Internal Revenue Service Archives

Personal Pension and Foreign Investment Account

Mar 23, 2016

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Trade risk for security offshore – Overseas Personal Pension The simple solution is to centralize your investment into a U.S. IRS fully compliant tax free trading environment. This can be accomplished by using a US – onshore regulated Trustee and using a self Directed Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Foreign Investment Account. You can easily rollover…

Tax Planning Considerations for the Purchase of a Residence in the U.S. by Foreign Buyers

Jun 18, 2015

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Aaron

in Real Estate

Many factors influence a foreign buyer’s decision to purchase residential real estate in the U.S. Generally, most of these decisions tend to be driven by concerns over political and economic uncertainty in the buyer’s home country. Most foreigners do not leave their home country, family, and friends for trivial reasons. The combination of economic and…

A Recognized, Registered and Regulated Foreign Retirement Plan

Jun 5, 2015

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Aaron

in Tax Havens

O.E.C.D. Income Tax Deferred Overseas Retirement Plan. Internationally there are occupational retirement plans. The International Organization of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) covers this whole area, and also if you look at the E.U. Directive itself the whole idea behind these laws and legal concepts is primarily to do with people’s work. It is in regards to…

4 Best Reasons to Invest Offshore

Jan 24, 2014

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Aaron

in Asset Protection

There is no reason for your advisor to have ever heard of a regulated asset protection structure (RAPS). US advisors do not study this area of law and consequently do not advise on foreign retirement plan law. However, an IRC 402(b) Foreign Retirement Fund (RAPS) allows your assets to be held tax deferred for which…

Regulated, Registered, Recognized Foreign Retirement Plan

Aug 21, 2013

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Aaron

in Asset Protection

NQDC-vs-402(b) – aka RAPS An alternative to the US Tax Regulations that require NQDC plans (nonqualified deferred compensation plans) to be not formally funded ( The Total Return Swap Hedge requires 25 million annual contributions.) The Alternative to Unfunded, Unhedged, or informally funded NQDC Plans: We have a number of 402(b) Foreign Retirement Plan proposals…

A Foreign Financial Account excluded from FATCA

Aug 15, 2013

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Aaron

in Asset Protection, Currency and Forex, Economics, ETF, Hedge & Mutual Funds, Expatriate, Futures, Options and Commodities, Offshore Banks, Stocks and Bonds

UNITED STATES IRC 402(b) LAW (1986) UNLEASHES TAX OFFSHORE The U.S. Tax system is generally hostile to foreign financial structures if there is a U.S. taxpayer or U.S. beneficiary involved. The hostility is understandable-foreign structures interfere with government ability to impose or collect tax. Avoiding international tax pitfalls can be best achieved, both foreign and…

The FATCA Dirty Dozen

Aug 8, 2013

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Aaron

in Asset Protection, Expatriate, Offshore Banks, Offshore Company

Legal challenges that US persons have to deal with, living overseas. The following legal challenges are extremely problematic for USA persons: No foreign bank will open an account for a US person or US person beneficiary.(Other than a bank of the overseas employer for their income overseas) No offshore brokerage will open an account for…

Double trouble, US Expats feel the burden of FATCA

Jun 7, 2013

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Aaron

in Expatriate

US anti-tax evasion legislation known as FATCA – the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – has caused upheaval among the American expat community and dual Swiss-US nationals living in Switzerland where it was agreed in February. “People are very angry and upset but some are really scared,” declared Jackie Bugnion, a director and tax specialist…

Top 5 Reasons for you to consider the Regulator Asset Protection Structure

Mar 2, 2013

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Aaron

in Asset Protection

1. We suspect that a typical US provider would be proposing a life or annuity structure product and those are regulated individually by each state in the United States, have no Federal registration and are not always recognized by any foreign government. A typical U.K. provider would propose a UK life policy savings plan, but…

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