Invest Offshore

Category: Tax Havens

  • EU Executive Targets Bank Secrecy

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    Every day it becomes increasingly more evident that investing offshore requires professional guidance. European Union states won’t be able to fend off tax evasion inquiries by hiding behind bank secrecy rules under a proposal to be adopted on Monday. The measure is part of wider EU efforts to snare people who exploit loopholes in rules…

  • Seychelles Liberalise Foreign Currency Dealings

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    The Seychelles government has decided to remove all restrictions on foreign exchange dealings and has set up new regulations to allow the national currency (Rupee) to float, APA learns on Wednesday in the Seychellois capital Victoria. According to a communiqué issued by the Finance Minister Danny Faure, the decision has been taken following the approval…

  • Offshore Business Workshop

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    If you are an entrepreneur and thinking about doing business offshore, you are faced with a choice between an unincorporated branch operation, a foreign LLC or IBC or corporation that is treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. tax purposes or any of these entities that might be treated as either a disregarded entity or…

  • American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce

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    New Date: Chicago Investor Briefing on Southeast Asia’s New Expanded Special Economic Zone (off Coast of Singapore) to be Held – Oct. 31, 2008 The Province of Riau Islands in cooperation with Baker & McKenzie, the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (AICC) and the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Chicago invite internationally-focused…

  • Offshore Investing: The Perfect Solution

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    Offshore investing is an expression heard often, but not necessarily understood by the masses. Here is a breakdown of the definition of the phrase and some generalizations concerning it. First of all, the term “offshore” indicates something being foreign or outside of the domestic territory of one of the G8. The G8 (Group of Eight)…

  • Chinese Firms Continue Flocking To Low-Tax Hong Kong

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    In 2006, 282 Mainland companies invested in Hong Kong, injecting more than US$2 billion into the Hong Kong economy, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) reported recently. According to InvestHK, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government department charged with encouraging and facilitating inward investment into the city, Mainland companies are attracted by Hong Kong’s international…

  • Tax Haven Non-Sense and Deception

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    by Vern Jacobs There seems to be a huge amount of non-sense and some outright deception about the impact of tax havens and the alleged abuse of tax havens. The following comments are offered as an attempt to provide some balance to the arguments of those who rail against U.S. persons with foreign income, particularly…

  • Luxembourg To Introduce New Investment Vehicle

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    The Luxembourg Parliament has adopted a law on Specialized Investment Funds (SIF), which offers a number of new features, including a broader definition of “eligible investors” to include both professional and private “well-informed” investors. The new law replaces the law of 19 July, 1991 which concerned collective investment schemes reserved for institutional investors. According to…