Invest Offshore

Category: Asset Protection

  • Offshore Investing with an IRA

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    The most common question asked about an overseas retirement account and an IRA. Can I Invest in a Business with my IRA? Surprisingly, yes you can invest in an active business with your retirement account. There are a many caveats and limitations, but you can usually lend money to a business, purchase shares in a…

  • How to Comply with FATCA

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    Any financial institution, regardless of its global location, that does not voluntarily comply with FATCA will find that 30% of any US-sourced payments (e.g. a corporate dividend or a maturing principal payment from a US corporate or government bond) will be withheld. Because U.S. stocks and bonds are so widely owned across the globe, virtually…

  • UK Gold Investment on Increase, Caution Urged to Potential Private Investors

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    The Egyptians wanted to be buried in gold while others believed that King Midas could turn anything he touched into gold. These days, however, gold simply has connotations of wealth due to the precious metal’s rareness, and this is nowhere more apparent than in the UK.         As a result, many potential…

  • Time will tell that FATCA is a “hammer blow” for the U.S. economy

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    History will ultimately teach us that America’s far-reaching new global tax law, which came into effect on Tuesday, is a “hammer blow for the U.S. economy”, warns the founder and chief executive of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The stark warning from Nigel Green of deVere Group, which has $10bn under…

  • Hong Kong TIEA is Good for U.S. Expats

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    This week it was announced that Hong Kong has agreed to hand over financial details of Americans working in the city, to US tax authorities under Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, US can ask for data if certain conditions are met. The Financial Services and Treasury Bureau said the tax-information exchange agreement allowed the US…

  • Offshore Tax Havens and the Great Witch Hunt

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    Many professionals working in the offshore financial services industry are asking the question; when will the tax inquisition end? Most of them understand that as long as there’s more than one currency in the world, and while over two thirds of the collective surplus cash supply is parked in so called tax havens, there will…

  • Regulated, Registered, Recognized Foreign Retirement Plan

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    NQDC-vs-402(b) – aka RAPS An alternative to the US Tax Regulations that require NQDC plans (nonqualified deferred compensation plans) to be not formally funded ( The Total Return Swap Hedge requires 25 million annual contributions.) The Alternative to Unfunded, Unhedged, or informally funded NQDC Plans: We have a number of 402(b) Foreign Retirement Plan proposals…