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Category: Tax Havens

  • Luxembourg ranked as leading financial centre in the Eurozone

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    The 19th Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) lists Luxembourg as the leading financial centre in the Eurozone, 2nd in the European Union after London and 3rd most competitive European financial centre. Luxembourg has improved its ranking by 5 places compared to GFCI 18. As in previous years, it is identified as the only European financial…

  • USA: The New Switzerland?

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    At one time, tax havens took great pride in calling themselves just that, since low-tax jurisdictions provide people with freedom from oppressive taxation. But, in recent decades, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, based in France, but largely funded and controlled by the USA) has been on a rampage to crush tax havens.…

  • AEOI Automatic Exchange of Information

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    FATCA and CRS regime are commonly referred to as AEOI Automatic Exchange of Information. GATCA, or global account tax compliance act introduces the global AEOI. The OECD has developed a standard for global information exchange which has been widely endorsed: On 21 July 2014 the OECD issued the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Information…

  • New Tax Haven Is the United States

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    Moving money out of the usual offshore secrecy havens and into the U.S. is a brisk new business. According to the Bloomberg Business News article titled: The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States. This link was found on the Drudge Report for January 27th but not for entire 24 hours, here’s the…

  • Buy an Exemption from Foreign Financial Institution Regulatory Reporting

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    January 1st, 2016, recognized foreign retirement plans will be bracketed with US retirement plans for the purpose of investments; which means our recommended Hong Kong ORS402(b) is for anyone, including US people to invest in US Real Estate completely free of tax, as an Exemption from Foreign Financial Institution Regulatory Reporting (FIRPA). [box type=”tick” style=”rounded”…

  • Luxembourg’s LuxLeaks deal

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    Journal: The EU’s ongoing investigation into Luxembourg’s tax agreements with multinational corporations is threatening to leave a black mark on the Grand Duchy at the end of its six-month European presidency. Luxembourg’s finance ministry could face legal action from the European Commission, as the EU authority continues its probe into illegal state aid to corporates…

  • Offshore private equity deals set to reach five-year high

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    Private equity deals accounted for more than a quarter of the total value of offshore mergers and acquisitions in the third quarter of 2015 and are set to reach the highest total dollar value in five years, according to a report by Appleby. [box]The Offshore-I report, which looks at private equity transactions in offshore markets…

  • Barbados, An “Ethical” Tax Haven?

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    The Caribbean island says its financial system is all aboveboard, yet it remains a gateway to less scrupulous offshore havens like the Cayman Islands. BRIDGETOWN — Is there “dirty” money strewn across the pristine sands of Barbados? Does something sinister hide beneath the glistening coral reefs of this former pirate haunt, the small Caribbean outpost…

  • Tax haven makes residency easier for the rich

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    The canton of Zug is planning to make it a lot easier for wealthy foreigners to settle in the area. It will mean one rule for the rich and one for the poor. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Foreigners applying for “C” residence permits in a German-speaking canton normally have to prove they can speak the local language quite…