 OFFSHORE
BUSINESS REVIEW
The lowtax.net Offshore Business Review presents an overview
of 'offshore': the financial sector based in 'low-tax' jurisdictions
is already larger and more pervasive than any individual national economy,
and it is used by business in many different ways to optimize tax structures.
The advent of the internet has opened up new and even more interesting
possibilities, both for businesses themselves and also for investors.
Individuals based in high-tax countries can now directly access financial
service providers in low-tax jurisdictions, whether their governments
like it or not - and like it they do not!
- Description
of Offshore
What is 'offshore'? Where did it come from? How is
it treated by 'high-tax' jurisdictions? What are the main low-tax techniques?
What is the future of offshore now that the very word itself has fallen
under a cloud?
- Uses
of Offshore
Descriptions of how particular business sectors make
use of offshore and low-tax jurisdictions in general, and reviews of
the uses of 'offshore' for a number of key business sectors. Click on
your choices from below...
- Trade Marketing
and Distribution
- Financial
Holding and Investment Activities
- Corporate
Financial and Management Services
- Offshore
Banking
- Offshore
Financial Services (Investment Funds)
- Ship Management
and Maritime Operations
- Licensing
and Franchising: Royalty Collection
- Professional
Services
- Insurance
TAX-NEWS COVERAGE
Congress
Looks At US Corporate Tax Reform
The United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and
Means has held a hearing on the potential benefits to companies, and
thereby job creation and economic growth, of lowering marginal tax rates
on business income, and the trade-offs that companies might be willing
to make, given the need for tax reform to be revenue-neutral. Read
full story
Japan
Looks For Sales Tax Hikes
After many hints and suggestions, and with its Prime Minister
Naoto Kan under extreme political pressure, the Japanese government
has disclosed a programme of consumption tax hikes to finance increases
in social security spending. Read
full story
 US
Government Pushes For Patent Law Reform
United States Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has sent a letter to
the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee outlining the views
of the federal government on the proposed America Invents Act, which
could provide the most meaningful reforms to the US patent system in
60 years. Read
full story
 South
Africa Consults On 2011 Budget Bills
South Africa’s National Treasury has released for public
comment a draft of the 2011 Taxation Laws Amendment Bills that give
effect to most of the 2011 Budget tax proposals, as well as to additional
urgent measures. Read
full story
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