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 Articles 14 May 2024 - 13 July 2024

CRS OECD clown draftsman verify money/cash is not a Financial Asset. They have copy and paste dumbo syndrome without a hint of analytical thought.

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Clint's mule wants to know what the hell is a holding Active NFE, the biggest loophole ever. The mule don't like it when you laugh at him.

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Do I use my AEoI expertise to assist the set-up of unique structures for your clients? Does a bear sh*t in the woods? Is the pope Catholic?

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Chinese can file for Outward Direct Investment (ODI) without authorisation. Can send billions to privacy structures run by wealth managers.

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How to strip cash to holding company to become a non-reportable Active NFE.

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Row F 108

White Structure

Appoint Protector with fiduciary powers. Will Protector's excess powers invalidate a trust? No, unless they are a"substituted settlor”.

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Singapore the biggest s̶c̶u̶m̶ artists helping Chinese residents evade CRS with Personalized Employment Pass and apartment lease. OECD does fuckall.

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How can an investment entity trust legally not report on the settlor? Forget the con of Singapore irrevocable trusts which report zero for settlor.

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 For CRS, unrelated 3rd parties can be paid the custodial fees. Some jurisdictions require these parties to be connected or related, which is bullshit.

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Micro-Captives, Foreign Captive Insurance on IRS 2023 Dirty Dozen List; Particular mention of Puerto Rico as the grifter hub.

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Row F 107

Why the US will tell Switzerland to feckoff when they request Beneficial Ownership Information from the Corporate Transparency Act

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How I discovered Svalbard is not part of AEOI

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OECD greatly to be praised. Black & white confirm Investment Entity does not report on Custodial Institution equity interest. Clowns at SIF disagree

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How to manipulate the category of your entity as a Financial Institution so that the bank doesn't report on you for CRS.

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What is a SPV Custodian mentioned only once in the OECD CRS FAQ and why no look-through of non-participating Custodial Institutions?

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Row F 106

A UK trust may hold hold property, but does this exclusively mean land and buildings or can it include say a methuselah of Dom Pérignon?

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If a Democrat Congress ever approved FATCA equivalent reciprocal reporting, it will be worthless due to so many loopholes...

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Most secretive trust in the world. No UBO/tax registration/licensed trustee/local agent. No paper/electronic trail. Physically impossible to trace.

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My unusual financial industry experience: Pitcairn, Isle of Man cells, China ODI, Bahamas MCAA, German Bundestag, UK SPV Svalbard, etc...

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Row F 105

 Here's the best structure for crypto to maintain confidentiality...

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Been advised your untaxed Investment Entity directed by yourself avoids CRS? Oops, that is b̶u̶l̶l̶c̶r̶a̶p̶ wrong

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EU Court ruling on B.O. registers: 18 months on need for harmonised approach is clear. In only 13 countries access is limited.

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To the Mauritian insurer providing Zero Cash Value PPLI as a solution to CRS. OECD closed this loophole long ago, you ignorant bozos.

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Row F 104

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Three countries have no beneficial owner register for trusts/funds/companies. Are they in Pacific/African/Caribbean shitholes? Nope: It's all in Western Europe.

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Pasquantino US supreme court case can convict US advisors for wire & mail fraud if they assist foreigners to setup structures to avoid tax back home

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 If SIF can answer one CRS question, I'll eat my hat live stream. I know the clowns will keep their fat mouth quiet as they are wrong but too proud

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Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Schengen visa-free travel in toilet. Meanwhile RbI grifters incessantly warn of fee increase. Malta to follow suit

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Balkan Endowment fund is the Serbian version of a foundation. Founder allots assets for benevolent cause or private purpose. Exempt from CRS?

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Row F 103

 Norway has just made it virtually impossible for any tax planner for CRS / FATCA to set up in Svalbard by halting sale of privately owned land.

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Swiss State Secretary International Finance f*ckup on CRS, obliging trusts to look-thru FIs, central banks, regularly traded corps, intnl orgs & govts

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Why Switzerland isn't on list of 51 trusted Foreign Requestors to access to the Beneficial Ownership information of the Corporate Transparency Act

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Bahamas conmen authorities never changed their spots. Implemented CRS for only half of the OECD's AEoI particpating members...

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 Why US will tell 150 countries to feck off regarding Foreign Requestor access to CTA BOI. Sureptiously will only provide info to 51 trusted countries.

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Row F 102

White Structure

Can HMRC extraterritorial reach if non-resident submits a fraudulent dormant UK LTD company filing? Is it's information request worth toilet paper: Yes

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How many countries pledged to join the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) as announced by the Global Transparency Forum? Answer: 54 by Dec 2023

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Offshore centres introduced con that equity holding company is excluded from Economic Substance. Meanwhile the dumbo OECD is fucking sleeping on this.

