Tag: Hong Kong
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Buried Treasure: How Much Is Hidden in Tax Havens?
Switzerland, which developed cross-border wealth-management in the 1920s, once was in a league of its own as a tax haven. Since the 1980s, however, tax-dodgers have had a rich menu to choose from: They can hide assets anywhere from the Bahamas to Hong Kong. The percentage of global wealth held offshore has increased dramatically—but it…
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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…
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The Netherlands is world’s biggest conduit to offshore tax havens
[box]The Netherlands is the biggest conduit to offshore tax havens in the world, with almost a quarter of fiscal constructions having a Dutch link, according to researchers at a specialist unit at the University of Amsterdam.[/box] ‘Only five big countries act as conduit-OFCs,’ the researchers from Corpnet said in a new report. ‘Together these five…
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Hong Kong ORSO Schemes for Overseas Retirement
[box]ORS402(b) compliant registered ORSO scheme is an exempt, non-reporting Financial Institutions for CRS reporting purposes under Part 2 of Schedule 17C to the Inland Revenue Ordinance (IRO). When the Hong Kong ORSO schemes is not exempt from CRS/FATCA reporting it is not recognized internationally for deferral of income.[/box] Knowing the differences in Hong Kong ORSO…
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Hong Kong ORS and CRS (Common Reporting Standard)
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…
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China to lift curbs on foreign fund offshore investments
HONG KONG: China will lift a two-year suspension on foreign fund raising money in the country to invest overseas as early as June, people familiar with the matter said, a sign that Beijing is getting less anxious about capital outflow pressures. Some industry executives said the expected resumption of the Qualified Domestic Limited Partnership (QDLP)…
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Cayman tops offshore deal-making in 2016
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]The Cayman Islands was the main offshore jurisdiction for mergers and acquisitions in 2016, with about a third of all offshore transactions involving Cayman-based companies.[/box] Offshore law firm Appleby noted in its latest Offshore-i report that last year Cayman-incorporated companies were the target of 920 transactions worth a combined US$84 billion, representing 36…
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The Heavens. Annual Report
“The Heavens. Annual Report” Paolo Woods & Gabriele Galimberti Centre Assas | Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas AS A PART OF THE MOIS DE LA PHOTO DU GRAND PARIS 2017 The Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and the Rencontres d’Arles are teaming up for a groundbreaking approach to the debate over major social issues by bringing specialists…