What an Accountant Costs in Tbilisi, and What You Are Actually Buying
What an accountant costs in Tbilisi: published monthly rates run about 180 to 350 GEL for a one-person IE, before VAT. Why advice by the hour is the better buy.
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The Monthly Declaration on RS.ge: What You File, When, and What Happens If You Don't
The monthly declaration on RS.ge for small business status: the deadline, the nil return nobody expects, what counts as turnover, and how to check the penalty.
Georgian-Source or Foreign-Source: The Question That Decides Whether 1% Is Real
Whether income is Georgian-source is not decided by where your client sits. What the Tax Code's source rule turns on, and why the 0% assumption misleads.
Individual Entrepreneur With Small Business Status: The Registration, Step by Step
Registering as an individual entrepreneur in Georgia and getting the 1% rate are two separate applications. The order matters, and the second does not backdate.
Remote for a Foreign Employer: The Exemption, the Ambiguity, and What to Do This Month
Whether Georgia's work permit rules catch remote workers with foreign employers is unresolved. What is unclear, which cases are not, and how to decide.
The Right to Work: What the Special Labour Permit Asks For, in Order
The special labour permit in Georgia as a sequence: who applies, what the self-employed assemble, the published fees, and the step people do out of order.
Working From Tbilisi After March 2026: The Permit, the 1%, and the Decision, Priced
A Georgia work permit is now separate from a residence permit and from the 1% tax. What each of the three costs, and the order to decide them in.
When to Pay a Lawyer at the Public Service Hall, and When You're Paying for a Queue
Which Georgian immigration paperwork is genuinely do-it-yourself, which cases are worth a professional fee, and four questions to ask before you agree.
The IT Residence Permit: Who It Is For, and Whether You Are One of Them
Georgia's IT residence permit: the two tests that decide eligibility, who it covers, and why it is not the digital nomad visa people keep searching for.
Temporary Residence Permits: The Grounds, and Which One You Actually Qualify For
Georgia's residence permit types, the PSDA fee ladder and the 40-day deadline with its exceptions — and which ground a freelancer or remote worker actually has.
Overstaying in Georgia: The Fines, the Database, and the Day It Stops Being Cheap
Georgia's overstay penalties changed on 1 October 2025: fines from 1,000 GEL, entry bans attached, and a ministry database of illegal presence.
The Insurance You Now Need at the Border: 30,000 GEL, and What Counts
Georgia has checked insurance at entry since 1 January 2026: the two coverage minimums, the format the border accepts, and the mistakes that turn people back.
The 365 Days: How Georgia Counts Them, and What the Border Run Still Does
What Ordinance No. 255 says about Georgia's visa-free year, what it pointedly does not say, and why a border run no longer solves the problem it used to.
Staying in Tbilisi Legally: Every Route, Ranked by What It Costs You
The routes to a legal long stay in Georgia, ranked by what each one costs in fees and in effort — and why the visa-free year is no longer a plan on its own.