Tax Strategy in the United States

Logic Accounting December 15, 2025

Have you ever considered dollarizing your operations, but been held back by doubts about how to do it the right way?

Perhaps you've already wondered:

  • What strategies actually work for starting a business in the United States?
  • Where can I use this company's profits to increase my net worth?
  • How can you acquire assets that can be used as accounting expenses in the operation?

I'll be blunt. There are many myths, a lot of dreams being sold, and a lot of poorly constructed structures that end up becoming tax and asset problems.

In this content, I will separate:

  • What really works;
  • Where most people go wrong;
  • What are the mature, defensible strategies that comply with the law?.

1. First of all: adjust expectations (the most common blind spot)

Having a company in the USA it is not, This, in itself, is a tax reduction strategy.

If you are a tax resident in Brazil, Brazil taxes your income. global income.

This means that:

  • A company's profit in the US is taxable in Brazil;
  • Distributing or not distributing the profit doesn't change that (profit earned);
  • Poorly constructed offshore structures do not protect assets.

Those who sell "a company in the US to pay less tax" without explaining why:

  • or is incompetent;
  • Or it's pushing a serious tax risk.

Now, let's get to what really works.

2. The correct logic of the structure

The wrong question is:

“"How to pay less tax?"”

The right question is:

“How to transform operating profit into efficient and defensible asset growth?”

3. Solid foundational structure (non-negotiable)

3.1 Type of company

For Brazilians, it usually makes sense:

  • LLC in the USA;
  • Transparent taxation (pass-through);
  • Possible tax treatment options include:
    • Individual (default);
    • Corporation (by fiscal election).

Common mistake: opening a C-Corp without understanding the double taxation (company + dividends).

3.2 Where the company generates value (substance)

Tax authorities, both in the US and in Brazil, note:

  • Where is the management?;
  • Where decision-making takes place;
  • Where is the economic risk?.

If everything happens in Brazil, the company is Brazilian at its core — even if it's American on paper.

Substance is worth more than a company tax ID.

4. How to use profit to increase wealth (real strategies)

Strategy 1: Deductible operating reinvestment

It's the strategy that generates the least headache.

It works when:

  • The company is actually operating;
  • The expenses are related to the activity.

Defensible examples:

  • Software;
  • Marketing tools;
  • Equipment;
  • Business trips (well documented);
  • Technical training;
  • Consulting services.

It's not magic. It's operational efficiency with sound accounting.

Strategy 2: Acquisition of assets by the company (with criteria)

Many people make serious mistakes here.

What works:

  • Productive assets;
  • Equipment;
  • Machines;
  • Infrastructure.

With this, you use:

  • Depreciation;
  • Amortization;

Reducing taxable profit while keeping assets within the company.

What It doesn't work. (and generates a fine):

  • Buy a car for personal use;
  • Property not related to the transaction;
  • Luxury assets without economic justification.

The IRS disregards expenses without a clear business purpose.

Strategy 3: Separate asset holding company (advanced, but powerful)

Mature structure:

  • Operational company;
  • Equity company (holding).

Typical flow:

  • The operating company generates profit;
  • The profit is transferred via:
    • Rent;
    • Royalties;
    • Real services;
  • The holding company accumulates assets.

Examples of assets:

  • Real estate;
  • Corporate holdings;
  • Intellectual property;
  • Financial investments.

It works, but it requires:

  • Real contracts;
  • Market prices (transfer pricing);
  • Impeccable bookkeeping.

Strategy 4: Intellectual property (few do it correctly)

If you work with:

  • Software;
  • Courses;
  • Methods;
  • Strong brand.

It is possible:

  • Having IP in a separate entity;
  • License this IP address for operation.

Result:

  • Reduction in operating profit;
  • Construction of equity assets.

Common mistake:

  • Facade IP address;
  • No valuation;
  • Without formal contracts.

This is an invitation for an audit.

5. Where most people fail.

I'll be honest:

  • ❌ Company in the USA without local accounting;
  • ❌ Mixing personal and business accounts;
  • ❌ “Creative expenses”;
  • ❌ Failure to declare in Brazil;
  • ❌ Ignoring CFC rules (Controlled Foreign Company);
  • ❌ Maintaining accounting records in only one country;
  • ❌ Structure without economic purpose.

This isn't planning. It's just postponing the problem.

6. What almost no one talks about (the real opportunity)

The biggest gain is not from taxes. It is asset and strategic.

A well-structured company in the US allows for:

  • Access to international credit;
  • Investments in dollars;
  • Legal protection;
  • Scalability;
  • Higher valuation;
  • Possibility of exit in the future.

Taxes are a consequence, not the goal.

7. Final provocation

If you want:

  • “"Paying less tax" → you're going to get it wrong.
  • “"Building solid, defensible, and scalable assets" – that makes sense.

The final question is simple:

What is the actual business that this company in the US will operate?

Without it, any structure is fragile.

Talk to Logic Business Consulting

Logic Assessoria operates on both ends. Brazil and the United States with in-depth tax knowledge in both legislations.

We deliver security, strategy, and peace of mind so your operation can grow in a structured and sustainable way.

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