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European Court of Justice is about to re-confirm the legal privelege of lawyers, who will thus be exempt from AEoI/MDR/AML/KYC reporting obligations.

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 Monaco & Venezuala added to the 24 FATF 'grey list' shithole countries subject to increased monitoring. Imagine Turkey, Jamaica & UAE white listed.

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Row F 101

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Swiss sign FATCA IGA-1. Ignorant imbecile tax professionals believe SIF's bullshit on forthcoming US reciprocal reporting. Dumbos deserve harsh rebuke.

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 Why cross-breed unincorporated structures? Speed, no set-up fee, no annual costs, no b.o. register, no CSP, no notary, no representative agent...

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 Why typical CRS AML/KYC/Compliance is ignorant regarding nominee/agent/custodian/as the account holder

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Global Transparency Forum clowns still counting USA as pledging to support the implementation of Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF)

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Row F 100

Will Philippines implement CRS? The OECD's Global Transparency Forum celebrates Asia initiative whilst countries escape...

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Where are untaxed NFEs versus Managed Investment Entities located for CRS? It's far from simple...

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The best confidential structure for CRS and CARF, without exception. Use nominee/agents instead of Professionally Managed Investment Entities.

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 Is the Dutch FGR or the Luxembourg SCSp Special Limited Partnership the better solution for CRS/CARF? You'll be amazed at the difference

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Dutch FGRs are a minefield of confusion for foreign wealth planners. Tweaking FGRs provides the best structure for CRS and CARF.

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Row F 99

Get millions out of China for your wealth management business. If less than $300m, Chinese can merely file for ODI using a privacy structure.

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Hiding your money in the USA? IRS issues John Doe summonses to assist foreign governments track your ass. Far better than the meek OECD EOIR.

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Chinese residents are now getting tax bills on their offshore profits. How the f*ck did China find the profits not reported by CRS? Easy - EOIR or EOD

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The PMIE nil report is CRS's primary weakness. US Senate Finance Committee identifies it as biggests FATCA loophole.

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OECD Exchange Information Upon Request: Data by a tax authority to another prohibits fishing expeditions making EoIR as useless as tits on a boar.

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Row F 98

Chinese residents with BVI Managed Investment Entitities more often than not, submit a nil report... dumbo move.

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48 countries pledged to implement CARF. A month later 6 more countries joined. Since the OECD is quiet on who else is joining, what is the current status?

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Vanuatu defends granting citizenshipby investment to convicted businessman amid passport abuse.

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 What circumstances will Holding Companies and Treasury Centres of financial groups have the status of Financial Institutions under CRS vs FATCA?

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How the f*ck can a private trust be a Custodial Institution for CRS? Well, it's because CRS is a fictitious world.

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Row F 97

Global Transparency Forum clowns self congratulate their Africa initiative. 84% Exchange on Request done by the 5 African CRS members. What a circus.

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Kick the bucket & kiss your crypto away. Mellon bank heir dies with $billions of XRP donated to the ether gods. Rather place in trust with bequest.com

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Dummy OECD mistake obliges trusts to look through account holders who are non-reportable eg. FI, central bank, regularly traded corp, intnl org & govt

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Malta and EU Commission court fight regarding Citizenship by Investment as result of journalist investigating golden visas. Karma is a bitch.

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Real world asset tokenization brings automatic exchange of information to currently non-reportable asset classes. Brilliant, grifter hawkers ignorant.

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Row F 96

Pink Cream

Con artists hawking offshore captive insurance despite IRS warning they are tax cons due to be eradicated.

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Senate Finance Committee will release legislation to clamp down on offshore PPLIs promoted to avoid taxes on the sale of closely held businesses.

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 OECD morons f#ck up untaxed Active NFE off CRS hook, even if hold stock portfolio. No AEoI for commissions, salary, bonuses, medical, consulting, rent

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The best CARF structure in the world, bar none

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Can an entity be categorized as two types of Financial Institution for CRS? Why is this critical?

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Row F 95

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Many query me how an offshore consulting company be a non-reportable Active NFE, even if holds a stock portfolio. Thank the dim f*ckwits at OECD.

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Non UK trusts are superior in every aspect than shithole centres grifters hawk, charging an arm & leg ever time they sit on toilet and think of you.

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CARF is much more complicated than CRS. Further, it will be difficult to ensnare most Crypro Service Asset Providers as Reporting Institutions...

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Incorrect advice by pricey lawyers regarding where a BVI Investment Entity is located for CRS.

