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Greece News Coverage

- 08/02/2012 FTT Will Hit UK Revenues Even With Opt Out
- 07/02/2012 Greece Wavers On Fiscal Reforms
- 03/02/2012 Luxembourg's Juncker Defends Fiscal Compact
- 01/02/2012 Europe Endorses 'Fiscal Compact'
- 01/02/2012 Liechtenstein's PM Welcomes Dawn Of New Tax Era

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Greece Knowledge Base

- Greece Individual Non-Resident Taxation
- Greece Foreign Branches
- Greece Bank Lending to Mining and Shipping Companies
- Greece Ships and Ship Management Companies
- Greece Venture Capital Companies
- Greece Investments in Small Islands
- Greece Mutual Funds and Portfolio Investment Companies
- Greece Investment Incentive Allowances

Generally speaking, Greece is not an attractive location for individuals or companies seeking to limit taxation; the mainstream corporate income tax rate used to be 35%, although it was reduced in stages to 32% in 2005, 29% in 2006 and 25% in 2007. The rate in 2010 is 24% and the government plans a further 4% cut over four years, to 20% in 2014. Doubts remain as to the achievability of this plan. There are however some particular features of the Greek tax system which are attractive for certain individuals or companies in certain situations.

A new, general-purpose development incentive law was promoted by the government in 2005 and was received very warmly by the business community. In the first ten months of its implementation (end of March 2005 till the end of January 2006) 1,234 applications were submitted accounting for EUR2.47bn.

The law offers a combination of incentives and corporate tax breaks and is aimed at sectors of the economy that are open to international competition, such as tourism, information technology, financial services, and quality agricultural exports.

The law was suspended as of 29/1/2010 and, following consultation, the Ministry plans to reform the Investment Law to make it a major driver of a new development model, focussing on green development.

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lowtax.net text says: "The normal minimum capital requirement is KYD42,000." does this mean that an incorporator has to pay KYD42,000 to the government or keep it in a cayman bank or what? thank you in advance for your reply
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What's the cheapest offshore company formation service?
I'm from the EU, and would like to open a company (either inside or outside the EU) that would allow me not to pay VAT when buying Internet services from the EU (typically from Germany). It would also provide me with a more professional name to hold all my domains and Internet services, and help me keep my home address private.

Can anyone suggest a good service that will take care of this? Cheapest meaning it shouldn't be too expensive to open AND maintain, as I won't really be trading anyway (using services for my own benefit at the moment, so I also don't need bank accounts etc. for the company)...Anto
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Hi there, I have Polish citizenship...
Hi there, I have Polish citizenship and have been working on a contract with a British company in Saudi Arabia where I will be staying for over two years or even more. My family (wife and two kids) are residing in Poland, which means that I am classified by Polish tax law as a Polish tax resident even if I work offshore. The question is how can I rescue my money earned in the KSA from the draconic taxes in Poland. Some nationals like British are exempt from the home tax if they earned the money in KSA. Waiting for any creative solutions - and can pay for the professional and workable advice.
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Help: Offshore Business Account with Good Wire Transfer Facility
Hello friends,

I am in deep trouble here. SO I am from India and into performance marketing [online lead generation business] from last 5 yrs almost and last year I started one performance marketing company here in India. It has around 70 good active affiliates and all of them do good volume of business. It was going smooth and I was sending bank wires regularly to my affiliates from my indian business account until I got a freaking letter from income tax department that I need to pay 30% tds [tax deduction at source] for every outgoing foreign remittance [please note its not in profit but every outgoing remittance in foreign currency] and that brings full stop to my business. Right now I am sending those payments through a friend's business account but I know very soon he is also going to have that warning letter.In India outgoing foreign remittance are very sensitive issue for governments , I guess due to economy.

So, I need solution. I tried US LLC but they need that I go there in person and open the business account and I need someone with 'money transaction' authority in the USA from my bank account since am from India. And I don't have any one so much reliable in the US.

So, only option left is offshore business account in Panama [?] or British virgin Island or can anyone suggest me? What I need is lots of incoming and outgoing wire transfers facility every month. Like 40 incoming wire transfers from USA and UK [from advertisers] and 240 outgoing international wire transfers every month [to affiliates] so that I can concentrate on my business instead of taking tension about these silly issues. Do you know panama/British virign Island/whatever good offshore location banks allow to do it online without rising issues?

Thank you in advance.Jit Uppal
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REDOMICILE OF ISLE OF MAN CO
Could someone tell me to what juristictions can an Isle of Man Exempt Company be re-domiciled which will have cheaper annual fees i.e Dominica, Belize e.t.c and what documents are needed to do so Thank you
Peter
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