Lowtax Features Tagged 'Bahamas'
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12 Oct, 2017
Foundations have existed for many decades in civil law countries where the concept of an Anglo-Saxon trust is unfamiliar. But as competition for a larger slice of the global wealth management cake has intensified...
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10 Nov, 2015
Foundations have existed for many decades in civil law countries where the concept of an Anglo-Saxon trust is unfamiliar. But as competition for a larger slice of the global wealth management cake has intensified in recent years, several...
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20 Feb, 2014
Although its a piece of European Union legislation, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is having an impact on the funds industry way beyond European shores, prompting changes to legal frameworks for investment funds in...
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28 Nov, 2013
As legal services markets in major onshore countries struggle to recover to their pre-crisis levels, demand for cross-border legal services in key offshore jurisdictions is going from strength to strength.
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03 Oct, 2013
Belonging to two of the worlds most international-facing industries, shipping and aviation companies must navigate a sea of complex tax rules, often in several jurisdictions at once, and this is a task made all the more challenging by frequent changes in national tax rules. In this feature, we round up some key developments, both good and bad, that have the potential to impact on shipping and aviation tax planning.
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20 Sep, 2013
It has now become the norm for ships to be registered in International Offshore Financial Centres (IOFCs) and there has been intense competition between some of the IOFCs to offer the most advantageous operating and fiscal regime. The major shipping registries are adding new features like yacht registries and expedited registrations procedures in order to attract new business, and in this feature, we round up some of the most interesting developments in the fast-growing world of offshore shipping and yacht registries over the past few months.
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12 Jul, 2012
A number of factors combine to influence where companies and owners register ships and aircraft, but none more so perhaps than taxation, and considerable cost efficiencies can be achieved for operators if their businesses are structured in the right way, often across multiple jurisdictions.
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