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Is an Offshore Company Right for Your Business?

An offshore company is a company registered in a jurisdiction where it doesn’t conduct the majority of its business. While offshore companies sometimes have a reputation as being illicit or shady, they are absolutely legal to set up and to use

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5 Things to Know about the Panama Papers

Since their release in early April, the Panama Papers have been making waves. German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reportedly obtained these confidential records from an anonymous source and then shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

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Intellectual Property and Optimizing Your Royalty Payments

Intellectual property is a broad term that encompasses intellectual creations over which a monopoly is assigned to the designated to the owners of those creations. Common examples of intellectual property include copyrights, industrial trademarks, patents, trade secrets, industrial property rights, and industrial design rights.

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Offshore vs. Onshore vs. Mid-Shore: What Every Company Should Know

When forming a company, it is important to consider where you want to register that company. Specifically, whether you want to stay onshore or go offshore or mid-shore. Offshore, onshore, and mid-shore refer to different kinds of jurisdictions in which you can register a company.

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5 Tips for International Tax Planning

As an individual working overseas or settling in a location for favorable taxation, international tax planning can be quite a hassle. The rules and regulations are often complex, and understanding what you need to do to comply with all necessary domestic and international requirements can seem daunting.

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Monaco also shares financial information

Monaco and the European Union agreed on mutual introduction of automatic tax information exchange, the principality will share the information of the bank account holders to the national tax authority of their tax residence.

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