Good information! As I see it from my point of view:<p>Timelines:<p>Does anyone have any actual info on the Atlas timelines&#x2F;waiting lists? I haven&#x27;t seen a single success story&#x2F;blog post discussing this. Atlas FAQ states 2 weeks to get up and running (tax ID and payment acceptance), but when asked about waiting time, their answer is &quot;We don&#x27;t have an exact timeline for adding new users, but we&#x27;d love to chat more about your use case&quot;.<p>e-Residency (from application to card delivery) should take 2-3 weeks. Not months.<p>Taxes:<p>The difference in the level of complexity of US vs Estonian tax rules can&#x27;t be described in words :). That&#x27;s why you will need the huge number of tax advisers&#x2F;lawyers in US, and you&#x27;ll pay them.<p>I&#x27;m not really sure any person, who&#x27;s not a resident of US and is not living there, would benefit from having a body with tax residency there, if there aren&#x27;t other compelling reasons. For example, you would do this if your funding source is coming from there, because funding is better than no funding, no matter the taxes.<p>Funding&#x2F;holding:<p>US has a huge advantage here, clearly!<p>Transparency:<p>Estonia is playing for total transparency and an efficiency heaven. If you want to do shady offshore stuff, then this is not for you. #nopanamapapers<p>TL;DR: Starting and new VC funded startup or a big corporation -&gt; US. Starting a one-man online business (and currently not a tax resident of US) -&gt; Estonia!