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Pricing · 3
What it really costs
Our fee, the hidden costs of doing it yourself, and why this industry so often hides its prices: everything in figures.
- Cost & pricing
How much does it cost to recover withholding tax on foreign dividends?
Success fee, fixed fee or hourly billing: the market's three models, their real ranges, our marginal grid with four worked examples — and the hidden costs to hunt down, do-it-yourself included.
9 min read
- Cost & pricing
Why some providers never publish their pricing (and why we do)
Ostrich marketing applied to withholding tax recovery: the real reasons behind pricing opacity, what it costs the buyer, our published-grid bet — and its openly owned limits, numbers included.
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- Cost & pricing
The W-8BEN explained: complete instructions (and why we charge €49 for a free form)
The W-8BEN is free at the IRS. A line-by-line tutorial to complete it yourself, the traps, expiry and renewal — and the specific cases where our €49 fixed fee (indicative price) earns its keep.
10 min read
Problems · 3
What can go wrong
Rejections, missed deadlines, lapsed W-8BEN forms: the real traps in recovery claims, and how we handle them when they happen.
- Problems & risks
The 7 most common reasons withholding tax refund claims get rejected
Missing certificate, unproven chain of custody, outdated form, missed deadline… The seven rejection grounds we actually encounter, how we prevent them — and what remains possible when a rejection lands anyway.
9 min read
- Problems & risks
Missed the statute of limitations: what happens (really)?
The honest answer: once the limitation period expires, the money is permanently lost — nobody can recover it, and beware of anyone claiming otherwise. Deadlines country by country, the 2-year Canadian trap, and how to rescue the years still open.
9 min read
- Problems & risks
Withholding tax: what your broker won't tell you
Neither incompetence nor conspiracy: withholding-tax recovery is simply not your broker's trade. How to check your statement in five minutes, the exact questions to ask them — and the many cases where they are entirely sufficient.
10 min read
Comparisons · 2
Us, your broker, or doing it yourself
Honest comparisons between your options — including when the best option is not us.
- Comparisons
Reclaiming your withholding tax yourself vs delegating: the honest comparison
Doing it yourself costs €0 in fees — but not zero hours or zero risk. A worked Swiss scenario for both routes, the hidden costs on each side, and the threshold below which we advise you not to pay us.
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- Comparisons
FiscalPlace vs your broker: who actually recovers your withholding tax?
Your broker applies the withholding — it doesn't recover it. What custodians actually do, where WTax and GlobeTax fit on the institutional side, the cases where you need nobody at all — and the full comparison table.
8 min read
Rankings · 2
The best claims to open
Countries, deadlines, recovery potential: rankings built on our country database, not on enthusiasm.
- Best in class
Which countries offer the best recovery potential for a French resident?
Ireland, Switzerland and Sweden on top — the UK and the Netherlands at zero, and we say so. All 11 countries ranked by recoverable gap for an individual French resident, with each one's traps.
10 min read
- Best in class
Statute of limitations: how long you have to claim, ranked by country
From Canada (only 2 years) to Austria, Sweden and Japan (5 years): the full ranking of claim deadlines — with both counting rules, the 31 December cliff, and the filing order that follows.
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