Tag: PFIC
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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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Invest Offshore in Collectibles and avoid FATCA
Two days ago the colourful painting of two Tahitian women by Paul Gauguin was sold by a Swiss family foundation to a group of state museums in Qatar for nearly $300 million, a record sum for a single work of art. The price would best the roughly $250 million that Qatar paid three years ago…
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Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) Problems
For U.S. persons it is absolutely correct that you should engage in diversification of investments and assets overseas. However, the difficulty with much of the information received from a blog or Google search, no matter how attractive it might seem, is completely out of date. All the points sound great if you say them quickly.…
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PFIC Problem for Americans with Offshore Investments
WARNING: U.S. Persons who Purchased a Retirement Plan, Savings Plan issued from the Isle of Man, Dublin, Guernsey or U.K. Life Insurance Company are holding a British Style Life Policy (lump sum or savings plan) which requires annual reporting as a PFIC and suffers annual taxes on the growth of 36.9% and huge annual penalties…