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Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Tax Havens Today arms you with the knowledge, strategies, and contacts needed to avoid expensive mistakes and make the most of your offshore endeavors. Divided into four comprehensive parts, this timely resource will bring you completely up to speed on a variety of issues that anyone aspiring to go offshore must be familiar with.
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HOYT BARBER is an authority on tax havens and offshore banking and has served as a financial consultant to clients worldwide. Barber has authored nine books, including his first novel, From Hell to Havana, released in 2006. Barber is President of Barber Financial Advisors in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a provider of offshore financial services, and is publisher of Offshore Dossier, a newsletter for American investors and expatriates. Visit the author's Web site at www.hoytbarber.com to learn more.
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TAX HAVENS TODAY Anyone interested in "going offshore" in terms of their finances and investments needs to understand every aspect of this process in order to succeed. No one knows this better than international tax haven and offshore financial specialist Hoyt Barber. Fifteen years have passed since Barber first published one of the most well-rounded guides to the financial benefits and pitfalls of going offshore. Since that time, much has changed, yet little has been done to help you navigate this attractive, but complex, environment—until now. Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Tax Havens Today arms you with the knowledge, strategies, and contacts needed to avoid expensive mistakes and make the most of your offshore endeavors. Divided into four comprehensive parts, this timely resource will bring you completely up to speed on a variety of issues that anyone aspiring to go offshore must be familiar with. Using Tax Havens Today as your guide, you'll learn how to:
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Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Tax Havens Today arms you with the knowledge, strategies, and contacts needed to avoid expensive mistakes and make the most of your offshore endeavors. Divided into four comprehensive parts, this timely resource will bring you completely up to speed on a variety of issues that anyone aspiring to go offshore must be familiar with.
Inhalt
Preface ix
PART ONE THE OFFSHORE CONTROVERSY 1
Why Are so Many People Going Offshore? 3
Whipping the Taxpayers into Shape 7
The Big Squeeze 10
The Changing World of Tax Havens 15
The International Dragnet 18
The Global Laundromat 21
The Tax Police 23
Barbarians at the Gate 26
PART TWO BUILDING A SOLID OFFSHORE FINANCIAL FORTRESS 31
The Benefits of Going Offshore 33
Best Strategies for Going Offshore: Personal and Financial Lifestyle Changes 35
Expatriating 37
The $80,000 Annual Loophole 39
New Citizenship and Renouncing Your U.S. Citizenship 42
Eight Ways to Sunday 44
T-7 Tax Havens: The Green List of the World's Best Offshore Havens 48
Selecting the Best Tax Haven for Your Plans 54
Establishing an Offshore Presence without Leaving Home 61
Offshore Business Structures 63
Secrets of Offshore Banking 73
Offshore Financial and Investment Strategies 81
Offshore Estate Planning 89
The Swiss Angle 97
Placing Your Assets Offshore and Avoiding Fraudulent Transfers 105
Offshore Business 107
International Tax Planning 110
Offshore Privacy 117
Offshore Caveat 119
PART THREE TODAY'S TAX HAVENS 121
Tax Information Exchange Agreements 127
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty 129
Profiles of Tax Havens 131
Andorra, 131
Anguilla, 133
Antigua and Barbuda, 135
Aruba, 136
Austria, 138
The Bahamas, 140
Bahrain, 143
Barbados, 143
Belize, 146
Bermuda, 147
British Virgin Islands, 151
Brunei Darussalam, 154
Campione (Italy), 155
Cayman Islands, 158
Channel IslandsGuernsey, 162
Channel IslandsJersey, 166
Cook Islands, 171
Cyprus, 173
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 177
Gibraltar, 179
Grenada, 182
Hong Kong, China, 183
Isle of Man, 187
Labuan, Malaysia, 192
Liechtenstein, 194
Luxembourg, 197
Madeira, 200
Malta, 202
Mauritius, 206
Monaco, 209
The Netherlands, 211
The Netherlands Antilles, 214
Panama, 217
Saint Kitts and Nevis, 220
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 221
Seychelles, 224
Switzerland, 225
Turks and Caicos, 229
Vanuatu, 231
Western Samoa, 235
PART FOUR RESOURCESTHE BIG PICTURE 237
Offshore Citizenship and Retirement Opportunities 239
Dominica 239
Saint Kitts and Nevis 240
Profiles of Retirement Havens and Foreign Residency: Andorra, Argentina, Austria, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Campione (Italy), Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands, Panama, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Switzerland, Turks and Caicos, United Kingdom, Uruguay 241
More Countries to Investigate 254
Travel Destinations 263
Offshore Reading 264
Offshore Reference Works 264
Newsletters 265
Travel Books 267
Travel Bookstores and Map Dealers 267
Travel Information 267
Financial Information and Business Opportunities 268
Bank Resources 269
Antisurveillance and Privacy Sources 269
Books of Interest 270
Publishers of Unusual Books and Hard-to-Find Information 271
Periodicals 272
Real Estate 272
Expat Information 272
Expat Books 273 Retirement Resources 273</p&g...