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A Svalbard or St Helena or Fallkands or Akrotiri trust avoids automatic exchange of information
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Trust Planning with Svalbard, Saint Helena, the Falklands and Cyprus Sovereign Bases
Trust Planning with Svalbard, Saint Helena, the Falklands and Cyprus Sovereign Bases
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Script of interview regarding UK trusts and underlying UK companies
Benefits of UK non-resident trusts in Wealth Management
Exploring UK Limited Companies in Wealth Planning
Wealth management using lesser known European Territories
Trust Planning with Svalbard, Saint Helena, the Falklands and Cyprus Sovereign Bases
Trust Planning with Svalbard, Saint Helena, the Falklands and Cyprus Sovereign Bases
Trust Planning with Svalbard, Saint Helena, the Falklands and Cyprus Sovereign Bases
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The Sovereignty and Tax Planning Potential of Norwegian Territories
Sovereign Base Areas: A Special Case in Tax and Governance
Trusts and Taxes in the Falkland Islands
Exprloring British Overseas Territories: Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha
Wealth Structures using European Territories and Dependencies
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Wealth Structures using European Territories and Dependencies
Coming Micro captives, foreign captive insurance on IRS 2023 dirty list, particularly focus on Puerto Rico as the grifter hub.
How do FATCA Form 8938 and FBAR differ?
Understanding FATCA Forms 8938 and 8966
Handling FATCA Letters from Financial Institutions
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Can You Be An FI for CRS and CARF But Not an FFI For FATCA?
FATCA forms and withholding requirements
What is a FATCA Withholdable Payment
How is FATCA Enforced
What is FATCA
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Is a trust and its subsidiary an EAG for FATCA
Island of Saint Helena income tax laws
Island of Saint Helena wealth management company
The obligation to register beneficial owners in Norwegian companies comes into effect today, 1 October 2024
US FinCEN CTA: Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards
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OECD to ‘Keep Working’ With US Despite Trump’s Rejection of Tax Deal
Understanding the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Economic Substance Requirements
St Helena revised companies ordinance 2020
List of countries determined to be appropriate to receive AEOI from US vs trusted countries who can access Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Beneficial Owner Information (BOI)
Company Register Policy: Island of St Helena. No AEoI. Territorial tax. No trusts. Plans for international finance centre.
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Seminar Geneva 8 May Complexities and Ambiguities of AEOI inc CARF
Seminar Zurich 8 May Complexities and Ambiguities of AEOI inc CARF
Why use a nominee company structure?
Coming Singapore IRAS: FATCA Overview and Latest Developments
It’s Baaack! Fifth Circuit Reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act Deadlines
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IRS Rev Proc 2024-52 pg 1436. Switzerland still not on list of countries deemed appropriat eto receive FATCA reciprocal data. Also this menas CH cannot request CTA BOI
Proposal for a Council Directive to tackle the role of enablers that facilitate tax evasion and aggressive tax planning’ in the European Union (Securing the Activity Framework of Enablers - SAFE)
The broad scope and depth of an IRS John Doe Summons against Trident trust
JOHN DOE SUMMONSES against Trident trustees
Montenegro on the "black list" of the OECD for not implementing CRS, despite comittment
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EU DAC6 Mandatory Disclosure Rules – Why should Swiss intermediaries care?
PowerPoint on Polar Bear Custodian holding an Investment Entity
Finance Committee Reports on Private Placement Life Insurance
Inside How Private Placement Life Insurance Slips Through the Cracks
Minimum standard BEPS project 13 Country by Country Reporting by inventor
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PPT Custodian as policy owner of PPLI
IRS Obtains Court Order Authorizing “John Doe” Summonses For Records Relating To U.S. Taxpayers Who May Have Used Trident To Hide Assets And Evade Taxes
Letter to SIF on their erroneous revised CRS guidance on FI trusts reporting on all entities holding equity interest
NP-FFIs - a FATCA conundrum
The mechanics of decanting a trust: US law perspective
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Forbes: Bitcoin privacy at risk. How CARF Regulations Could Impact Regulations
Powerpoint Polar Bear Trust with PPLI: Shortened version
CARF: 63 jurisdictions commit to implement CARF plus 9 more in the pipeline.
It’s Baaack! Fifth Circuit Reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act Deadlines
Which Jurisdictions Are Pledging to Join CARF and What’s Next?
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What is a CASP? Understanding Crypto Asset Service ProvidersE
Understanding Who is a Reportable Crypto Asset User (CAU)
What Information is Reported for CARF in Crypto Transactions?
FinCEN Seeks Immediate Stay of Nationwide CTA Injunction. FinCEN fights back after Texas Federal Court blocks the CTA.
Hong Kong commits to Crypto Asset Reporting Framework
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Israeli Minister of Finance Announces Commitment to the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework
OECD CARF FAQ
Which is the best offshore asset protection trust? Cooks, Nevis, or Norway?
Thailand to join Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework MCAA
Court Blocks Corporate Transparency Act: A Win For Federalism?
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All change at Companies House: roadmap for full reform published
US Internal Revenue Service Finalizes Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting Regulations
New Zealand and the tax bill proposal involving crypto taxes. It has been proposed to implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework created by the OECD and the amendments to the CRS.
Canada will adopt OECD's crypto-asset reporting framework by 2027, increasing tax transparency and reporting requirements for service providers
Coming Australia Opens Consultation on OECD Crypto Reporting Framework
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Poland has joined the CARF Joint Statement and will introduce a new crypto transaction reporting standard
Norway Terminates Tax Treaties with Barbados, Curacao, Jamaica, Sierra Leone, and Trinidad and Tobago
Norway's Turn Towards Deep-Sea Mining Dismays Experts
Norway and Russia clash over Svalbard
Norway’s research policy for Svalbard: intentions and perceptions
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