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Your wealth doesn't stop at a border.
Neither should your plan.

World Wealth Architect coordinates tax, estate, and reporting strategy for people whose citizenship, residency, income, or assets span more than one country — so nothing falls into the gap between two tax authorities.

Common starting points
  • Dual or multiple citizenshipPROFILE
  • Moved tax residency mid-careerPROFILE
  • Assets held across two-plus countriesPROFILE
  • Inheritance crossing jurisdictionsPROFILE

One life, several tax authorities

Cross-border complexity isn't solved by finding an advisor who speaks the right language. It's solved by an advisor who reads both rulebooks.

Friction 01

Citizenship ≠ residency ≠ where you owe tax

Each of these is decided under different rules, by different countries, and they rarely line up the way people assume.

Friction 02

Treaties help less than people expect

Tax treaties resolve some double-taxation, not all of it — and knowing where a treaty stops applying matters more than knowing it exists.

Friction 03

One account, two reporting regimes

A single foreign bank, brokerage, or pension account can trigger separate disclosure obligations in each country you're connected to — with separate penalties for missing either.

Friction 04

Estate rules rarely match

Forced heirship, community property, and inheritance tax thresholds differ sharply by country — a will written for one jurisdiction can misfire in another.

Where we work

Current research and planning coverage. Most clients compare two to four of these at once.

USUnited States
CHSwitzerland
GBUnited Kingdom
FRFrance
DEGermany
ITItaly
JPJapan
AUAustralia
NZNew Zealand
CNChina
HKHong Kong SAR
SGSingapore

How a coordinated plan comes together

Four stages, in order — each one depends on what the last one found.

1

Profile

You tell us where you're a citizen, where you're tax resident, where your income comes from, and where your assets sit. Seven questions, below.

2

Diagnostic

We map that profile against current law and treaty positions in every jurisdiction you touch, and flag where reporting obligations or exposure overlap.

3

Strategy

A single coordinated plan for tax positioning, entity or account structuring, and estate documents — built so a decision in one country doesn't undercut another.

4

Implementation & review

We work alongside your existing bank, accountant, and counsel to put it in place, and revisit it when law changes or your situation does.

Your Cross-Border Profile

Seven questions. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere until you choose to send it at the end.

Cross-Border Profile Step 1 of 7
Question 01

What passport or citizenship do you hold?

Select every citizenship that applies. Multiple selections are common.

Citizenship
Question 02

Where is your current tax residency?

The country (or countries, if dual-resident) where you're currently considered tax resident today.

Tax residency
Question 03

Where does your income come from?

Select every source that applies — salary, business, investment gains, and so on.

Income sources
Question 04

Where do your assets sit?

Pick every country holding assets, then every type of asset held — house, company, securities, bank or broker accounts.

Countries
Asset types
Question 05

What's your family and marital status?

This shapes how estate and inheritance planning should be structured.

Marital status
Dependents
Question 06

What's your goal?

Select everything that applies right now — priorities can shift once we see the full picture.

Planning goals
Question 07

Which countries or jurisdictions do you want compared?

Pick the jurisdictions you'd like weighed against each other in the plan.

Jurisdictions to compare
Review

Your Cross-Border Profile

Here's what you've told us. Send it to start a planning conversation, or start over.

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