Tax Meridian is a working notebook turned publication: cross-border tax regimes, international banking, and the mechanics of moving money between countries — written from receipts, not press releases.
Who writes this
Max Weller has spent over a decade moving money, companies, and himself across borders — US wires and SWIFT traces, European bank onboarding (the approvals and the rejections), residency processes in Spain and Italy, and the compliance stack an American abroad carries everywhere: FBAR, FATCA, foreign tax credits. He currently lives in Barcelona on Spain’s digital nomad visa and is running the numbers on his own next move — which is why the analysis here tends to be the kind you do when your own money is on the line.
Max is not a lawyer, accountant, or licensed advisor, and doesn’t play one online. What you get here is documented experience and close readings of primary sources — statutes, official gazettes, tax authority guidance — with the receipts shown where possible (account numbers and personal details redacted, everything else left visible).
How we work
- Primary sources first. Claims about a law cite the law — gazette numbers, article references — not another blog’s summary.
- Dated and maintained. Cross-border rules change fast. Guides carry a “last reviewed” date and get updated when regulations move.
- Experience labeled as experience, research labeled as research. When we’ve done something ourselves, we show the paperwork. When we’re analyzing a regime we haven’t personally used, we say so.
- Nothing here is advice. See the disclaimer. For decisions, hire a professional licensed in the relevant jurisdiction — we sometimes point to firms we consider competent, and disclose when a referral compensates us.
Tax Meridian is published by Beltrix Travel LLC. Reach us at [email protected].