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  • Fifty Shades of Tax Dodging

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    UK takes two-faced approach to tax, new report suggests 3 November 2015 – The UK government has a ‘Janus-faced’ approach to tax, a new report suggests today: promising an increasingly intolerant approach to evasion and avoidance while being an aggressive participant in global tax competition and tolerating the UK tax havens which facilitate financial crime…

  • The Precious Gemstone Carpet

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    From the liquidation of a Swiss Trust, comes the most precious gemstone carpet on the market. It’s hard to imagine that another such item would even exist, although there are gemstone carpets made every day in India and elsewhere, nothing else in the world compares to this over-the-top gemstone masterpiece. Truthfully, I think everyone loves…

  • Tax havens hidden in plain sight

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    Many of the world’s most secretive tax havens, ranging from Anguilla to Uruguay, are set to open their books to foreign tax by 2017. A year later, dozens more, including Belize, Hong Kong and Singapore, are set to follow suit. Among them is Switzerland, abandoning a tradition of secrecy that dates back at least as…

  • Double trouble, US Expats feel the burden of FATCA

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    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…

  • Asset protection trusts and offshore investment

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    When discussing asset protection and offshore investments, the most widely known legal device for offshore planning or investment is an asset protection trust. Asset protection trusts resemble a typical trust as it legally exists in the United States only it’s located in a trust-friendly jurisdiction like the Cook Islands or the Bahamas. Certain jurisdictions (like…

  • Canada for Offshore Gold Storage

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    Invest Offshore with Gold in Canada Canada as an offshore tax haven? For sure, as long as you’re not a Canadian resident or citizens. Recently a leading Canadian newspaper published the article: A Canadian’s best tax haven? The U.S. The U.S. Is a Good Tax Haven for Canadians The U.S. meets virtually all of the…

  • Switzerland Offshore Investments as an Alternative Investment Strategy

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    By investing funds offshore of one’s home country, there is an immediate benefit of protection against the troubles of the country’s market or currency. Offshore investing can take many forms. Alternative investment vehicles often include a component of offshore investments, such as offshore real estate, or offshore farm land and agricultural production, or even offshore…