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Tag: FATCA

  • Secrecy & Privacy for Offshore Investment

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    Whether you are from China or the USA there are TWO important questions in regards to how one deals with money and offshore investment: on the individual tax compliant level and at the institutional reporting level Whether it is the client himself or the foreign financial institution (FFI) they really have no idea about what…

  • Brought to you by FATCA

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    Recapturing Pre-Tax Contributions and Tax Deferred Accumulations in a 402(b) Regulated Asset Protection Structure Contributions to this Internal Revenue Service (IRS) acknowledged and FATCA registered foreign company retirement plan are for persons working inside or outside the USA. Assets held within this specific IRC 402(b) are recognized globally as not included in worldwide taxable assets…

  • Offshore Self Directed IRA

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    Set-up a Foreign Account for Your U.S. IRA without Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) or (UBTI) distribution tax problems 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…

  • 402b Benefits for Asset Protection

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    Benefits of a Regulated Asset Protection Structure (RAPS) Recapture pre-tax contributions and tax deferred accumulations Recapture foreign financial account privacy and secrecy When there is a legal basis there are no limits to contribution amounts Liquidity at all times. Overcome regulatory barriers to provide your champions capital shares Reduce employee social service costs by 1/3rd…

  • Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) Problems

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    For U.S. persons it is absolutely correct that you should engage in diversification of investments and assets overseas. However, the difficulty with much of the information received from a blog or Google search, no matter how attractive it might seem, is completely out of date. All the points sound great if you say them quickly.…

  • How to Comply with FATCA

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    Any financial institution, regardless of its global location, that does not voluntarily comply with FATCA will find that 30% of any US-sourced payments (e.g. a corporate dividend or a maturing principal payment from a US corporate or government bond) will be withheld. Because U.S. stocks and bonds are so widely owned across the globe, virtually…

  • Time will tell that FATCA is a “hammer blow” for the U.S. economy

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    History will ultimately teach us that America’s far-reaching new global tax law, which came into effect on Tuesday, is a “hammer blow for the U.S. economy”, warns the founder and chief executive of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The stark warning from Nigel Green of deVere Group, which has $10bn under…