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Tag: CRS

  • How European Banks Leverage Tax Havens: A Persistent Practice Despite Transparency Measures

    How European Banks Leverage Tax Havens: A Persistent Practice Despite Transparency Measures

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    In the world of asset protection and offshore finance, there is one trend that refuses to fade: European banks channeling substantial profits through tax havens. Despite ongoing efforts for transparency and stricter disclosure regulations, the largest European banks continue to book a staggering EUR 20 billion—equivalent to 14% of their total annual profits—in offshore jurisdictions.…

  • Who Holds the Master Key Offshore?

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    It is clear that institutions must either comply with the provisions of FATCA or seek exemption. It is possible for a firm to be awarded ‘limited conditional’ FATCA status, which means that the offshore institution is exempt from reporting because it is deemed to be compliant and information secrecy laws come into force.

  • CRS Compliant ICO Operational Trading Platform

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    The one CRS and FATCA compliant ICO operational trading platform, exempt from SEC registration, is overseas retirement [box type=”note”]Regulatory focus on ICO’s: 2017 saw an enormous increase in the number of “Initial Coin Offerings” (ICOs) that have been arranged.[/box] [box type=”tick”]Over US$5.68 billion was said to have been raised in 2017, with over 1.4 billion in December 2017…

  • Know-Your-Customer (KYC) for a Clean Nominee Bank Account

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    [box]Know-Your-Customer (KYC) rules that freeze up non-compliant banking, businesses, entities and persons. Freeze up means that transfers are blocked; no trade in capital processed.[/box] Financial institutions fear to be wittingly or unwittingly implicated when they are used to settle, facilitate, or finance international trade transactions (e.g., through processing wire transfers, providing trade finance, and issuing…

  • Canada Overseas Retirement Plan and Hong Kong Pension Law

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    A specific type of Hong Kong pension law framework, when structured compliantly, can produce a cross-border financial structure that is government regulated, registered and recognized to reduce the cost of tax for cross-border investment into and out of Canada. A Hong Kong ORSO is after tax contribution with the idea that withdrawals after age 55…

  • Hong Kong ORS and CRS (Common Reporting Standard)

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    The Hong Kong ORS is not exempt from CRS/FATCA reporting; which means the ORS is not recognized internationally for deferral of income. ORS402(b) is an exempt from CRS and FATCA reporting exempt beneficiary financial account. WE provide the whitepapers to explain the difference between a Hong Kong ORS and our private label ORS402(b). Overseas Financial…

  • Anti-FATCA lawyer rejects Europe threat to US taxpayers

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    Sanctions unlikely, lobbyist says The leading advocate for repeal of the U.S. Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act has called “laughable” any attempt to sanction Washington – should it rescind FATCA – for noncompliance with copycat European tax laws. Washington-based anti-FATCA tax-lawyer and lobbyist James Jatras said European efforts to pinpoint U.S. taxpayers through the Organization…