Lowtax Features Tagged 'Netherlands'
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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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13 May, 2014
It has hardly been plain sailing for the financial transactions tax (FTT), perhaps the European Unions most significant ongoing tax file, in recent weeks despite the determination of EU heavyweights Germany and France...
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04 Feb, 2014
With its low tax, business friendly âE-Zoneâ legislation, advanced telecommunications infrastructure, and sophisticated business environment, the Caribbean island of Curaçao is now a very attractive proposition for e-commerce companies looking to locate operations or back-up facilities in the Americas region.
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08 Nov, 2013
Unusually for a major global business and financial centre, Hong Kong has only a limited network of double tax avoidance agreements, and until quite recently, had no comprehensive tax treaties in force at all. But as the global tax landscape shifts, and pressure increases on low-tax and offshore territories to become more transparent, the situation is beginning to change, as this special feature shows.
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11 Mar, 2013
With its low tax, business friendly âE-Zoneâ legislation, advanced telecommunications infrastructure, and sophisticated business environment, the Caribbean island of Curaao is now a very attractive proposition for e-commerce companies looking to locate operations or back-up facilities in the Americas region.
The jurisdiction of Curaao was created on October 10, 2010 when the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved and became two separate jurisdictions, the second being Sint Maarten. At the same time, the other three islands that made up the Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) became special overseas municipalities of the Netherlands. Curaao lies about 50 km north of Venezuela and is about 2.5 hours by air from Miami.
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03 Oct, 2012
One of the ironies of the modern world is that, while it is now probably easier than ever to live abroad, for instance as an international assignee or as one of the growing army of expats choosing to leave colder northern climes for sunnier shores, pension rules are, in the main, stuck firmly in the 20th century, and are anything but mobile.
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