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Tax Residency Days Tracker
Count days per country, surface the 183-day rule, and track tie-breaker prompts.
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Free tools for freelancers who live, work and get paid across borders
Count the days you spend in each country, see what currency conversion really costs you, make invoices in any currency, and compare digital nomad visas. Free, no sign-up, and your data never leaves your browser.
Informational tools only — not tax, legal, or financial advice. Terms
Free tools for cross-border freelancers
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FX Reality Check
Compare true costs of Wise, Revolut, PayPal, SWIFT and more for your corridor.
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Multi-Currency Invoice Generator
Generate professional invoices with multi-currency totals, VAT, and IBAN fields.
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Get-Paid-From-Abroad Decoder
Find the best way to receive international payments for your country pair.
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Cost-of-Living Equivalency
Compare two cities and calculate equivalent income across currencies and essential expense categories.
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Tax Treaty Lookup
Check whether a tax treaty exists between two countries and find the source.
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Visa-for-Freelancers Comparator
Compare digital nomad and freelancer visas across countries — income, duration, fees.
Guides for freelancers working across borders
How these calculators work, what they assume, and where they mislead
What each of the seven tools assumes, which sources it uses, when it was last verified, and the cases where its answer will mislead you.
Read your tax treaty in ten minutes: a plain-English walkthrough
A tax treaty is thirty pages and about five of its articles concern a freelancer. How to find yours, read the structure, and navigate the articles that matter.
What a company in another country does — and doesn't do — for you
Where a company is registered is a fact. Where it is tax resident is a conclusion. Plain-English definitions of the terms that decide it, with sources.
The €1,000 test: what four providers quoted on the same morning
The same €1,000 instruction quoted through Wise, Revolut, Remitly and PayPal on one morning, in two corridors, against the ECB reference rate.
What actually happens to your money between your client and your bank
The advertised fee is rarely the real cost of an international payment. The route, the reference rate, the spread, and who carries the exchange-rate risk.
The 183-day rule is not the rule: what decides tax residency
The 183-day rule is the first question, not the answer. The ordered test that decides residency when two countries both claim you, with the treaty text.
Tax residency vs citizenship vs domicile: what each decides
Citizenship, immigration status, tax residency and domicile are four different things, decided by four different sets of rules. What each governs.
Where you live, where your company is, where your money sits
Three questions decide cross-border situations: where you live, where your company is, and where your money sits. What each determines, and where to start.
Digital nomad visa guides
Croatia — Digital Nomad Residence Permit
Croatia's digital-nomad temporary stay is for third-country nationals working remotely for non-Croatian employers or own foreign companies; it can be granted for up to 18 months and currently requires at least EUR 3,622.50/month.
Czechia — Živno (Trade Licence / Freelance Visa)
Czechia's živno/business route has no fixed monthly income threshold in USD; official financial evidence for long-term business visa purposes is based on Czech statutory funds, including CZK 156,500 for entrepreneurship, and the long-term business residence permit can be valid up to 2 years.
Estonia — Digital Nomad Visa
Estonia's Digital Nomad Visa allows remote workers to stay temporarily for up to 1 year if they work for foreign employers/clients and meet the minimum income threshold of EUR 4,500 net/month.
Germany — Freelance Residence Permit
Germany's self-employed/freelance route has no fixed income threshold; the authorities assess sufficient financial means, sustainability of the business idea, professional experience, accommodation, and capital/credit, with permits valid up to 3 years.
Malta — Nomad Residence Permit
Malta's Nomad Residence Permit is for third-country nationals working remotely for foreign employers/businesses/clients; it is issued for 1 year and can be renewed while criteria are met, with a current minimum gross yearly income of EUR 42,000.
Mauritius — Premium Travel Visa
Mauritius's Premium Visa is a free, renewable long-stay visa for tourists, retirees, and remote professionals/families, valid for more than 6 months up to 1 year; official FAQ evidence states USD 1,500/month per adult and USD 500/month per dependent child.
Mexico — Temporary Resident Visa (Financial Solvency)
Mexico's Temporary Resident Visa by economic solvency is consulate-based; the Orlando consulate checklist requires either USD 73,215 average savings over 12 months or USD 4,393/month income over 6 months, with a USD 53 processing fee.
Portugal — D8 Digital Nomad Visa
Portugal's D8/remote-work route is tied to remote professional activity performed outside Portugal; official means-of-subsistence rules use the 2026 minimum monthly salary of EUR 920, so the commonly applied D8 threshold of 4x minimum wage is EUR 3,680/month.
Spain — Digital Nomad Visa
Spain's international telework visa/residence route is for non-EU remote workers for companies/clients outside Spain; the 2026 main-applicant threshold is approximately EUR 2,849/month gross, based on 200% of annual SMI.
Who these tools are for
Cross Border Freelance is for people whose work does not stop at one border: freelancers and contractors with clients abroad, digital nomads who move between countries, and small one-person companies that invoice in more than one currency.
The tools answer practical, factual questions — how many days you have spent in each country this year, what a bank or payment app really charges to convert your money, whether a tax treaty exists between two countries, and what a digital nomad visa asks for. They count, compare and look things up. They do not decide your tax residency or tell you what tax you owe; for that, talk to a qualified adviser in your country.
Every tool is free, needs no account, and runs in your browser, so the dates, amounts and client details you type stay on your device.
Why Cross Border Freelance?
- Privacy-first All calculations happen in your browser. No account required.
- Locale-aware Numbers, dates, and currencies formatted for your country automatically.
- Transparent methodology Every tool links to its data sources and methodology.