Tag: FATCA
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The Success of FATCA: A Case Study in International Financial Regulation
In an era of burgeoning globalization and digital finance, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) stands as a remarkable achievement in the fight against tax evasion and the promotion of financial transparency. Implemented in 2010 by the U.S. government, FATCA aims to detect and deter U.S. taxpayers who use foreign accounts to circumvent U.S.…
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Asking AI if $4 Trillion in U.S. Wealth Held Offshore
Open AI; Is $4 Trillion in U.S. Wealth Held Offshore? It is difficult to determine the exact amount of U.S. wealth held offshore, as such data is often not disclosed or easily accessible. However, according to a 2017 report by the National Bureau of Economic Research, it was estimated that the total amount of U.S.…
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How to Avoid Double Taxation by United States and Canada for a Dual Citizen
Can you be a Dual Citizen of U.S. and Canada? Yes, it is possible to be a dual citizen of both the United States and Canada. Both countries allow dual citizenship, meaning that an individual can be a citizen of both countries at the same time. However, becoming a dual citizen requires following specific legal…
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Who Holds the Master Key Offshore?
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.
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CRS Compliant ICO Operational Trading Platform
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…
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What Is A Clean Nominee Bank Account?
This is from the User’s Guide to a Clean Nominee Bank Account for cash flow that is a specifically recognized category by tax authorities as not being your income For the purpose to ensure that taxpayers pay the right amount of tax to the right jurisdiction, the Automatic Exchange of Financial Information general rule is…
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Regulations Call Out Beneficial Ownership of Trusts and Life Insurance
The past global trend has been that life insurance or trusts based plans were set up offshore for the purpose to be an after tax contribution savings plan financed and administered through either an insurance company or trust company arrangement. In today’s automatic exchange of financial information annually reported they are not acknowledged tax and…
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Know-Your-Customer (KYC) for a Clean Nominee Bank Account
[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…
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Canada Overseas Retirement Plan and Hong Kong Pension Law
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…