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30 Mar, 2021
Tax havens are jurisdictions that impose few if any taxes on foreign individuals or companies. This has made those countries and other areas attractive locations to place assets over the long term. In the Caribbean alone, several countries are...
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06 Mar, 2019
Massive change has swept the offshore industry lately, largely as a result of pressure from the EU and the OECD. As a result of the pressure, many countries have overhauled their tax and company regimes in accordance with perceived EU acceptance...
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07 Aug, 2018
Double-taxation agreements (DTAs) in force: Bahrain (3rd February 2012), Barbados (28th February 2008), Belgium (10th September 2015), Bermuda (19th July 2013), Botswana (22nd June 2005), China (17th January 2000)...
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16 Jan, 2012
For individual Canadian citizens, and those resident in the country for tax purposes, there is really no way to permanently (and legally) shelter foreign investment and business income from Canadian income tax. International Business Companies (IBCs) seem to offer a viable alternative, and may even prove effective in sheltering assets from Canadian tax.
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29 Aug, 2011
It is clear that there are fundamental changes underway worldwide. Martin Wolf of the FT spoke of a “shift from west to east”. The implications of the debt of large western countries are in play. Dissatisfaction with austerity is going to have to be dealt with in Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Italy and Ireland. There is likely going to be the usual reaction against immigration mainly due to the lack of resources.
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18 Aug, 2011
Panama is quickly emerging as the key gateway into and out of South America. Panama is a nexus of trade for South America and is hence going to be and already is an ideal jurisdiction for international trading businesses in services and goods. It competes for this title with Miami.
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11 Jul, 2011
Panama, satisfied after leaving gray list of the OECD Panama took over today as a "Breakthrough" to have finally been excluded from the lists of tax havens by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and coincided with the agency that had to work
hard to achieve.
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10 Jul, 2011
We are glad to inform you that Panama has now been included since July 6th, 2011, in the so called “White List” of countries that have implemented all standards for international taxation required by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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17 May, 2011
For a number of reasons, non-resident investors have been a major factor in many facets of the Canadian real estate marketplace for many years.
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