Book Description
Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Tax Havens Today arms you with the knowledge, strategies, and contacts needed to avoid expensive mistakes and make the most of your offshore endeavors. Divided into four comprehensive parts, this timely resource will bring you completely up to speed on a variety of issues that anyone aspiring to go offshore must be familiar with.
Customer Reviews:
Authoritative treatment of a timely topic.......2007-10-04
I have recently gotten interested in this topic due to world events. I bought this book and read it in one sitting--it is knowledgable and eye-opening. At no time did I feel the author was trying to "sell" me on anything...on the contrary the book reads as if the author is an expert in the field and simply wants the word to get out. Yes, his service is listed, but then, so are hundreds of other offshore experts--carefully presented according to their expertise.
In fact a colleague of mine contacted the author for advice and claims that the company handled him well and expeditiously regarding his request and order.
Apart from that, I believe that this work may be the best, if not the only timely report on the subject. If you want to know more, I would say it is a must-read, with the only intent to correctly inform on a topic that the "powers-to-be" may wish to keep covered up. Worth a look!
Becareful with this Author.......2007-08-19
The book is basically a plug for their financial service. I spent a lot of time corresponding with them and purchased one of their offshore banking packages. I had detailed my overseas residency situation and expressed concerns about their ability to match me with my desired banking product. They assured me that there would be no problems and if there were, I would get a full refund. Six months later, I have no Swiss bank account and no refund.
The Best on the Topic, and More.......2007-05-03
I recommend this book as a fascinating read to anyone, whether or not they are interested in minimizing their tax-load legally. (And who isn't?) But while this book delivers brilliantly on that score, it is also an authoritative, entertaining manual that serves as a wake-up call on the state-of-the world these days. It treats the both the big picture and the important details of offshore, and provides excellent contacts for not just legally avoiding taxes, but also for protecting one's assets, future, and indeed, one's personal safety and sovereignty. Further, this is not only the best book on the topic by far, but it is the only current book by several years. And the author truly knows his topic. Fascinating, excellent read.
Eye Opening.......2007-02-24
This is an eye opening book you must experience. Regardless of your politics, nobody likes excess and unfair taxation. Taxation without representation started the American Revolution, however the American Spirit is dead. We are the only industrialized nation that taxes our citizens living abroad. As I write this review, there is small business legislation in congress, hidden inside of that legislation is a law that would allow the IRS to tax assets of Americans who decide to expatriate to a country with less of a tax burden. A must read book. For additional information, visit The Sovereign Society website. In addition, The Patriot Act has allowed our government investigators to replace "probable cause" with "suspicion" when investigating your (the taxpayer's) financial privacy.
A Handbook for Paranoid Dreamers.......2007-02-05
Whatever practical advice this book offers is undermined by its paranoid anti-government tone: would you really contact - and entrust your money to - a financial advisor in a foreign country on the basis of a recommendation by someone who opens with dark warnings such as "Certain special interests in the world today are trying to close particular doors as we speak"? Or, "The trick is that governments with certain behind-the-scene agendas regularly redefine those parameters in an attempt to control their taxable subjects and hang on to revenues for support of their ever-expanding plans and budgets. As James Bond said, 'World domination, same old dream.'" (Page 3). If you're writing an adolescent spy-thriller, this book will be fine background. If you're planning an estate or have real financial responsibilities, look elsewhere.
Book Description
Here is a timely, comprehensive, and invaluable guide to using offshore investing as a method of asset protection. From evaluating places in which to invest to avoiding offshore scams, this easy-to-understand book provides you with all there is to know about keeping the money you earn.
Customer Reviews:
A Good Start to Looking Offshore.......2007-03-21
This book covers most of your questions and describes the basics for banking and corporations established outside the US. It tries to give you the pros and cons of each type of company and a list of places to look into. While it may not be the only book you'll ever need, it does a nice job of detailing what you'll need and how to go about the process of offshore management of finances and protecting your assets. It would have gotten 5 stars if it had been more recent. Still, its' quite worthwhile compared to what else is out there.
