The time has finally come to cover one of the most requested jurisdictions: Belize. This former British territory, previously known as British Honduras, is one of the cheapest and most popular offshore jurisdictions in the world today. Belize is one of the most heavily marketed jurisdictions on message boards, online…
Welcome to Offshore, USA! Population: trillions of dollars. After a pre-FATCA scare, the gates of the offshore financial world are opening up to Americans again, albeit with tighter controls and regulations. For people who are neither resident nor citizens of the US, it is arguably one of the most attractive…
Among the most remote jurisdictions I will cover, Cook Islands are one of the Pacific tax havens along with such noteworthy neighbours as Samoa and Vanuatu. Cook Islands consist of 15 stunningly beautiful islands spread out in the warm waters of the south Pacific. This tax haven is an associated…
Africa has three well-established tax havens: Seychelles, Mauritius, and Liberia. (Time will tell if The Gambia manages to get anywhere with its recent endeavours.) I have covered Mauritius in the past and while the Seychelles is the most popular, I have decided to take on Liberia today as it relates…
The time has come to take on one of the most requested and most misunderstood jurisdictions: Panama. In this article I will tell you why incorporating in Panama is probably not what you thought it was and why you probably are going to need a lot of painkillers to get…
Note that this article compares concepts across different legal systems and jurisdictions, which invariably is prone to flaws. As always, exercise due caution and seek qualified advisement. Furthermore, I am going to glance over some business concepts that you shouldn’t come here to learn. Wikipedia and Investopedia are good places…
This is it. The final British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. Don’t worry. We will get to Guernsey and finally Jersey in a few weeks. Let’s blow the dust off the Montserrat offshore sector and see what this lava-spewing volcano charming island has to offer. History Montserrat may have been…
Two weeks ago we were looking at the Cayman Islands. Today we travel west to a pair of islands called Saint Kitts and Nevis, a former British territory but today an independent nation. A veritable must-have in the asset protector’s bag of tricks, this little nation is known for its…
In the early days of this blog, I wrote a couple of articles that continue to be some of the most read ones. Going back to them now, I notice that I have improved my blogging in the almost two years since then and that those articles are in fact…