Tag: FATCA

  • Blame it on FATCA

    If the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) were not in effect, bogus disclosures like the Panama Papers would never happen. FATCA is the net that catches the fish when the offshore shelter is attacked, the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) is the hook. If you miss the net and hook, then you’ll be clubbed…

  • Self Directed IRA with Online Trading Platform

    A currently popular structure for the Self Directed IRA, is to be connected with an online trading platform: Do you know why income taken from your IRA in Thailand will be taxed? Online trading means with your self directed IRA you trade stocks, options, futures, Forex, bonds and funds on over 50 markets worldwide from…

  • The Trend in Chinese Offshore Investment

    The trend in Chinese offshore investment in the U.S. has been increasing each year. In 2012 the level of investment was $6.5 billion. Much of this investment is in U.S. real estate where great buying opportunities still exist. The registered foreign retirement plan is an ideal asset protection vehicle for Chinese investors that make investments that…

  • IRC 402b Foreign Retirement Plans

    There are 4 sections of IRS code that need to be considered in regards to non-qualified deferred compensation plans and a U.S. tax lawyer who is without prior research on IRC 402b foreign retirement plans will bill between $125,000.00 and $200,000.00 prior to doing research on foreign country pension laws. The reason that specialist Tax…

  • The Defense of Canadian Sovereignty

    Canadian Sovereignty at risk, particularly for those considered to be American persons for taxation purposes An organization called the Alliance for The Defense of Canadian Sovereignty is challenging a Canadian law that implements FATCA. The organization claims that the Canadian law violates the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms, particularly the provisions related to discrimination on…

  • Personal Pension and Foreign Investment Account

    Trade risk for security offshore – Overseas Personal Pension The simple solution is to centralize your investment into a U.S. IRS fully compliant tax free trading environment. This can be accomplished by using a US – onshore regulated Trustee and using a self Directed Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Foreign Investment Account. You can easily rollover…

  • Corporate Legal Framework to Invest Overseas

    Foreign Retirement Plan Corporate Legal Framework This Foreign retirement plan corporate legal framework is the only solution to the IRS rulings in 2014 that demolish U.S. situs deferred compensation structures of working members of limited partnership (LLC/LLP) and the IRS Chief Counsel advises members may be subject to self-employment tax. [box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Under the new…

  • On the Grid, Secure & Private

    When I registered this domain name (investoffshore.com), back in 1994, I did it because I thought, at that time, that everyone would one day invest offshore. I understood the power of the Internet from the very beginning and just assumed that because of it’s ability to bring any ‘n all information to your finger-tips, that eventually…