Tax Planning With Offshore Companies & Trusts: The A-Z Guide (International Tax Planning Series)

Book Synopsis: This guide contains detailed information on how offshore companies and trusts are taxed in 2013 and how (and when) you can use them to reduce your UK taxes. It is updated for the latest anti avoidance rules that apply from April 2013.

Subjects covered include:

• Offshore Companies
• What benefits there are from using an offshore company
• Detailed explanations of how to establish your company as non resident...including a review of recent cases in this area
• How and when you are taxed on income of the offshore company...including how these rules are changing
• How and when you are taxed on capital gains of the offshore company including details of the latest 2013 rules
• How to use double tax treaties to make maximum use of offshore companies
• When you can use offshore companies to reduce your UK taxes
• How to show offshore company income on UK tax returns
• How non UK domiciliaries can take advantage of special rules for using offshore companies
• How to avoid having a UK trade and being taxed on UK profits
• How the new controlled foreign company (CFC) provisions will apply from 2012
• Whether to trade overseas using a separate company or branch ...and how the reform of the tax treatment of foreign branches from April 2012 will impact on this
• Using an offshore company and trust structure
• Offshore company checklist
• Plus lots more...

Offshore Trusts

• What tax benefits are available from using an offshore trust
• Information on the new annual charge and CGT regime from April 2013
• How Offshore life interest trusts are taxed
• When and how to migrate a UK trust offshore
• Exactly how the income tax, CGT and IHT anti avoidance rules apply to offshore trusts ...and when they don't apply
• The top tax planning uses for offshore trusts
• How you can use offshore trusts to benefit your Grandchildren tax efficiently
• How non UK domiciliaries can take advantage of special offshore trust rules
• When you can use offshore trusts to purchase property tax efficiently
• How to extract cash from offshore trusts tax efficiently
• Techniques to "Wash out" capital gains with offshore trusts
• How to use double tax treaties to set up a tax efficient offshore trust structure
• Recent offshore trust Q&A's
• ...and much more

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