Hoyt Barber

Tax Havens Today

The Benefits and Pitfalls of Banking and Investing Offshore

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Anyone interested in "going offshore" in terms of their finances and investments needs to understand every aspect of this process in order to succeed. Tax Havens Today provides readers with the knowledge, strategies, and contacts needed to avoid expensive mistakes or unknowingly break laws.

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Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be a millionaire to take advantage of today's tax havens. In order to go offshore with your financesand investments, all you need is the proper information and guidance.

Author Hoyt Barber is a renowned tax haven and offshore financial specialist, and in Tax Havens Today, he draws from his own professional experiences to help you make the most of your offshore endeavors.

Divided into four comprehensive parts, this informative guide will help you:
_ Avoid expensive mistakes and stay within the boundaries of the law
_ Reduce taxes, defer taxes, and invest tax-free
_ Discover lucrative investment opportunities available only offshore
_ Find and contact some of the most important offshore investment, banking, and financial advisors in the world
_ Explore profiles of today's top forty tax haven jurisdictions
_ Decide on alternative places to live or retire-over ninetyexpatriate-friendly countries are profiled
_ And much more

Filled with unparalleled knowledge and invaluable insights, Tax Havens Today will bring you completely up to speed on a variety of issues that anyone aspiring to go offshore must be familiar with in order to succeed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9780470051238
• ISBN-10: 047005123X
• Artikelnr.: 22296120

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. PART ONE: THE OFFSHORE CONTROVERSY. 1: Why Are So Many People
"Going Offshore?" 2: Whipping the Taxpayers Into Shape. 3: The Big Squeeze.
4: The Changing World of Tax Havens. 5: The International Dragnet. 6: The
International Laundromat. 7: The Tax Police. 8: Barbarians at the Gate.
PART TWO: BUILDING A SOLID OFFSHORE FINANCIAL FORTRESS. 9: The Benefits of
Going Offshore. 10: Best Strategies for Going Offshore: Personal and
Financial Lifestyle Changes. 11: Expatriating. 12: The $80,000 Annual
Loophole. 13: New Citizenship and Renouncing Your U.S Citizenship. 14:
Eight Ways to Sunday. 15: T-7 Tax Havens: The Green List of the World's
Best Offshore Havens. 16: Selecting the Best Tax Haven for Your Plans. 17:
Establishing an Offshore Presence Without Leaving Home. 18: Offshore
Business Structures. 19: Secrets of Offshore Banking. 20: Offshore
Financial & Investment Strategies. 21: Offshore Estate Planning. 22: The
Swiss Angle. 23: Placing Your Assets Offshore and Avoiding Fraudulent
Transfers. 24: Offshore Business. 25: International Tax Planning. 26:
Offshore Privacy. 27: Offshore Caveat. PART THREE: TODAY'S TAX HAVENS. 28.
Tax Information Exchange Agreements. 29. Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
30. Profiles of Tax Havens. Andorra. Anguilla. Antigua and Barbuda. Aruba.
Austria. The Bahamas. Bahrain. Barbados. Belize. Bermuda. British Virgin
Islands. Brunei Darussalam. Campione. Liechtenstein. Luxembourg. Madeira.
Malta. Mauritius. Monaco. The Netherlands. The Netherlands Antilles.
Panama. Saint Kits and Nevis. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Seychelles.
Switzerland. Turks and Caicos. Vanuatu. Western Samoa. PART FOUR:
RESOURCES-THE BIG PICTURE. Offshore Citizenship and Retirement
Opportunities. Dominica. Saint Kitts and Nevis. Profiles of Retirement
Havens and Foreign residency: Andorra, Argentina, Austria, The Bahamas,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Compione (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.
More Countries to Investigate. Travel destinations. Offshore Reading.
Offshore Reference Works. Newsletters. Travel Books. Travel Bookstores and
Map Dealers. Travel Information. Financial Information and Business
Opportunities. Bank Resources. Antisurveillance and Privacy Sources. Books
of Interest. Publishers of Unusual Books and Hard-to-Find Information.
Periodicals. Real Estate. Expat Information. Expat Books. Retirement
Resources. Health Insurance for Expatriates and Travelers. Organizations.
Government Web Sites. Financial and Investment Services. Immigration
Services. Tax Problems. Worldwide Serviced Offices. Global Mail Drops.
International English Language Newspapers. Online Resources. Government
Publications. Offshore Dossier. Offshore Evaluation Service. Offshore
Financial Services. Appendix. About the Author. Index.