Articles, tagged with "tax havens", page 5
15th May 2007
An offshore fund is a collective investment fund domiciled in an Offshore Financial Center. These funds have been in existence since the 1960's, and so named because they were established originally in the island tax havens of the Caribbean and the Englis...
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Author:
Mark Plummer
10th May 2007
Andorra's real estate prices, second only to Monaco in popularity among Europe's tax havens, have risen consistently over the last decade by an average of ten per cent a year, and in the last two years by over fifteen per cent.
But a lack of snow and t...
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Author:
Robert Palmer
30th April 2007
Andorra, the tiny independent country and European tax haven in the Pyrenees, saw her property prices rise in value by 19.3 per cent last year, and local travel guide YourAndorra.com suggest that another rise in prices is likely in the year ahead.
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Author:
Robert Palmer
27th March 2007
As real estate prices have risen in many regions of Europe, tax havens have outpaced most for property inflation.
Not well known outside of the skiing and financial communities, the small European tax haven of Andorra has seen some startling rises in h...
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Author:
Robert Palmer
04th February 2007
The residency mix of Europe's favourite tax haven is changing, according to Monaco travel guide YourMonaco.com
Best known of Europe's tax havens, Monaco has also been seen as a social gathering and vacation place for the rich - and home to successful b...
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Author:
Robert Palmer
15th November 2006
Monaco is to build a new island in the Mediterranean, just off Monte Carlo, confirming rumours that have been circulating for a year of a major new development in the Principality.
With a surface area of some 275,000 square metres, the development adds...
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Author:
Robert Palmer
18th October 2006
First it needs to be stated that no one has a crystal ball which predicts the future. These thoughts are just opinions and should be taken as such not as legal or tax advice. We will try to show the political positions of the countries that are not in fav...
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Author:
Ronald Edwards
03rd September 2006
Copyright 2006 Nicholas Marr
We all hate paying tax but sadly it is a fact of life that the majority of countries including the USA and the UK have heavily invested in getting the most tax from its citizens dead or alive.
US property investors
Th...
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Author:
nicholas marr
25th July 2006
It is important to keep in mind that offshore financial centers were originally established by onshore banks and corporations. Why? Because felt hemmed-in by archaic laws, regulations and statutes. For example, Citicorp (the largest American-owned...
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Author:
Bill Piker
27th January 2006
While Monaco is a well known European tax haven, Andorra has remained little known outside of the financial community - despite enjoying the same tax advantages and arguably more private banking than her better known rival.
In contrast to the similar f...
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Author:
Roger Munns
08th September 2005
When you think of offshore bank accounts do you see shady characters carrying around bags full of money? Today's modern bank legislation does not allow banks to accept cash deposits or transfers of US$ 10.000 and up without presenting proof of the source ...
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Author:
David Jones
15th July 2005
Media reporting of a new EU savings tax directive has left many people wondering whether European tax havens could soon become obselete.
The July directive requires banks throughout Europe, including low and no tax areas such as Gibraltar, Monaco, Malt...
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Author:
Roger Munns