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Synthetic intangible assets such as patents convert reportable Passive NFE to non-reportable Active NFE. IFRS disagrees but who cares on their opinion

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Row F 94

What is Cash Pooling? Is it related to the i) CRS definition of Active NFEs, or ii) Treasury Centres described as a FFI in the FATCA Treasury.

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Authority warnings of CRS reporting audits have lower scare factor than 💩 on a shoe.

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 If most crypto transactions are off the blockchain, how to track crimes? What's on the blockchain is a small portion, just the tip of the iceberg.

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EU's strange version of OECD's Crypto Asset Reporting Framework is DAC8. Hilariously, it contains some lunatic asylum add-ons.

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Grifters who failed in London, now trying Dubai hawking UAE trusts and foundations, scraping the barrel for shitty justification...

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Row F 93

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Huge failure of Economic Substance as the dummy OECD were outplayed by tax havens with their shitty Holding Company con... and everybody plays along.

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I'll bet most banks confuse CRS untaxed Non Financial Entities residence with Financial Institutions. Wait till you see the OECD tiebreaker fuckup.

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 It's negligent to headline footnotes of OECD status of CRS commitments that US has undertaken automatic information exchanges pursuant to FATCA

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Global Forum self-congratulates its Africa initiative. Meantime, fuckall pressurise on several major countries to implement CRS. Loophole delux.

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CARF will be an embarrasing failure for OECD with so many non-participants. Without the US, no GIIN to track FIs. Too many loopholes to list...

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Row F 92

EU hammers another nail into the RbI/CbI grifters' coffins. The second nail in weeks.

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Turkish Republic Northern Cyprus (TRNC) provides planning opportunity for non-reporting of Automatic Exchange of Information? Yes, if you like risk.

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Trillions escaped CRS to US. Ask any bank how many clients shifted assets to US FIs and US trusts. Lawyers in Mexico will only US banks to hide money.

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 Most of the world's graffiti on OECD & Global Transparency Forum wall about CARF & MDR initiatives that aren't minimum standards, nor prescriptive.

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The unknown CRS/CARF loophole. The nominee/agent owned by a NP Custodial Institution.

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Row F 91

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CARF looks through any Professionally Managed Investment Entity, even if held by a Custodial Institution. Sorry, but this is impossible.

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Robert Brockman avoided FATCA with $2.7b using Professionally Managed Investment Entitities incorporated in Nevis & Bermuda. Can you still copy his strategy?

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 FATCA & CRS will reclassify Investment Entities as reportable persons, look thru to Controlling Persons. It's in CARF & US Senate Committee confirms.

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FATCA IRS presumption rules when clients don't respond to queries on claimed FATCA entity status. Whack them with the 30% penalty and close account.

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A lead FATCA & CRS compliance officer of world's largest bank messaged me, indicating that banks may be struggling with recalcitrant Active NFFEs.

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Row F 90

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Caribbean Citizenship by Investment's key benefit sunk. Flush twice, it's a long way to the sewage line.

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Lose paddle by falling for grifters selling you a Caribbean Citizenship by Investment. Subsequently, open am account with a smaller local bank to avoid CRS.

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Where is an untaxed NFE entity located for CRS? It's radically different to the residence of an FI. Typical advisor is wrong.

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Is a trust a Custodial Institution if it's not an Investment Entity? What is the impact of OECD CRS FAQ Feb 2019 on SPV Custodians?

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Be aware of those dishing out dog shit advice that a 25% de minimis shareholding applies before being reported for CRS.

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Row F 89

 WTF is an SPV Custodian mentioned in the OECD CRS FAQ Feb 2019. Now I publish articles on SPV Depository Institutions...

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How many of 54 African nations not CRS participants? OECD Global Transparency Forum peer review or pair them for training with participating members?

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How a Custodial Institution can ensure a settlor of any revocable trust is not reportable, better than a Singapore irrevocable trust

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The recent OECD CRS FAQ update shows you how to establish your own SPV Depository Institution using a trust.

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To the muppets opining Depositary & Custodial Institutions need be subject to financial regulations or supervisory oversight to qualify as a CRS FI

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Row F 88

Which OECD AEoI initiative is the bigger failure? MDR is hardly implemented outside the EU and 75% of the world has not pledged to join CARF. Both are not minimum standards.

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OECD copied a f*ckup from FATCA then tried to fix it like a caveman, making it worse with thousands entities escaping CRS. Congrats you muppets.

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So many educated, albeit ignorant dumbos, on linkedin celebrate the US pledging AEoI for crypto. Muppets think LHS cartoon is true but not the RHS!

