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  • AEOI Automatic Exchange of Information

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    FATCA and CRS regime are commonly referred to as AEOI Automatic Exchange of Information. GATCA, or global account tax compliance act introduces the global AEOI. The OECD has developed a standard for global information exchange which has been widely endorsed: On 21 July 2014 the OECD issued the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Information…

  • US Expats and Pension Taxation

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    On the subject of tax, Americans attending a recent one-day conference in London aimed at US expats seemed most concerned about how the US is likely to tax their non-US pensions, according to an expert on such tax matters, who spoke at the event. “Some of them have got certain kinds of older, defined-benefit pensions that…

  • US Government wants retirement savings in US Bonds

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    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

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    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%…

  • Offshore asset protection structures that work

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    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…

  • How to Invest Offshore Post FATCA

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    For years, people have invested offshore to protect their investment. This was money that the government could not tax and could not attach to you. Many considered it the safest way to store your money. Recently, however, things are changing. FATCA, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, makes it harder for people to invest in offshore…

  • Buy an Exemption from Foreign Financial Institution Regulatory Reporting

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    January 1st, 2016, recognized foreign retirement plans will be bracketed with US retirement plans for the purpose of investments; which means our recommended Hong Kong ORS402(b) is for anyone, including US people to invest in US Real Estate completely free of tax, as an Exemption from Foreign Financial Institution Regulatory Reporting (FIRPA). [box type=”tick” style=”rounded”…

  • Automatic Exchange of Information: What can YOU do about it?

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    Taxpayers with offshore assets as well as financial institutions that hold them, will all face new challenges under the OECD’s updated Common Reporting Standard (CRS). The CRS, formally the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters, seeks to establish a global methodology for the sharing amongst tax authorities of data in…