Tolley's Tax Havens provides an introduction to the principal tax havens of the world including basic business information and company law, as well as taxation. It also contains a brief general overview of tax havens and several articles on specific areas of offshore tax planning.
This introduction to the principal tax havens of the world includes basic business information and company law, as well as taxation. It also contains a brief general overview of tax havens and several articles on specific areas of offshore tax planning.
A general guide to the advantages and problems of the use of 28 international tax havens, with a systematic guide to the havens of current interest. A country-by-country review in a standardized format ensures rapid comparison.
This work brings together an analysis of the recent reports that have been published by onshore regulators regarding offshore centres and their differing definition, and lists of tax havens: The Edwards Report, KPMG Report, UK White Paper, G7 Financial Action Task Force, G7 Financial Stability Forum, United Nations initiatives and OECD Harmful Tax Competition. The key themes in this work are: regulatory versus tax initiatives and whether foreign tax evasion is a money-laundering offence.
This text provides guidance and advice on the investment management of offshore trusts and funds, including legislation pertaining to the taxation of both individuals and companies. It explains how to avoid the traps and pitfalls set by legislation and how to achieve the maximum benefits for the tax planning opportunities available.
From the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man to the Principality of Liechtenstein and the state of Delaware, tax havens offer lower tax rates, less stringent regulations and enforcement, and promises of strict secrecy to individuals and corporations alike. In recent years government regulators, hoping to remedy economic crisis by diverting capital from hidden channels back into taxable view, have undertaken sustained and serious efforts to force tax havens into compliance. In Tax Havens, Ronen Palan, Richard Murphy, and Christian Chavagneux provide an up-to-date evaluation of the role and function of tax havens in the global financial system-their history, inner workings, impact, extent, and enforcement. They make clear that while, individually, tax havens may appear insignificant, together they have a major impact on the global economy. Holding up to $13 trillion of personal wealth-the equivalent of the annual U.S. Gross National Product-and serving as the legal home of two million corporate entities and half of all international lending banks, tax havens also skew the distribution of globalization's costs and benefits to the detriment of developing economies. The first comprehensive account of these entities, this book challenges much of the conventional wisdom about tax havens. The authors reveal that, rather than operating at the margins of the world economy, tax havens are integral to it. More than simple conduits for tax avoidance and evasion, tax havens actually belong to the broad world of finance, to the business of managing the monetary resources of individuals, organizations, and countries. They have become among the most powerful instruments of globalization, one of the principal causes of global financial instability, and one of the large political issues of our times.
In recent years many countries in Oceania have developed tax havens. Using their sovereignty, Pacific Islands countries have profited by providing offshore havens from metropolitan taxation and regulation. Tax Havens and Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands surveys the timely, important and controversial topic of Pacific Islands tax havens - havens currently holding hundreds of billions of dollars.