Tag: IRS

  • Offshore Investment Truth & Myths

    Offshore Investment Truth Offshore investments have access to the widest possible variety of investment instruments and may often pursue more aggressive investment strategies than if they were registered in a “traditional” jurisdiction.  (These Funds out-perform U.S. Funds in Asia and South America). [box type=”tick” size=”large” style=”rounded” border=”full”]A series of offshore investment funds, designed under the same…

  • US Government wants retirement savings in US Bonds

    Why the US Government wants retirement savings in US Bonds According to financial research firm ICI, total retirement assets in the USA now exceed $23 trillion. $7.3 trillion of that is held in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). [box type=”alert” style=”rounded”]The U.S. government just passed $19 trillion in debt[/box] Unfunded Social Security entitlements the government estimate…

  • Your IBC problem

    Your International Business Company (IBC problem) needs immediate attention from a U.S. Tax Attorney or experienced IRS Enrolled Agent. There is NO deferral of income in your current structure. Here is your IBC problem: 1) Your BVI, Seychelles or Anguilla IBC (an IBC from any foreign jurisdiction) is a Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) 100%…

  • Renouncing U.S. Citizenship eBook

    DETROIT – JANUARY 19, 2016 – Freeman Tax Law, a tax law firm specialising in overseas financial issues and IRS representation, recently published an eBook for people who are interested in renouncing U.S. citizenship. It includes important information regarding expatriation, including what the obligations are when trying to renounce U.S. citizenship, the penalties for failing…

  • Offshore asset protection structures that work

    Opinion has nothing to do with what we are about or why our offshore asset protection structure works. What we are about is defined specifically and exactly on the W8 form, we are using the IRS own language rather than some opinion. We are W-8BEN-E box 29e recognized! That is who we are. The IRS…

  • End of the Line – Part II: Year End Tax Planning Strategies

    This article is Part II in a series of tax planning strategies for year-end tax planning for the 2015 tax series. The article addresses the Pooled Income Fund (PIF) which as this article demonstrates, has surprising planning utility in the current low interest rate environment. Planned giving officers of tax exempt organizations are very familiar…

  • The End of the Line – Part I: Year End Tax Planning Strategies

    This article is designed to provide an overview of a technique that might allow taxpayers to accomplish significant income tax savings at the end of the 2015 tax year. This planning can be accomplished regardless of whether you are a taxpayer with high W2 income or a taxpayer with a once in a lifetime realization…