Category: Expatriate
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Confessions of an Expat Canuck
Never before in modern history has there been a time when people everywhere have become so disillusioned by the Global Governments and their leadership. Call it an awakening, or blame it on the information-age with all it’s alternative media but the fact remains the same; Governments have gone way out of control and their leaders,…
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Top 20 Best Foreign Retirement Havens
Most foreign pension plans are likely characterized as trusts for U.S. tax purposes. Neither the statute nor the regulations define the term “employees’ trust.” However, if a foreign pension (i.e., the trust): (i) was created by a foreign employer, (ii) is administered by the foreign employer, and (iii) is more than half funded by the…
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Invest Offshore in Escudo de Veraguas with the Ngobe (Ngabe)-Bugle´Indian Tribe
The master developer of Escudo de Veraguas (to be referred to as “the project”) will be by HES International, S.A., IPPCorporation and the Ngobe (Ngabe)-Bugle´Indian Tribe. Escudo de Veraguas is an island off the east coast of Panama in Bocas del Toro Province. HES International owns 100% of the land and holds the master concession…
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IRC 402(b) Foreign Regulated, Registered and Recognized Retirement Plan
In response to the single most common question we’re asked at Invest Offshore: I would like to take funds out of the country, going through the regular channels and obtaining tax clearance, to invest with an offshore bank or banks via platforms for investing in overseas markets. What options do I have as an investor…
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San Juan – The New Havana?: Making the Move from Miami to Puerto Rico
[typography font=”Open Sans” size=”11″ size_format=”px”]by Gerald Nowotny[/typography] I lived in Miami for about ten years during the time that I went to law school at the University Of Miami School of Law, i.e. the Harvard of the South! I also worked in Miami while I went to law school at night and have a good…
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Asset protection and tax deferred solutions (offshore) for U.S. Persons
Many US citizens know that it is extremely difficult to hold assets outside of the US solely for asset protection and tax deferral. Some perceived to be authorities say you can invest ” anywhere you want” but that’s just not true. The fact is that there is tax deferred solution that when used the Internal…
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The FATCA Dirty Dozen
Legal challenges that US persons have to deal with, living overseas. The following legal challenges are extremely problematic for USA persons: No foreign bank will open an account for a US person or US person beneficiary.(Other than a bank of the overseas employer for their income overseas) No offshore brokerage will open an account for…
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Double trouble, US Expats feel the burden of FATCA
US anti-tax evasion legislation known as FATCA – the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – has caused upheaval among the American expat community and dual Swiss-US nationals living in Switzerland where it was agreed in February. “People are very angry and upset but some are really scared,” declared Jackie Bugnion, a director and tax specialist…