An O.K. book.......2007-01-21
This book lets you understand the fundamentals of offshore investing to protect yourself from lawsuits and avoid unnecessary tax liability. It focuses on the legal way to avoid exposure. This book is worth the money, but nothing outstanding.
Dangerous Advice that could get you in trouble..........2005-03-23
Famous authors of several other books like this one, for example Jerome Schneider, have already been * convicted * of tax fraud and have handed over their entire client lists to the US Government.
There is no legal way of avoiding US Taxes through offshore banks, offshore trusts, or numbered accounts. These things are only good for:
1.) Asset protection
2.) Diversifying investments/access to greater variety of investments
and that's it. Be wary of advice in books like this one if you are using them to avoid taxes.
If you don't like paying high taxes, give up your residency, hand in your passport and get citizenship in a country with lower taxes.
Don't read at your peril.......2004-12-24
If you are looking for a "feel good" book that only gives you the sugar frosting about offshore without warning you about the many pitfalls, then this book isn't for you.
On the one hand, if your interest is learning about the realities of offshore banking and tax reporting for U.S. citizens, etc., the you will find this a good starter guide. It's also chock full of interesting stories based on Mr. Cornez's personal experiences in the offshore havens.
Pretty good book for newbies.......2004-11-25
This is a good book for teaching newbies the basics of how to go offshore, open bank accounts, and (perhaps most importantly) avoid offshore scams.
The book needs to be read in light of recent revisions to the Patriot Act and new currency transfer reporting requirements. Don't even think of going offshore if your goal is to try to hide money from Uncle Sam, since if your particular plan fails it will probably end up being felony tax evasion.
Book Description
GOING OFFSHORE IS NOT FOR THE SUPER WEALTHY ONLY! DOCTORS,LAWYERS,ACCOUNTS, ATTORNEYS, EVEN YOUR NEIGHBOR COULD ALREADY BE BENEFITING FROM THE ADVANTAGES OF GOING OFFSHORE!
With over 50 Million lawsuits filed in the United States in 1997, it's no wonder that people are moving their money to safer ground. And it's not drug dealers and bad guys moving their money away, it's average people like you. According to the Federal Reserve, about 50% of the world's business each day is being cleared through offshore tax havens. "The Offshore Solution" tells you why this is happening and how you can benefit.
This is the most updated book out there on the offshore world. The author, Terry L. Neal will teach you how to protect your assets, take back your privacy, and lower your tax bill.
"The Offshore Solution" provides invaluable information to people with more than one source of income or an annual income of over $80,000. This book teaches the reader how to
Customer Reviews:
Terry Neal's reviewer also went to jail.......2004-07-18
The favorable review above of Larry Turpen must be seen in the light that Larry Turpen himself has just plead guilty to felony tax evasion.
Crooks of a feather flock together.
Aaron Young, the CEO of Laughlin International dba Laughlin Associates, also plead guilty along with Neal and will also be spending a year in federal prison
Terry Neal Pleads Guilty.......2004-04-14
Tue 13 Apr 2004 Street Wire
See (*BCSC) Street Wire
by Brent Mudry
Offshore financier, author and tax dodge promoter Terry L. Neal has pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service through a tax evasion scheme, largely relating to Exchange Bank and Trust, his Nevis-based brass plate bank which handled most of its clients' dealings
through the main downtown Vancouver branch of one of Canada's most reputable banks.
response to "A primer for jail time".......2004-02-13
The real crooks are those in The State who are stealing money from taxpayers via taxes (robbery) and inflation (thievery). I'd suggest that these crooks in the massive organized crime family known as the US Government are maliciously prosecuting T.L. Neal. I'd also note that an accusation does not mean someone is guilty, and that even if that is so, it is completely irrelevant to the advice given in this book (Dr. Atkins died of a heart-attack; that in no way impacts the debate on the health of his dietary plan). We should praise T.L. Neal for trying to help the victims of taxes and inflation.
The GOONS don't want you to READ THIS.......2003-05-04
This book is an extremely well written, lucid, compelling introduction to the "whys", "hows", historical-foundation, and MORAL bases of using "passive resistance" (as opposed to armed rebellion) to reclaim *your* life and *our* country from the welfare state and the statists who have kidnapped our Constitution. ...
