Starting a company as a foreigner but co-founding with a local

Hi Mary -
I don't have an answer for you but maybe a way to look into it from my point of view. I'm a serial entrepreneur and most business formations state which of the principles have what % of the business interest based on shares of company. You would choose that for the registration and formation paperwork. Therefore, you may have some advantages to making the local person the primary business owner, esp for future tax issues and income regulations. This is not the same as how you split investment or share income, so this part is more administration than profit-sharing. I suggest you reach out to a local attorney AND a local accountant for advice, not just in-country but actually in the region/area of the business location for local tax considerations, too. Hope this makes sense and help you investigate! Best success!!

Hi, you can open a company as a co-host also from abroad, the important thing is to have a partner in Croatia.
I am Italian but I live in Croatia and a year ago I opened a new company
with Italian partners they live in Italy.