Jersey Related Contributed Articles
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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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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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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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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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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E-Commerce and E-Gaming: Jersey Focus
By Offshore-E-Com Editorial //
July 15, 2013
In the search to find the most suitable offshore base for e-commerce or e-gaming operations, the island of Jersey is often overlooked in preference to neighbouring Channel Island Guernsey or fellow UK Crown Dependency the Isle of Man, both of which are at the forefront of the remote gaming industry. All this might be about to change however, as the Jersey Government begins to put in place the necessary ingredients to allow the industry to grow.
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International Company Formation - Fees on the Rise
Global Incorporation Guide [GIG] Editorial //
May 1, 2013
There are many variables to consider when deciding where to incorporate a company. But one of the most visible measures of the costs of forming a company, especially in an offshore or low-tax jurisdiction, is the level of initial registration and ongoing annual fees, and this has been tending to rise in recent years.
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Lowtax – International Legal Services
By Lowtax Editorial //
February 20, 2013
Offshore financial centers have long acted as a linking channel for investment between “high tax” countries, and this feature examines how modern international business trends and the demand for ever more sophisticated corporate structures has fueled the demand for offshore legal services. There has always been a certain level of demand for offshore legal services, particularly in the sphere of wealth management and asset protection. Understanding trust laws in a foreign jurisdiction often requires specialist help, and it can be difficult to establish complex corporate structures from afar, hence the presence of well-established networks of legal and corporate services providers in most offshore jurisdictions.
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