why labelling transfers as gifts does not hold, your duty to check that a creator's company exists, minors, crypto gains in France, and why getting compliant matters more than optimising early.
Inside the masterclass
ptimize your taxes, protect your business, and stay fully compliant!
1:17:25The full live session in French. Olivier explains pass-through taxation and ECI for US LLCs, why worldwide taxation in France, Germany or Belgium limits their benefit, residency in Dubai, Malta and Cyprus, and when expatriation pays off. He then answers questions on Dubai corporate tax, banking and frozen accounts, documenting flows with contracts and invoices, verifying creators' companies, minors and crypto gains.
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What you will learn
- Explain when a US LLC really means no tax: a pass-through entity, no ECI in the US, and an owner resident in a country that does not tax worldwide income
- Understand why an LLC brings little tax advantage to residents of France, Germany or Belgium, and which European options exist (non-domiciled status in Malta or Cyprus)
- Recognise the two sides of tax residency: meeting Dubai's criteria does not stop France from treating you as resident if your family, time or business stay there
- Judge when expatriation or a tax structure is worth it, given that the cost of advisors, housing and setup can cancel the savings at lower income levels
- Document every money flow with contracts and invoices between your companies, and know why wording such as gift on a transfer does not change what the payment is
- Know your obligation as an agency to verify that a creator's company exists, and the risks of invoicing on false company details
- Set realistic expectations on banking for OFM: physical US banks, online banks like Mercury, wallets, freezes and source-of-funds requests
Audience
Who it is for
- French-speaking agency owners, managers and creators who want to understand their tax and legal exposure
- People considering a US LLC, a Dubai company or a move abroad, and those already living in Dubai who want to check their setup
- Beginners and established agencies alike: questions range from basic definitions to structures involving several companies
Taught by
Your instructor
Olivier
Legal and tax consultant at OFM Legal
Olivier is a lawyer by training and an HEC Paris graduate with seven years of experience, who worked as a business lawyer structuring investment funds in Luxembourg and Paris for clients in the UK, the US and Europe. Through OFM Legal he now advises OnlyFans creators and agencies, including top 0.1% creators, on company structures, taxation, contracts, VAT and payouts, and negotiates fund recovery on a success-fee basis when an agency or a model has not been paid. He is no longer registered with the bar and provides tax consulting from Poland, where he is tax resident.
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Frequently asked questions
No. Olivier explains that an LLC is legal for a French resident, but France, like Germany or Belgium, taxes worldwide income and treats the LLC much like a French company. The LLC only removes tax when you live in a country that does not tax worldwide income and the business has no effectively connected income in the US.
Not necessarily. Olivier explains that residency is judged by both countries: France can still consider you resident if you spend more than six months there, keep your family there or run your business on the French market. You need proof of a real life abroad, such as a residence certificate, housing and local contracts.
Olivier and Arthur both advise focusing on growing revenue first. At a few thousand euros a month, advisors, structures and expatriation costs can absorb the savings, while at much higher monthly income the benefits become real. Getting compliant from the start matters more than optimising early.
According to the speakers, there is no truly OFM-friendly bank today, only banks that are less strict. Physical US banks such as Chase are described as more stable, online banks like Mercury as generally fine but not guaranteed, and wallets as risky, with frozen funds sometimes returned only by cheque.
Olivier explains that what counts in law is the reality of the transaction, not the label. If there is evidence that you provided services, a transfer marked as a gift will be treated as payment for those services, so flows should be backed by real contracts and invoices.
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