Category: Tax Havens

  • Cayman Island Offshore Company Guide

    When you want to invest in the Cayman Islands, the place that you should be contacting is the Chamber of Commerce, as this is the best center to get any kind of business related information. This island has been a favorite spot for most business ventures for a long time now, since it has many…

  • Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program

    Anxious US Taxpayers Who Disclosed Foreign Bank Accounts and Await Their Call From the IRS Need to Decide Whether to Accept the “Offshore” Penalty or Withdraw From the Program, Says Marks Paneth & Shron Director and Former IRS Special Agent The Call From the IRS Will Come; Once It Does, US Taxpayers Must Make Tough…

  • Best International Bank Award

    ST HELIER, Jersey, March 31, 2010 – Abbey International is currently celebrating twice over having won the coveted Best International Bank award in this year’s Investment International Finance Awards and this week secured a “Best Buy” listing for its popular 18 month fixed rate deposit currently paying 3.57% AER with Moneyfacts, the independent industry monitor (source: Moneyfacts.co.uk). The Investment International awards are amongst the oldest…

  • EU Executive Targets Bank Secrecy

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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)…