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  • Offshore Companies and FATCA

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    Structuring Business Ownership of Offshore Companies with FATCA and GATCA Compliance There is a misunderstanding as to what type of businesses the U.S. provides tax deferral overseas. Is it a trading company or a company dealing in capital overseas? The fact is that the U.S. provides tax deferral on overseas trading businesses but not on…

  • Brought to you by FATCA

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    Recapturing Pre-Tax Contributions and Tax Deferred Accumulations in a 402(b) Regulated Asset Protection Structure Contributions to this Internal Revenue Service (IRS) acknowledged and FATCA registered foreign company retirement plan are for persons working inside or outside the USA. Assets held within this specific IRC 402(b) are recognized globally as not included in worldwide taxable assets…

  • Offshore Self Directed IRA

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    Set-up a Foreign Account for Your U.S. IRA without Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) or (UBTI) distribution tax problems If you search around on the web, you will find that there are many companies offering Self-Directed IRAs. You will find little actionable information on government regulated, registered and recognized foreign pension funds, investment accounts or…

  • 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 the 2015 changes will affect online merchants

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    The 2015 VAT changes produce a number of challenges for merchants selling digital services. The changes herald a fresh start for the EU in terms of how they tax the digital economy but for merchants it is another layer of compliance that they need to meet.  Here are some of the issues that merchants must…

  • Held Captive! The Closely Held Insurance Company

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    Captive Insurance – An Integrated Tax and Risk Management Solution [typography font=”Open Sans” size=”11″ size_format=”px”]by Gerald Nowotny[/typography] Captive or closely held insurance companies have been around a long time, at least fifty or more years. For most of their existence, captive insurance companies lived in relative anonymity and were mostly in the domain of public…

  • Explanatory notes offer clues to merchants on EU VAT compliance

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    THE EU’s Explanatory Notes on the new VAT Directive for 2015 provide all the information that merchants need to ensure their EU VAT compliance. Compliance essentially boils to – as per the Explanatory Notes – “the relevant taxable persons would need to be able to process personal data of their customers in order to prove…

  • Deadline approaching to comply with new VAT on eServices

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    THE new EU VAT on eServices comes into effect on January 1, 2015, and will – potentially – result in a host of administrative burdens for eMerchants. There are numerous issues ahead for businesses that have B2C sales of digital services in the EU. The new VAT rules only affect sales from a business to…