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The Offshore-Onshore section of Lowtax.net
explores low-tax opportunities in high-tax countries
at two levels of detail.
- For many people,
and for many companies, the best tax result
can be obtained by taking advantage of tax breaks
available onshore, or by using them in combination
with offshore jurisdictions. So this section of
lowtax.net is devoted to explaining the low-tax
opportunities available onshore.
Tax planners in international
corporations have long been aware of the opportunities
that exist for improving overall tax efficiency
by using the special low-tax regimes offered by
high-tax countries wanting to encourage international
business.
Full International
Tax Sites
For
the countries listed below, we combine factual
descriptions of their onshore low-tax regimes
with in-depth feature articles on aspects of inward
and outward investment, as well as a dedicated
news page for each country powered by tax-news.com.
In the
black-and-white tax world inhabited by the Finance
Ministers of these rich, high-taxing countries
there are offshore jurisdictions full of money-launderers
and tax-evaders, while at home, onshore, people
meekly pay their taxes and get wonderful services
in return.
The
real world is more complicated. Many so-called
offshore jurisdictions have quite high taxes for
residents, while onshore 'rich' countries compete
fiercely to attract rich companies and individuals
with all manner of tax breaks.
Use
our international tax sites if you are planning
investment in one of these countries or if you
are planning to live or work there.
- UNITED
KINGDOM
- United
Kingdom Special Features
- United Kingdom News
- United Kingdom Knowledge
Base
- SOUTH
AFRICA
- South
Africa Special Features
- South Africa
News
- South
Africa Knowledge Base
- CANADA
- Canada
Special Features
- Canada News
- Canada Knowledge Base
- AUSTRALIA
- Australia
Special Features
- Australia
News
- Australia Knowledge
Base
- NEW
ZEALAND
- New
Zealand Special Features
- New Zealand
News
- New Zealand
Knowledge Base
- UNITED
STATES
- United
States Special Features
- United States
News
- United States
Knowledge Base
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RUSSIA
- Russia
Special Features
- Russia News
- Russia Knowledge
Base
Country Knowledge
Bases
The
OECD's list of countries indulging in 'unfair'
tax competition had 49 names on it: 35 are 'offshore'
and have been heavily publicised, but the remaining
14 are among the OECD's own members.
In fact,
almost all countries offer tax breaks of one kind
or another to encourage investment, but we have
chosen just the most attractive countries to explore
in this section. In the list opposite, you can
click on underlined countries to access information
about the opportunities they offer for international
tax planners and investors.
Such
widely-used tax-exempt forms as the Dutch Holding
Company can be combined with intermediate offshore
holding companies and the use of double tax treaties
to obtain low effective tax rates on flows of
dividends and capital gains from investments in
jurisdictions which superficially appear to have
high-tax regimes.
Non-residents
often have a privileged tax position with regard
to investment into high-tax countries, so the
Offshore Onshore Knowledge Base also reviews the
tax position of non-residents for many of the
countries surveyed.
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