Well, of course personal income taxes would be payed in the country you actually live in, and that's fine. However, according to italian law, if you have a for

Well, of course personal income taxes would be payed in the country you actually live in, and that's fine. However, according to italian law, if you have a foreign company which is administered entirely by italians, then your company is subject to italian company taxation, which is to say that your company is actually italian in fact. Oh, and the burden of proof is on you! (Reference: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterovestizione https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterovestizione , it's in italian, I know). "One guy/girl with a laptop" was just to say that an office and big corporate resources are not needed at that stage; it could very well read "a group of founders", but your advce is sound anyway, thanks! P.s. (I am not a lawyer)