Tag: IRS
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Offshore Investment into the United States
Sophisticated tax structuring is generally involved in the Investment activities of foreign private and sovereign investors in U.S. private equity and real estate investments, that generate effectively connected income to a U.S. trade or business (ECI). The focus of this structuring generally accomplishes several important tax and non-tax objectives. Re-characterization of income otherwise it’s subject…
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The legal basis for a 402(b) Overseas Retirement Plan
A Nonqualified overseas retirement plan has characteristics that are opposite of what we have all been used to. This specific 402(b), the Regulated Asset Protection Structure (RAPS), allows for pre-tax contributions. There are no maximum contribution limits as this is a nonqualified deferred compensation tax law issue. The fact that this is precisely the opposite…
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Regulatory driven offshore asset protection
All foreign investment capital needs to be looked at because of the expanded scope of the U.S. Treasury form FinCEN 114 (FBAR), the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA). The rule that changed everything is the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Continuously there is the ever present report to the…
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Brought to you by FATCA
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…
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Offshore Investment Account and Asset Protection
An IRA with a foreign investment account can add stronger protection. This foreign investment account, (we recommend Luxembourg), is not accessible to anyone who wins a lawsuit against you (or for any other creditor). So what would a court do if it determines that the value of your IRA exceeds your retirement needs and therefore…
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Held Captive! The Closely Held Insurance Company
Captive Insurance – An Integrated Tax and Risk Management Solution [typography font=”Open Sans” size=”11″ size_format=”px”]by Gerald Nowotny[/typography] Captive or closely held insurance companies have been around a long time, at least fifty or more years. For most of their existence, captive insurance companies lived in relative anonymity and were mostly in the domain of public…
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Asset protection and tax deferred solutions (offshore) for U.S. Persons
Many US citizens know that it is extremely difficult to hold assets outside of the US solely for asset protection and tax deferral. Some perceived to be authorities say you can invest ” anywhere you want” but that’s just not true. The fact is that there is tax deferred solution that when used the Internal…
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Hong Kong TIEA is Good for U.S. Expats
This week it was announced that Hong Kong has agreed to hand over financial details of Americans working in the city, to US tax authorities under Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, US can ask for data if certain conditions are met. The Financial Services and Treasury Bureau said the tax-information exchange agreement allowed the US…