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Swiss told OECD to get screwed on Mandatory Disclosure Rules as it did not constitute a minimum standard. Yet now want to join the optional crypto AEOI

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Swiss State Secretary Interntnl Finance misinterpret CRS, oblige trusts look thru FIs, central banks, regularly traded corporations, intnl organizations & govt entities

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Row F 87

The gig is up. Singapore's scam of help Chinese residents evade CRS with work permits and cheap apartment lease is over.

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Whether to register non-UK trusts for tax - HMRC; or register with the UK trust B.O. register -TRS. Answer: Generally neither, unique in Europe!

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Can one exploit Trump's sh*thole non-participating CRS territories? No, not the knuckle-dragging strategy of opening a bank account there.

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Trustees exploit a non-sensical CRS clause to exploit a non-existent loophole for thousands of trusts

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If an entity holds a Passive NFE subsidiary and collects the dividends, is it a Custodial Institution, Investment Entity or a Nominee?

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Row F 86

White Structure

Sneaky tax havens weasel out of the spirit of economic substance, neutering it useless with holding companies. Laughing at OECD muppets to allow this.

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CRS trustees, something new for you. Utility if a trust's underlying company is categorized as agent/nominee/sub-custodian. What's the difference?

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OECD took a dump and now reminds entities they don't need a FATCA GIIN to prove they're a CRS Financial Institution. Good luck tracking whose registered as a FI.

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I never heard of virtual IBANs. What are they and why do businesses use them? EBA thinks they can be used for money laundering & terrorist financing.

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 Warning: Do not step into the "Residence and Citizenship by Investment" sales schpiel of sleazy grifters.

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Row F 85

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The OECD updated the CRS FAQ, inadvertently introducing the "unregulated SPV Depositary Institution". A slew of CRS/CARF loopholes ensues.

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OECD now supports a widely used CRS loophole. Thousands of entities can safely be non-reportable Active NFEs because money is not a Financial Asset.

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For CRS and FATCA, if your client insists a foundation is the same as a trust, tell him to think again. Here comes the shockers...

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Feck-off, occasionally spelled fek or feic, is a word that has several vernacular variations in Irish English, Scots, and Middle English.

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Arguments you can expect with ignorant compliance/kyc/aml plonkers. They think they know CRS like the back of their hand, but they don't.

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Row F 84

OECD just f*cked-up CRS categorization of cash, then tries to pretzel out with B.S. about Depositary Institutions. A new slew of loopholes awaits.

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1st update OECD CRS FAQ since 2019. Covers crypto FIs, Credit Card Issuers & Trading CFD derivatives. F*cks-up cash categorization big time.

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IRS sinks the microcaptive insurance tax abusive arrangements from Puerto Rico. The carnival barkers continue to hawk this scam.

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OECD muppets misquote the FATF recommendation gleefully accepts there is no need to identify Controlling Persons of listed entities for CRS

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Why the patent is the ideal intellectual property to convert CRS Passive NFEs to non-reportable Active NFEs despite IFRS recommending it written off in the short-term

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Row F 83

OECD will pressure all CRS jurisdictions to implement the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework. It's not a minimum BEPS action you muppets. ​

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Contrary to the CRS, Netherlands, Canada and Luxembourg deemed most Investment Entitities as Passive NFEs. OECD said, come here little boy....

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Is the Dutch FGR or the Luxembourg SCSp Special Limited Partnership the better fund solution for CRS and CARF? You'll be amazed at the difference.

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Why the typical CRS AML/KYC/COMPLIANCE is wrong regarding a nominee/agent/custodian/nominee as the account holder, especially if held by a custodial trust

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Row F 82

On live TV in 1983 David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear. Meh, watch a bank account vanish off the face of the earth in 2024 for CRS

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150 countries will always be told by the US to f*ck off regarding FATCA equivalent reciprocal information and foreign requestor access to CTA's BOI

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What is the difference between a CASP and a VASP for crypto?

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 Personal Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are promoted by grifters, plonkers and con artists as a CRS avoidance solution.

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Swiss wealth manager shifts clients account to US trust

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Row F 81

Pink Cream

The muppet OECD's CRS follows the FATCA balls-up for the income test of a Custodial Institution.

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Why is the FGR- Fonds voor Gemene Rekening - the star of Dutch Investment Funds?
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China’s crypto craving: Back-door Binance traders look more important to the exchange's future in the wake of the US conviction.
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Who are the reportable persons CRS/CARF/FATCA when a trust is a non-participating Custodial Institution? err, nobody.
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Can you use CRS non-participating jurisdictions for your confidentiality and data protection? Declare your tax but remain private with data safety.
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