Keep Your U.S. Citizenship, Slash Your Taxes
“No taxation without representation!” One of the rallying cries of the American Revolution–but here’s the twist: the reverse is also true!
What if you could keep your blue passport, stay on American soil, and legally reduce your tax bill by 90% or more? Sounds too good to be true, right? Welcome to Puerto Rico.
The U.S. territory that most Americans overlook is quietly becoming a magnet for savvy entrepreneurs, crypto millionaires, and anyone tired of writing massive checks to the IRS. Residents don’t get to vote in federal elections, but in exchange? Some of the most jaw-dropping tax incentives you’ll find anywhere in the world.
But Wait—There’s More Than Just Tax Breaks
Picture this: you’re running your business from a beachfront café, year-round warmth, world-class surfing and diving at your doorstep, a thriving expat community, and yes—there are even EB-5 investment projects if you’re looking to bring family members into the fold.
The Real Talk
Of course, there’s no free lunch. You need to actually live there (183+ days per year), establish real ties to the island, and navigate some genuinely complex rules. Not everyone’s cut out for island life, and not every business model qualifies.
That’s where this conversation gets good.
Developer and longtime Puerto Rico resident Angus Beavers sits down with Mona and Rebecca to pull back the curtain on what life is really like after making the move. The money you’ll save. The lifestyle you’ll gain. The mistakes people make. The surprises nobody tells you about.
Whether you’re already packing your bags or just wondering if there’s a better way than hemorrhaging money to Uncle Sam every April, this episode will change how you think about taxes, citizenship, and what’s actually possible.
Ready to explore the 4% solution?
“Well, the fact of the matter is there is only one residency in the entire world where you can live and actually not be subject to the IRS federal tax code. And that happens to be Puerto Rico, the territory, the U.S. territory. […] And literally the bottom line is, their tax code, you lose the ability to vote by moving there, you just give up the right to vote on a federal level. So, you can’t vote for the president. You don’t have a senator or a congressman representing you. Conversely, you don’t get clipped by taxes. And it all goes back to the old, the axiom which started the American Revolution against the Brits. No taxation without representation.” – Angus Beavers
Angus Beavers
Angus Beavers is a licensed Real Estate Agent & Developer in Puerto Rico, Connecticut, and New York. An inveterate entrepreneur, he has been a founder of hospitality, real estate, travel, and entertainment ventures — often in one entity. A little more than a year after he graduated from The University of Pennsylvania, Angus was promoting events at the world famous disco, Studio 54. Not long after that he opened his first hospitality project, The Surf Club, a reknown nightclub for Wall Street denizens which made him a millionaire at age 24. In the following years he developed housing in the ski resort of Park City, Utah (Winter Olympics Venue), and rolled out no less than 6 nightclubs and restaurants in LA, NYC, and Dallas, Texas. Today he is a land Investor in Culebra Island, Puerto Rico — a little known tax paradise in the Caribbean.
Since Travel and experiences are seminal to his happiness, it is no surprise that Angus’ current projects include a travel app, RoadSpoke, which is a winner of the Walton (Walmart) Family SCALE Challenge as well as an off-the-grid branded residences resort, The Haciendas of Culebra, which is more about preservation than development. He actively seeks seed and strategic stakeholders for ventures which create new industries. All projects leverage a competitive advantage over existing enterprises. Simultaneously, he creates socially and environmentally beneficial ventures that monetize wellness beyond the bottom-line. Find out how we can be an invaluable partner for you! (Contact us at 435.962.0094 angus@CulebraRealty.com www.CulebraRealty.com)
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