Lowtax Features Tagged 'United States'
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25 Aug, 2015
No single offshore financial center can really lay claim to be the world's best. Most offer similar tax advantages and there has been a tendency over the last 20 years or so for jurisdictions to specialize in certain areas of offshore finance...
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10 Aug, 2015
The latest Singapore company formation statistics from Hawksford, the corporate services firm, show that business registrations grew by an impressive 9 percent in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the previous three months...
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12 May, 2015
Bermuda is one of the most prominent of the international offshore financial centers, with particularly strong insurance, investment fund and trusts sectors, and with a very well-developed advisory and financial infrastructure...
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13 Apr, 2015
Following the recent report in the world News section of lowtax.net that over 100 new St Kitts and Nevis Citizen by Investment (CBI) certificates have been signed recently, this feature explores the options open to those seeking a quick route...
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13 Jan, 2015
This month's Lowtax special feature focusses on the rapidly unravelling plans for public registries of corporate beneficial ownership, which forms part of the global campaign for greater corporate and tax transparency, especially in the world of...
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12 Nov, 2014
Described by the US Government as a major milestone on the path to eradicating offshore tax evasion, but derided by its critics as a substantial step by the US authorities towards Big Brotherdom, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act...
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21 Oct, 2014
The United States has income tax treaties with 68 foreign countries, under which residents (not necessarily citizens) of foreign countries are taxed at a reduced rate, or are exempt from US income taxes on certain items of income they receive from sources within the United States...
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15 Oct, 2014
1986 was the last time that the United States tax code underwent a significant overhaul, but since then US taxes have got progressively more complex while most of America's competitors have managed to improve their tax systems...
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23 Sep, 2014
Last week, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Developments (OECD) released its first batch of âdeliverablesâ as part of its ambitious plan to limit opportunities for multinational businesses to indulge in base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) activities to mitigate tax paid...
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17 Sep, 2014
Predictably, since US lawmakers returned from the summer holidays earlier this month, the corporate inversion debate has dominated the tax agenda States-side again, although time is running out for the Democrats to force through a legislative...
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