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UAE Free Zones - The Hotspot for Multi-National Companies - Dubai Airport Free Zone
Contributed by Aurion //
October 14, 2020
The Business Infrastructure and Support Services in the UAE are robust and provides the perfect Launchpad for entrepreneurs to easily scale up their business establishments. UAE has almost 40 Plus Free Zones, which facilitate...
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Guernsey Focus
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
April 18, 2019
Located in the English Channel between the United Kingdom and France, Guernsey is a British Crown Dependency, and, like its cousins Jersey and the Isle of Man, a modern low-tax financial center catering for investment funds...
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Global Incorporation Guide feature - The Seychelles
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
February 12, 2019
With a low-tax regime which was recently given the all clear by the OECD as part of its BEPS "harmful taxes" initiative, the Seychelles is an ideal jurisdiction in which to form an international business company...
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Singapore Focus
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
February 5, 2018
Located in South East Asia, Singapore is a highly developed and successful free market economy which enjoys an open and corruption-free environment, stable prices, a low tax regime and the seventh-highest per capita GDP in the world...
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BVI Companies - The Offshore Vehicle of Choice
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
October 23, 2017
No single offshore financial centre 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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Developments In Beneficial Ownership Transparency
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
August 9, 2017
It has been two years since the United Kingdom seemingly went out on a limb by being the first major economy (and probably the first economy anywhere) to insist that company ownership information was recorded and open to...
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Ireland Focus
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
April 20, 2017
It receives almost 12 percent of the European Union's foreign direct investment from the United states, and has the best corporate tax regime in Europe according to "big four" professional services firm PwC...
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Labuan: Asia's Up-And-Coming Midshore Jurisdiction
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
January 17, 2017
Situated a few miles off the northern coast of Borneo in Malaysia and just 60 square miles in size, Labuan has quickly risen to prominence as one of the preferred platforms for investment into emerging economies of Asia-Pacific...
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A Complete Guide on Incorporating a Hong Kong Company in 3 Steps
Contributed by hongkongtaxfree.com //
December 15, 2016
Want to operate an offshore company? Why not try one of the best places in the globe; Hong Kong? Since time in history, Hong Kong has been different. It is an economy that is guided and defined by its business competitiveness...
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What You Should Know About Hong Kong Company Law When Starting a Company
Contributed by hongkongtaxfree.com //
December 7, 2016
Hong Kong business environment is very vibrant. It is supported by laws that make Hong Kong get ranked top on ease of doing business globally. As you set out opening a company, expanding, or taking a startup to Hong Kong...
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BEPS: Shaking Up The International Tax Framework
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
October 13, 2016
Those with business interests in more than one jurisdictions will be all too painfully aware of the tax pitfalls of operating internationally. But as if coping with the existing international tax framework wasn't bad enough, the OECD...
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The Enduring Appeal Of The Delaware Corporation
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
July 14, 2016
With Bermuda the latest jurisdiction to attempt to replicate Delaware's successful limited liability company format, this article looks at the US state's enduring popularity with investors worldwide, its tax environment...
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Shining A Light On Beneficial Ownership
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
April 15, 2016
"We need to know who really owns and controls our companies, not just who owns them legally, but who really benefits financially from their existence. For too long a small minority have hidden their business..
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The Rise Of The Free Zone
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
January 18, 2016
The factors that must be taken into consideration when deciding which jurisdiction is most suitable to incorporate a company are legion. Depending on the nature of the business, the sort of things that enter into...
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Ras Al Kaimah Focus
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
October 21, 2015
After three decades of almost unbroken and rapid growth, Dubai, rising out of the desert like a latter day Manhattan, can confidently claim to be the commercial heart of the United Arab Emirates, and the world’s preeminent financial center between the European and Asia time zones...
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Jersey Focus
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
July 9, 2015
This feature focusses on Jersey, a small island in the English Channel home to more than 30,000 active companies and which punches significantly above its weight on the world financial stage...
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The Hong Kong Companies Ordinance
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
January 22, 2015
Yet another record year for Hong Kong in terms of registrations of new companies by both local entrepreneurs and international investors has been attributed in large part to an overhaul of the territory’s company law...
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Offshore Companies
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
October 22, 2014
In a globalized world, where ever-increasing volumes of trade and investment are being conducted with little regard to national borders and huge sums of money can be transmitted around the earth at the press of a button, the demand for international companies...
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Belize Focus
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
July 24, 2014
With its International Business Company legislation, low taxes, favourable business environment, lack of regulatory restrictions and a generally pro-business government, Belize remains a popular jurisdiction in which to form...
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US Corporate Tax Reform: Dead or Alive?
By Lowtax Editorial //
May 21, 2014
No, it wasn't some kind of April fool's joke. April 1, 2014, really was the second anniversary of the United States having the dubious distinction of possessing the highest total corporate tax rate among member countries...
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Singapore Guide
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
April 22, 2014
Located in South East Asia, Singapore is a highly developed and successful free market economy which enjoys an open and corruption-free environment, stable prices, a low tax regime and a high per capita GDP...
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