Tax Treaty and Overseas Retirement

The purpose of a Tax Treaty is to define which of two countries has the rights of taxation. Upon retirement when there is a Tax Treaty with the USA then it is possible for the 3rd Country national to receive withdrawal from his IRC 401a or IRA without tax or a reduced tax from the … Read more

Corporatize your Offshore Capital Structure

The best course of action to ring-fence liability, is this ORS/402(b) program. FATCA and the Automatic Exchange of Financial Information reporting rules are enforced now. The PRC has the same rules about foreign financial account reporting as does the USA. Some people in the PRC feel that it is a matter of survival for them … Read more

Charitable Remainder Trust Problems

Charitable Remainder Trust Overview: 1) Trust status cannot extend to beneficiaries and participants The point for all to grasp is that whatever the legal, juridical and tax status of funding structures, that status cannot extend to beneficiaries and participants as individuals. That is why a trust is quite useless to beneficiaries and participants. Besides it … Read more