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Offshore Asset Protection - Corporations - Foundations and the Offshore Bank Account

Offshore Asset Protection

There are a number of factors one must look for when setting up a secure asset protection structure. The tax-free status of the jurisdiction being used is always a major consideration. The anonymity of the corporations and foundations is also important. The availability of quality banks covered by bank secrecy laws with online banking is of paramount importance. Attorney client privilege is something to never be taken lightly and the protection must be tight. Don’t make the mistake of using jurisdictions that used to be good but in recent years have compromised their secrecy and privacy. Click here to read more about asset protection


Offshore Corporations

Today there are a multitude of offshore jurisdictions touting themselves as the best tax haven to domicile a corporation in. What one needs to look for when selecting an offshore jurisdiction is the following: There should be no taxation on offshore-derived income. There should be serious bank secrecy. One must be able to have a bearer share corporation with the shares made out in blank and the possibility of keeping the shares anywhere in the world. The jurisdiction must be stable and secure. The jurisdiction must be free of tax treaties. A lot of jurisdictions that were once good have in recent years gone bad – Click here to read more about offshore coporations


Offshore Foundations

In today’s world the wealthy people use offshore corporations and the extremely wealthy use foundations. Foundations are the most secure asset protection tools in the free world today. No one owns a foundation but the foundation can own things like real estate, cars, boats, stocks, corporation etc. A foundation is like a blend of a will, a trust, and a corporation. When selecting an offshore jurisdiction for your foundation one must take into account the following: freedom from taxes including inheritance taxation, anonymity of the foundation, ease of passing assets to beneficiaries, ease of operation and reasonable cost. Lichtenstein used to be the world leader for foundations but then along cam e the EU with all the information sharing agreements and tax agreements. Click here to read more about foundations

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Offshore Banking Comparison - Editor's Analysis

Editor's Analysis

Many readers enquire each week about which jurisdiction we recommend.  Of course this depends on your specific situation.  Having said that here is my analysis:

In short my recommendation to most is Panama and here is why...

Belize

With only 5 banks managing 164 million US, Belize is just too small for my liking.  It looks promising but for now I recommend a jurisdiction with a longer track record.  Heck the first "offshore" bank in Belize was licensed in 1998!  At just 9 years old I would recommend steering clear.  In contrast Panama has 150 banks !  More on this later...

Switzerland

Switzerland has a reputation that earned it worldwide recognition during the second world war.  Boasting numbered accounts, it quickly became the world leader in offshore banking.  Unfortunately, due to pressure from the international community (mainly goverments like the United States who were loosing too many tax dollars) the Swiss gave in.  They stopped giving out numbered accounts.  Today this jurisdiction regularly co-operates with foreign goverments for issues like tax evasion.  Panama on the other hand will turn investigating authorities down flat when they come snooping around on tax related issues.

Bahamas

Banking secrecy in the Bahamas is weak.  In fact, banking institutions are freely permitted to divulge the fact that a particular person or company does in fact have an account with that bank.  Since the Bahamas introduced their new banking legislation allowing the free flow of information 45% of the deposits have left the Bahamas banks.   Panama, on the other hand, has complete banking secrecy.

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