Offshore Account

A) Current Status Over the last one year the residential property in National Capital Region (NCR) has seen it all. While prices in Gurgaon-Manesar area saw an 8-10% fall, in Rohini and Kundli there was a 30-35% jump. Prices in major upcoming locations in and around Delhi, such as Dwarka, Faidabad and Noida continue to grow at a steady pace of about... Read more »

‘Corruption is one of the most formidable challenges to good governance, development and poverty reduction’ in Africa says 2008 Transparency International Report. It has been said that corruption in Africa is like an advanced cancer or tumour that cannot be treated. Like cancer, corruption has tragically devastated African societies and made... Read more »

Currently the taxation landscape in Australia is in a state of great flux. Although legislation is constantly being updated a comprehensive review of this whole area has not been carried out. The whole area is unnecessarily complex and both the Australian Taxation Office and the courts have been left to do the best they can to provide meaningful... Read more »

It seems that overseas trusts, in order to shelter your money from taxes, are expensive to run. You are forced to travel to attractive places like the Cayman Islands, or not so attractive ones like the Isle of Man. It’s not really worth it unless you’re talking about at least 1 million dollars of income to protect. Some say, you really need $20... Read more »

It can be more than said that in the year 2009 that “Global Tax Planning” brings with a host and hosts of new, newer and newest concepts and procedures that may well be new or not even known by yourself , your family , banking , business advisers and even the most savvy of your knowledgeable friends and financial business acquaintances. It... Read more »

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 English Channel. The term ‘Offshore’ has since come to mean any jurisdiction, wherever... Read more »