January 2011 – Offshore Company’s, Trusts and Foundations for Asset Protection, Money Laundering or Tax Savings – this is the picture drawn up by the government’s all around the world, offshore jurisdictions like Panama, Belize, Nevis, Cook Islands, Bahamas/Nassau and many others gave up on the pressure from the major EU countries and the USA – It is almost no longer possible to hide any money transaction if it is done electronically by Bank to Bank transfer or Credit / Debit card transfers, nor is it possible any longer to hide behind a Offshore corporation if the company has a bank account, also not if it is a so called offshore bank account, why not? – The answer is pretty simple and straight forward, in the so called old days (about 2 – 3 years ago) and before the financial recession which hit the world economy the procedure to open a bank account in an offshore jurisdiction like Panama, Belize, Bahamas, Cyprus and beyond many other jurisdictions were simple, just provide some sort of corporate documents and have a nominee to sign on behalf of the company, the banks didn’t asked for a clear and transparent company structure which shows the beneficial owners (real owners of a company) not did they care much about if the passport, utility bill or any other document provided was real and up to date! – This was a kind of a loop hole for many also sadly enough for criminals who were able to finance there activities through offshore corporations and accounts worldwide.
Now what has changed?
Actually today it is very clear, if the purpose of an Offshore company and a connected offshore bank account is money laundering, tax hiding or financing of any sort of criminal activity one won’t be able to go any further with it, the entire process will be stopped at the latest by the bank’s around since today it is required to provide proper prove of company and account holder, this has to be able to be verified one way or another.
But there are still Offshore company Agents who offer 100% bullet proof corporations and bank accounts, so it is not true what you say?
This is 100% nonsense and nothing “bullet proof” today as already mentioned above no Offshore Trust, no Offshore company, No Foundation, No Fund will ever provide anything that is “bullet proof” as known from the past, actually, providers / companies that claim they have such an solution simply lie and want to pick up the money from your pockets and nothing else, or they are not used to keep know how the world looks today and tomorrow they still offer solutions which were possible for 4 or even 10 years ago, this to the great negative personal impact it can have to the people who buy from such companies / offshore providers.
Of course there will always be options out there to hide money, there will also always be options around who may be tools to finance any criminal activities but today’s governments and their Intelligence services will catch people sooner or later, don’t be naive!
So why do you still sell Offshore corporations?
Actually there are many reasons for why one will incorporate a offshore company, one of them is privacy and anonymity another is reducing tax and then we have finally creditor protection in special circumstances. What do we mean with “Special Circumstances” – this is one of the most overlooked items a offshore corporation can be used for, for a brief explanation read on, while it is very easy for any creditor to get a court order to access the assets of a resident/local company if they are unable to pay their bills because they are close to file bankruptcy then it is very expansive and in most cases impossible to access assets of an offshore company! This can be a key factor if the entrepreneur behind a new company maybe just had to little knowledge about the companies activity but want to start again just without the mistakes that forced the first company to file bankruptcy. Or companies that have been in business for ages but hit by the financial recession or other circumstances that force the company to file bankruptcy, there are many reasons and incidents that can describe ” Special Circumstances” for an entrepreneurs starting a new venture it is crucial to protect the personal future and not spoil it because an idea which simply not will work. While some only look in the direction of Offshore companies and offshore bank accounts because they want to hide from the tax authorities or because they have any sort of criminal activities going, then we are glad to tell the reader that we have many who are incorporating an Offshore company for the above mentioned reasons and as well not mentioned reasons.
What are the best offshore jurisdictions to incorporate?
There is no “best” offshore jurisdiction, for the time (2011) we recommend the incorporation of Seychelles companies because they are still very protected and almost untraceable in regards to owner ship, also for asset protection they are the perfect tool, most often we recommend a Seychelles company in combination with a Cyprus company if the business activity will take place as well in Europe or if the purpose is a Holding Structure.