Well, I have been reading the book and it has been a very pleasant surprise. Mr. Neal doesn't merely present the technical aspects of various privacy options, he presents a brief but extremely complete and fascinating overview of the history of money, the thinking of this nation's Founding Fathers, and how the Fed creates dollars "out of thin air" in order to collect additional taxes by stealth and help keep everyone subjugated...
Is THIS government what you want for your children? Our Founding Fathers risked there lives to give us freedom: economic as well as religious and political. They said things such as "Give me liberty or give me death" and "That Government governs best which governs least". They would be appalled at how their work has been perverted and how oblivious most of us are to what has been done to their work.
This is an excellent, fascinating book. Buy it. If there was an option for ten stars, I would give it ten. When you get chances to vote AGAINST *both* the Republicans and the Democrats, take them. Both of these parties worship Big Goverment. If you get a safe chance to choke off the funding of government, do it. The only way to stop the growth of this monster is to take away its food. Our Founding Fathers knew what would happen if government got unobstructed access to unlimited tax monies, as it has now obtained. Quoting from Mr. Neal's book, "Thomas Paine summed up these feelings [of the Founders] when he said: 'The punishment of a member (of Congress) who should move for such a law [as fiat money] ought to be death.'" So how come the statists are alive and Mr. Neal is in jail?
A primer for jail time.......2003-01-07
Jan 2, 2003... Offshore financier Terry L. Neal, in U.S. custody since last Friday in criminal tax evasion charges, has been denied bail on the basis of flight risk. In a brief hearing Thursday afternoon in Portland, Ore., duty Magistrate Don Ashmanskas in United States District Court for the District of Oregon cited Mr. Neal's extensive offshore dealings through Caribbean tax havens.
Mr. Neal was represented in court by defence counsel Ronald Hoevet of Hoevet Snyder & Boise, while the lead prosecutor is Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Ross. Mr. Neal was supported in court by numerous of his seven children and 19 grandchildren. Mr. Hoevet confirms a detention appeal hearing is set for Tuesday, Jan. 7, before Judge Garr King, and he will seek Mr. Neal's release on his own recognizance, possibly with a condition of electronic monitoring.
Magistrate Ashmanskas also unsealed a criminal arrest warrant, in which the Internal Revenue Service claims Mr. Neal neglected to declare more than $7-million in penny stock trading income from 1994 to 1996 through accounts in Vancouver, primarily now defunct brokerage C.M. Oliver and the downtown Vancouver branch of Bank of Montreal. (All figures are in U.S. dollars.) Mr. Neal made his first court appearance on Dec. 27 before Judge John Delkerks, hours after being arrested.
Book Description
Discover the Personal Finance Secrets of the Super Rich
Is it possible to make multimillion-dollar profits outside the United States—without intrusion from the government? How can you protect your money and other assets from unfair lawsuits, greedy relatives, and even your spouse in the event of a divorce? The secret is to put your money to work where it will be secure and generate solid returns—in one of the world's many safe and legal offshore money havens.
In this completely revised edition of the runaway bestseller, leading financial expert Jerome Schneider shows you how to use the same international business strategies and tactics that have earned billions for America's most prestigious banks, corporations, and business people. He reveals various ways to enter the foreign markets, ranks the world's top offshore money havens, offers tips on how to avoid the common pitfalls of international business, and tells dozens of stories about creative men and women who have easily and successfully invested abroad.
A wonderful starting place for anyone ready to take the most essential step in profit planning, The Complete Guide to Offshore Money Havens is a goldmine of information for investors who want to protect their assets and watch them grow.
"A serious contender for the best book on offshore banking I've ever read."
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Rep. Billy Tauzin, member of the U.S. Congress
"The book that you should consult to find the friendliest places for your money."
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Stephen Moore, economic analyst, Washington, D.C.
"Written at a layman's level. I understood it and enjoyed it very much."
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Gene Yount, North Carolina
"Excellent overview of offshore opportunities. It definitely makes one start to think about what exists outside of the United States."
