Guides to getting things done in Tbilisi

When filing your own Georgian declarations is fine, when it quietly costs you, and the point where an accountant pays.

Every line item in a Georgian company registration, from the state fee to the costs nobody puts on the quote.

The seven things that actually need doing in the first month after your Georgian company is registered.

The GEL 100,000 threshold, what really counts toward it, and why reverse charge bills you even if you never register.

Georgia's flat 20% rate, the 183-day test, and the source rule that catches remote workers who think they owe nothing.

Financial statements by 1 October, tax returns by the 15th. The Georgian filing calendar, and who is not exempt.

The power of attorney route, what it actually costs, and the one step no representative can complete on your behalf.

Official state fees, the documents the registry checks, and the address problem that stalls most filings.

The 1% rate is real, but it is a status on a person, capped at GEL 500,000, and VAT bites long before that.

What a Georgian LLC actually has to record, keep and file, and the four-category system that decides how much.

The right to work now comes before the permit. The turnover gate, the 40-day deadline and the fees that actually apply.

Two one-month clocks start the day you are refused. Which one to use, and the 40-day rule that prevents it.

The Civil Code caps your deposit and sets a three-month notice period. Furnished flats quietly escape both.

The 40,000 GEL exemption is tested on last year's income. The rate band is tested on this year's.

The extract lines buyers skip, the objection note that voids good faith, and what to check before you pay.

The tax, liability and banking differences between a Georgian LLC and an IE, plus what it costs to switch.

Naturalisation usually costs your other passport. The 10-year rule, the exam in Georgian, and the routes around both.

The year sits in one ordinance, not a treaty. What it covers, and what stopped being covered in 2026.

Spouses and minor children only. The income test, the 40-day deadline, and the fees the agency actually charges.

58 treaties in force, four forms that claim the relief, and the countries Georgia still has no treaty with.

Legally you can file yourself. Here is exactly when that stops being a good idea, and what it costs when it goes wrong.

15% on distribution, not on profit. The gross-up nobody quotes, and the deemed distributions that trigger it early.

Registry fees, the extract checks that matter, and the residence permit line that moved in 2026.

Ten official districts, a dozen names people actually use, and which ones survive a second winter.

Real published GEL rate cards from Tbilisi firms, the extras that never make the quote, and what actually moves it.

Virtual zone, 1% IE or plain LLC: how IT businesses in Georgia are actually taxed, and what you have to file.

Article 99 gives 0% on exported software. Since 2022 the Revenue Service asks where the code was actually written.

No Airbnb licence exists in Tbilisi. The 5% rate does, but only if your name is in the right register.

Every permit type, the official fees, and the 40-day deadline that quietly decides whether you can apply at all.

The 183-day count is a rolling window, not a calendar year. What Article 34 says, and where people get it wrong.