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Are you a non U.S. resident with a Delaware corporation or Delaware LLC but don’t have a bank account to work with your Delaware corporation or LLC?
Miami Offshore Services offers both U.S. bank accounts and offshore bank accounts for non U.S. residents who have a Delaware corporation or LLC.
We offer two routes to obtain your bank account:
1. You can opt to have a corporate bank account offshore for your company.
2. We can register your Delaware company in the State of Florida which will allow us to place you with one of our two U.S. banks.
Either option will allow you to have a bank account with your company so that you can have a proper U.S. business presence.
Read more about our U.S. and offshore bank account services or contact us at 786-472-1889 or by email
La nouvelle est tombée hier, la Suisse s’apprête à signer un nouvel accord avec la France qui consiste à relâcher toutes les informations que le FISC demandera à la Suisse sur les comptes bancaires et salaires « sans restriction ».
Est-ce juste une action médiatique ou un réel « deal » ? Il est trop tôt pour le dire. Quoiqu’il en soit, dans le doute, beaucoup de détenteurs de comptes bancaire Suisse vont être amenés à les clôturer après cette annonce, ainsi que perdre une nouvelle clientèle effrayée par cet accord.
Aujourd’hui, on s’appercoit qu’il est de plus en plus délicat de trouver une juridiction qui garantie le secret et la confidentialité. Belize est l’une d’entre elle. Avec un système légale basé sur le « Commonwealth », Belize n’a aucun accord signé avec la France ou les USA. Le secret y est strictement gardé avec un système bancaire fiable et fort.
Que vous souhaitiez incorporer une Société IBC ou un compte privé, Belize est une excellente option. Belize offre notamment les options suivantes :
- Directeur nominé
- Actionnaire nominé
- Action au porteur
L’incorporation est rapide et bon marché.
Toutes des banques sont sous la tutelle de la Banque Centrale de Belize et la majorité d’entre elles offrent les outils nécessaires pour le client international. Carte Visa ou Mastercard, accès au compte on-line et virement par internet.
N’hésitez pas à nous contacter Miami Offshore Services pour obtenir plus de détails pour une incorporation ou un compte bancaire à Belize.
De Yahoo News
“Accord franco-suisse contre l’évasion fiscale”
Samedi 13 juin, 00h47
La France et la Suisse ont conclu vendredi à Berne un accord qui permettra à l’administration fiscale française d’obtenir des autorités suisses des renseignements, y compris bancaires, sans restriction, à compter du 1er janvier 2010.
“Ainsi, la Suisse ne pourra plus opposer sa législation sur le secret bancaire pour refuser de communiquer à la France ces renseignements”, soulignent les ministères français de l’Economie et du Budget, qui se félicitent dans un communiqué commun de cette “avancée majeure dans le processus en faveur de la transparence engagé sur le plan international”.
Le 13 mars, la Suisse s’était déclarée prête à renforcer l’échange d’informations avec ses partenaires et à réviser le réseau de ses conventions fiscales bilatérales afin d’adopter les standards de l’OCDE (Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques) en matière d’échange de renseignements.
“Cet accord constitue une nouvelle traduction concrète des décisions prises dans le cadre de la réunion des chefs d’Etats du G-20 le 2 avril 2009″, estime le Budget, précisant que “l’accord sera signé au niveau ministériel après l’été”. AP
Although there is a lot happening right now with the exchange of information on tax havens with the OECD, how might it affect you?
For more information on how you might be affected take a look at which jurisdictions have substantially implemented the internationally agreed tax standard. Many jurisdictions have committed but have not actually done any substantial implementation. Some of the offshore tax jurisdictions that have yet to substantially implement the international tax standards include: Belize and St. Kitts and Nevis. The last three countries that have yet to implement a tax standard are Costa Rica, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
A useful report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is here: “A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE JURISDICTIONS SURVEYED BY THE OECD GLOBAL FORUM IN IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONALLY AGREED TAX STANDARD”
Another excellent report to follow is the “OVERVIEW OF THE OECD’S WORK ON INTERNATIONAL TAX EVASION” which has an annex that lists “TIEAS SIGNED BETWEEN OECD MEMBER STATES AND COMMITTED JURISDICTIONS”.