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Dan GoldFarb, Ohio (from Amazon.com)
"I cannot say enough about this book. I found it to be well written, informative, and up-to-date. Mr. Schneider comes across as sincere, forthright, and honest, with no BS."
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David Bernstein, New Jersey (from Amazon.com)
Customer Reviews:
The author was convicted for giving out this advice..........2005-02-03
Don't waste your money.
The author is a sham artist. He was convicted, and in a plea bargain handed over his entire client list to the US Governtment. None of the advice in this book is legal or legitimate.
Author Is Going to Prison.......2004-11-30
Anyone who believes this BS is either really stupid or really naive. The author has been charged with defrauding the federal government, has agreed to a plea bargain, and will enter the U.S. District Court in San Francisco next month to plead guilty. As part of the plea bargain Mr. Schneider has turned over his client list to the IRS, complete with addresses, phone numbers and other information. Some tax advice: When something sounds too good to be true - it always is.
Gary W. Carter, author of "JK Lasser's Taxes Made Easy for Your Home-Based Business"
Tried it, book doesn't work........2004-05-04
I followed the book's instructions to the letter and tried to open a current account at three Singapore banks recommended in the book. Only one replied, saying I could only open an account denominated in US dollars or Singapore dollars, and not any other currency, contrary to what the book says. In addition, this bank wanted somebody already known to them to introduce me to them before they'd deal with me. This book is a waste of time and money. I'm now doing internet research to get the informmation I need to do what I want to do. It takes a lot more time, but I feel confident of success.
we have a winner for "Worst Investing Book"!.......2004-05-04
this book is the equivalent of the saturday morning "get rich quick" scheisters you see on TV (and incidentally, the author, naturally, pitches his wares at the end).
the advice in the book goes beyond being bad...its irresponsible, misleading, and negligent.
here's one of the author's brainfarts (paraphrased):
"open an off shore reinsurance company, and then with your domestic company, purchase insurance from your off shore company--that way the premiums are both tax-deductible and a source of profit at the same time!" ---and how exactly would this help you in event of a claim?
or better still (and i quote):
" (US) banks are in bad shape--worse shape, in fact (though none are provided---a common refrain in this book, claims w/o data!), than most foreign banks. Of course, your money is insured up to $100k by the FDIC, but what would happen in the event of a universal banking crisis? Federal agencies could never handle the massive run on banks that would ensue..." ---oh, so this is to imply that a small private off-shore bank is going to serve as the new financial risk-free rate determinant (setting all financial markets back 100+ yrs), and this small off-shore bank is going to be far safer than the US Govt (FDIC)?
this book is an insult to anyone w/ a critical mind. its beyond terrible. its a great way to lose money, whether you invest as he advocates, or simply throwing away your $30 to buy it.
A collection of bedtime stories.......2003-12-31
This book is poorly structured. The author reiterates the same concept of going offshore over and over again. He does not reveal any detail on how to do it. Instead, he gives you a great number of short stories that he had heard from someone else. This was one of the worst books I had ever read! Stay away!
Book Description
Are crushing taxes and suffocating government regulations cramping your style? Consider escaping these twin enemies of free enterprise in the shelter of an offshore tax haven. Investing offshore shows you how to take advantage of the freedom and confidentiality that offshore financial centers offer and explains how and where to set up your assets beyond the reach of money-hungry bureaucrats and tax collectors. Author Robert Forbush runs a thriving consulting business that sets up and manages offshore companies for people just like you. Here he shares such insider tips on establishing your offshore structure, including deciding how much money to stow away, opening an office, appointing trusted third-party directors to manage the operation and much more. He also covers setting up a trust to protect your hard-earned cash in case you kick off suddenly while enjoying the good life with your new-found wealth. This book is your ticket to the idyllic offshore tax haven - one that will keep Big Brother out of your business and put an end to the piracy of your profits.
Customer Reviews:
Didn't work then - Doesn't work now.......2004-12-24
This book is sort of the stereotypical "How to hide your money offshore" sort of book, which totally ignores the realities of how people, banks and trust companies must respond to subpoenas, and how they must report offshore activity to the IRS or else face perjury charges for filing false returns. Indeed, some of the strategies advocated by this book have since proven not to work, such as those involving offshore credit cards (the IRS simply issued subpoenas to the major credit card companies for their records and now the people who held such credit cards are facing criminal investigations and possibly significant jail time).
