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Tax Haven Guide
Editorial Review The Complete Tax Haven Guide: Financial Freedom Through Global Investing by Adam Starchild Tax havens are one of the most important subjects for an international entrepreneur or investor, yet few understand and use them properly. One group discount them as hiding holes for dirty money, which is not a legitimate use for tax…
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Foreign Variable Universal Life Insurance – FVUL
Elimination of Capital-Gains, Tax-Free Growth, Tax-Free Borrowing, Elimination of Estate Tax. This structure offers some of the best tax planning benefits available today. Investors with appreciated assets of at least $1 million (public or private stock, real estate, etc.) can use the FVUL structure to obtain significant tax savings. The FVUL can eliminate 3 levels…
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Gibraltar flies the flag for its own stock market
Gibraltar, the sunny British territory famed for its imposing Rock and Barbary Apes, is in talks to create its own stock exchange.The exchange, which would be called GibEx, was dreamt up by local law firm Hassans and Austrian-based bank Medici. They are outlining plans to the authorities and the business community to create a trading…
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Offshore assets rise
Johannesburg – South African investors channelled R2.5bn into offshore collective investments (offshore assets) in the March quarter with total assets of these foreign currency denominated funds reaching R70.3bn, the Association of Collective Investments (ACI) said on Tuesday. The net inflows into the 347 foreign funds was nearly double the previous quarter’s R1.3bn, with the bulk…
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Find safer returns overseas
With risks mounting in U.S. markets, foreign investments look more attractive By Jeff Brown Stock market investors are enjoying a good run this year, but there’s still plenty to worry about. What if the economy cools, the Fed keeps pushing interest rates up or corporate earnings disappoint? Isn’t there a way to get stock market…
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Savvy Investors Outflank Europe’s Tax Snoopers
It has been reported in the Swiss media that revenues generated by the transitional withholding tax on Swiss savings and investments under the European Savings Directive are far below expectations, suggesting that investors have easily manoeuvred their assets into places where the directive cannot reach. Roland Reding, a tax expert at accounting firm KPMG, told…
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Tax Breaks Attract Investors To Brazilian Investment Funds
Tax breaks and high levels of interest rates helped Brazilian investment funds attract a record 39.9 billion Brazilian reals ($18.7 billion) in the first quarter of 2006, the National Investment Banks Association (Anbid) reported last week. Fixed-income funds led the way in attracting new investors, pulling in a net BRL16.7 billion during the first three…
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Invest offshore in ETF’s
QUESTION: What are the tax implications for an american citizen of buying exchange traded funds in another currency in an offshore account? REPLY: According to MSN Money Central, an exchange traded fund (ETF) is essentially an index fund. As such they would be treated as mutual funds by the IRS. Those that are available through…
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