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Assets confidential . Guaranteed owner cannot be physically traced. Legally not reportable by CRS/FATCA/CARF
A resident of Svalbard, Akrotiri, or Falklands as trustee of a UK non-resident trust categorised as a Custodial Institution.
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Articles 9 Feb 2019 - 16 Apr 2019
Lawyers and trustees ignore SPV Custodial Institutions trusts. Are they prematurely concluding clients will not benefit from this rare CRS structure?
Part 2 - Incorrect advice regarding Balkan Endowment funds exempt from Common Reporting Standard
Part 3 - Useless legal opinion on the zero surrender value of irrevocable insurance policies
Part 4 - Incorrect big four advice on not being an Investment Entity
Part 5 - Idiotic advice given by a bank to avoid the Common Reporting Standard
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CRS can oblige wealth managers or its parent to report on accounts in the USA by piercing the corporate veil
Where is an untaxed entity located for CRS? It's far from simple.
Ignorants try circumvent the CRS by using Companies Limited by Guarantee as having no controlling persons or are Active NFE charities.
CRS: What amount should be reported for a policyholder of a Zero Cash Value Insurance Policy? Hint: not zero.
Global offshore trust firms hiding clients in South Dakota. Could the OECD pierce the veil through the firm's headquarters?
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Been advised your untaxed Investment Entity managed by yourself avoids CRS? Oops, that is wrong...
Zero tax jurisdictions dislike economic substance? No problem, they've surreptitiously escaped its main impact.
If an entity holds a Passive NFE subsidiary and collects the dividends, is it a Custodial Institution, Investment Entity or a Nominee?
The misplaced self-confidence of banks to move clients' assets to USA and continue servicing the portfolio
Singapore's irrevocable trusts help Settlors hide undeclared assets by reporting zero. CRS participating jurisdictions should be furious.
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Barbados: Peddling surety bonds or Long term care policies to avoid CRS. It isn't out of scope despite providers assuring such
What's with Gibraltar trustees mistakenly advising that some retirement funds avoid the CRS?
Exploiting the term 'related' to avoid the CRS
Big 4 misinterprets a CRS clause and subsequently trustees exploit a non-existent loophole for thousands of trusts
OECD misquotes the FATF recommendation and subsequently "accepts" there is no need to identify Controlling Persons of certain entities
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What's with the insurance industry not comprehending Zero Cash Value policies are not a CRS solution?
FIs are not listening to the OECD initiative to tackle abuse of residence by investment
OECD FAQ update February 2019 - Yeah, you're a managing Investment Entity even if you don't get paid fees
Financial alchemy - Passive NFE becomes Active NFE / Investment Entity
Don't confuse the EU Commission's failed blacklist vs. EU Code of Conduct Group's blacklist of USA
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Fleeing BVI / Cayman due to Economic Substance legislation
Automatic exchange of information's gap regarding non-participating Institutions
EU Code of Conduct Group closes the Investment Entity CRS loophole - perhaps
Common Reporting Standard becoming different standards
EU Code of Conduct Group strategy coalesces against USA as an uncooperative tax haven
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