Offshore Succession Planning for American’s

Issue: ”Sovereign Trust – new short form trust structures which present a cost effective succession planning tool with which to hold investments” Faults: Sovereign Trust – succession planning tool U.S. Tax System is Hostile to Offshore Trusts The U.S. tax system is generally hostile to foreign trusts if there is a U.S. taxpayer involved. The … Read more

Structuring Limited Partner Ownership Offshore

This Hedge Fund Limited Partners Ownership is the Only Tax Deferred Income on Gains & Accumulations Entity Not Subject to Self-Employment Tax The effect of all these rulings in 2014 demolished common U.S. situs deferred compensation structures for members of a limited partnership (LLC/LLP) which is the reason that this solution is only found in … Read more

Offshore Investment Strategy of the Rich and Famous

The offshore investment strategy used by the rich and famous (until recently), featured tax avoidance tactics based on trust law. Let’s take a closer look and analyse how these foreign trust examples take advantage of OSP. In this example, Hughes, Katz and the Durands form their trusts in order to safeguard income and property from … Read more

A Foreign Account for Your IRA

Setting up a foreign account without Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) or distribution tax problem: Self-Directed IRA If you search around on the web, you will find that there are many companies offering Self-Directed IRAs. You will find little actionable information on government regulated, registered and recognized foreign pension funds, investment accounts or brokerage accounts. … Read more

FATCA Overseas Nightmares

Lost in Space – The reason so many American Expats will suffer a 100% loss in their overseas Group Pension Scheme is because neither attorneys nor tax consultants are regulated, registered and recognized IRC 402(b) product providers. Therefore, 1) Group Attorneys can draw a legal blueprint of a IRC 402(b) Foreign regulated, FATCA registered and … Read more