G20 doesn’t show any impact here on the states of Delaware, Nevada and Wyoming as tax friendly jurisdictions although it seems some would really like to see that as an article from eubusiness.com points out.
(BRUSSELS) - The tax-friendly US states of Delaware, Nevada and Wyoming should figure on an international blacklist of offshore tax havens, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday.
Along with Belgium and Austria, Luxembourg recently came under pressure from its EU partners to ease its banking secrecy rules to avoid being put on a blacklist of tax havens being drawn up for a Group of 20 summit in London on Thursday.
“I would like all the bold (leaders) in Europe who insisted that those three EU countries that practice banking secrecy drop it show the same courage towards the United States,” Juncker said.
“The G20 has no credibility as an undertaking if Delaware, Wyoming or Nevada or far-flung islands from the United States are not on the blacklist,” he told lawmakers at the European Parliament in Brussels.
“If there must be a blacklist then, America should have its place on it.”
The three US states are popular locations for incorporating businesses in large part because of the tax advantages of doing so while the US Virgin Islands are also known for their tax benefits.
Read the full article about G20 tax havens at EUbusiness.com
See our French Blog about paradis-fiscaux-levee-de-boucliers-en-suisse-contre-la-menace
This is from the Caribbean360.com site -
“Bridgetown, BARBADOS, February 26, 2009 -
The Government of Barbados has pledged that it “will not sit idly by” and allow any chaos to unfold within that country’s critical international business sector.
This assurance was delivered to members of the Barbados International Business Association (BIBA) by George Hutson, Minister of International Business and International Transport, at the organisation’s monthly luncheon on Tuesday.
He said that not only would the sector be covered under government’s recently crafted fiscal stimulus ‘The Barbados Short and Medium Term Action Plan’, but his own ministry had also put in train its own ‘Short and Medium Term Action Plan for the International Business Sector 2009 - 2011′. The plan aims to tackle the perceived impact the economic downturn would have on the sector while mitigating potential loss and creating avenues to exploit any possible market opportunities over the next two years.
His comments came in the wake of the high-profile collapse of Antigua’s most prominent offshore company - the Stanford Group -, a decline in the number of offshore businesses registering in Barbados in 2008, and a decrease in corporate tax received, which the Central Bank of Barbados said is due to declining profitability in the sector.
Barbados’ international business sector accounts for roughly 60 per cent of corporate tax received by the government, and Hutson noted that estimates put its contribution to the Barbadian economy at 20 per cent of its gross domestic product when spin-offs such as real estate transactions and high-end tourism spend was accounted for.
He also reported that Barbados currently has 10 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in place, plus 16 double taxation agreements (DTAs), and added that the government was pushing to ratify DTAs with Ghana and Luxembourg and a BIT with the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union this year. At the same time, it will push forward with negotiations of DTAs with Italy, Spain and Iceland.
Hutson added that his ministry would also be turning to the secretariat of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OEDC) to aggressively pursue opportunities to conclude and amend tax treaties with member states in order to enhance Barbados’ network of competitive tax treaties.
The Minister also promised to amend legislation later this year to implement a new system for the renewal of licenses for international business entities and international societies with restricted liability; review the holding company and shipping corporation legislations; implement revised license application forms to better capture statistical data on the sector; and improve the administrative and operational systems of his ministry to ensure the highest international standards were met. “
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Offshore Limited Liability Companies, also known as LLCs) allow you to take advantage of the asset protection strengths of a limited partnership while also drawing upon the protection of the limited liability afforded by the corporation. The shareholders receive asset protection and protection from creditors. Managers do not need to be members which provides an additional level of security for members.
Offshore Limited Partnerships also known as limited liability partnerships allows the possibility to separate ownership and control. In an offshore limited partnership the general partner takes the brunt of any liabilities while the limited partners only have liability for what they have invested in the partnership.
This is not intended to be an exhaustive overview of the structures available for offshore companies. It is important to bear in mind that tax reductions and other benefits will also depend upon the owner’s country of residence as well as the tax structure with, or in which, the offshore entity might conduct its business. If you would like assistance in creating the most effective offshore company for your particular situation then Miami Offshore Services can help you.
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