Offshore tax planning

Offshore Tax Planning, a new special report from BNA International, gives you investment guidance - with the aid of the expert knowledge of local practitioners - for 16 of the world’s top offshore centres. The report focuses on offshore planning from a fund management and investment perspective. In addition, it includes a foreword by Steven Edge of Slaughter & May, London and provides an essential overview of the key topics involved in offshore planning – fully updating you on the latest OECD initiatives and anti-money laundering measures. Here are nine reasons why you’ll find Offshore Tax Planning so valuable: 1. Obtain investment information on 18 of the world’s leading offshore tax jurisdictions, covering the three key geographical areas of global fund and investment financial flows - Europe, the Caribbean and Asia/Pacific. In particular, tap into coverage of: - some of the world’s leading financial centres - Singapore, Switzerland and Hong Kong, the "gateway to China" - new EU member states - Cyprus and Malta - up and coming investment fund destinations - New Zealand and Dubai - many of the islands traditionally associated with "offshore" - Cayman Islands, Bermuda, BVI, Netherlands Antilles, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Gibraltar 2. Benefit from the Report’s focus on investment and fund management 3. For each jurisdiction, find information on key taxes, how to set up a business, the position of trusts, relevant tax treaties, geopolitical considerations and recent major controversies and developments 4. Read Steven Edge’s introductory overview for his view on the implications for offshore planning of recent and forthcoming developments 5. Obtain the regulators’ perspective, with insight from the OECD in Paris and Jersey Financial Services Commission, as well as coverage for most jurisdictions of anti-money laundering and anti-avoidance legislation 6. Refer to the appendix for a comprehensive round-up of all major developments from the offshore world during 2006. Foreward Steve Edge, Partner, Slaughter & May, London Introduction 1. The Battle over International Financial Services - Richard Hay, Partner, Stikeman Elliott, London 2. Current Issues Facing Financial Services Regulators - Colin Powell CBE, Chairman of the Jersey Financial Services Commission 3. The Impact of the Evolving UK Corporate Tax Environment on International Tax Structuring - Kate Alexander, Ernst & Young, London Europe 4. UK Offshore Funds Legislation: Where do Funds Stand Now? - Anne Stopford and Aii Ling Young, RSM Robson Rhodes, London 5. Tax Planning in Switzerland - Jean-Blaise Eckert, Partner, Lenz Staehelin, Geneva 6. An Overview of Jersey’s Tax Regime - Jonathan Bale, Partner, Walkers, Jersey 7. Tax Planning in Gibraltar - Chris White, Partner, Hassans, Gibraltar 8. Cyprus, A Rising Financial Services Centre - Harris S Stavrinides & Rutger Kriek, Consulco International, Cyprus 9. Tax Planning in Malta - Dr Frank Chetcuti Dimech, CDF Advocates, Malta 10. Guernsey - An Island Pursuing the Future - Lynn Giovinazzi, UHY Louvre, St Peter Port 11. Tax Planning in the Isle of Man - Simon Cain, Partner, Dickinson Cruickshank, IOM 12. Liechtenstein - Built on Firm Foundations - Derek Boudains, UHY Louvre 13. Tax Planning in Monaco - Derek Smith, Monaco Corporate Secretariat Asia/Pacific 14. Hong Kong – A Financial Centre and Gateway to China - Jacqueline Shek, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong 15. Tax Planning in Singapore - Edmund Leow, Dharshi Wijetunga & Allen Tan, Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow, Singapore 16. Tax Planning in New Zealand - Lynette Smith, Partner, Phillips Fox, Auckland Caribbean/Atlantic 17. Moving Forward - Innovations for Companies and Trusts in the British Virgin Islands - Kenneth Morgan, Partner - Rawlinson Hunter, BVI 18. The Cayman Islands - Andrew Bolton, Partner, Appleby Hunter Bailhache, Cayman 19. Tax Planning Using the Netherlands Antilles - Patrick van Rooij, Partner, Baker Tilly Netherlands Antilles B.V., Curaçao 20. Bermuda Hedge Fund Industry - A Period of Renewed Dynamism - Alex Erskine, Partner, Appleby Hunter Bailhache, Bermuda Appendices 1. Recent Developments in the Offshore World 2. OECD materials