In other words, it is unintentionally a guide as to what not to do. Pass on this one.
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Venturing offshore: A guide to offshore investing for Canadians
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In an effort to cut costs and re-focus on their core competences, an increasing number of German companies are outsourcing softwear projects to low-wage countries like India or Russia. However, first expericences of these companies with offshore softwear development have not been consistently positive.
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- Very Informative and Useful Book
- Offshore from a Canadian perspective
- Deceptive and of little use to US investors
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Investing Offshore (Self-Counsel Financial Series)
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Customer Reviews:
Very Informative and Useful Book.......2000-08-03
Unlike most other books on the subject of offshore, this book gives a good overview of offshore investing. I have given it four stars for its simple layout, its beneficial jurisdictional reviews, Chapter 9 and its overwhelming achievement of what the book is intended to do--namely to inform the reader of the many possibilities available to them.
A 5-star rating would have been granted if the authors had elaborated on what was meant by "carefully structured" arrangements for offshore investors. They also tended to gloss over some of the aspects of the offshore industry. However, the book doesn't promise to be a step-by-step guide on all the "how-to's" of offshore investing either. Instead, the authors provide good and reliable information to give the reader a basic understanding so that they can seek further professional advice as required on an individualized basis.
One of the two sections of the book that I found most valuable was Chapter 9 ("How Individuals Can Take Advantage Of Offshore Financial Centers"), which, despite its shortness, gives excellent information on how several different professionals can take advantage of offshore structures.
Also, the entire second half of the book justifies 4-stars as opposed to 3-stars. In this section, the authors give excellent, concise information on different offshore jurisdictions throughout the world. They have a helpful rating system that ranks the jurisdictions in four categories: Banking, Trusts, Companies and an Overall Rating. Despite the fact that the authors do not justify their criteria of how they arrived at this rating (something that could have earned them 5-stars), it is still extremely helpful for the beginner seeking reliable information at an affordable price.
Offshore from a Canadian perspective.......2000-08-03
I have read the book, Investing Offshore and found it very useful from a Canadian perspective. There are a lot of offshore books that are only geared towards the US market. This book is easy to read, very instructive and easy to follow. This has prompted me to do more research on how to invest offshore in a tax compliant mannner.
Deceptive and of little use to US investors.......2000-05-06
Well, yet another generally useless and deceptive book about offshore investing and offshore asset protection. There's nothing here you've not read in other similar books. I've given the book two stars instead of one only because at least the authors don't appear to be explicitly recommending outright fraud and tax evasion.
Offshore Investing is fluff with very little substance. The authors, who are apparently Canadians, allude to tax advantages of offshore investing "through carefully structured international tax planning" but don't tell you the truth that, as a practical matter, it is just about impossible for most US citizens and residents to achieve unique tax advantages by investing offshore.
The authors don't talk in any detail about the few legitimate means for using offshore structures to reduce US income taxes, such as captive insurance companies and offshore variable life insurance and annuities. Neither do they mention the extensive US tax reporting requirements and the negative tax consequences associated with many of the offshore structures they discuss.
Their rankings of offshore banks are of little use because the authors don't provide their ratings criteria, except to say, generally, that the banks are rated on reputation (among whom?), history, service levels (to whom?), expertise (in what areas?), and perceived (by whom?) credit-worthiness.
About 100 of the book's 200 pages are devoted to giving brief overviews of offshore jurisdictions - which is nothing different than you can find at least one better book, Arnold Cornez' Offshore Money Book, with more substance for the same price.
The authors' understanding of asset protection, at least with regard to protecting assets of US persons from US creditors, is also off-base. They discuss the same old schemes pitched by promoters from coast to coast, and what attempt there is at giving practical advice is misguided and just plain wrong in many cases.
No book oriented to non-professionals does a very good job with the tax and asset protection substance and truth of offshore planning. This one, while not promoting blatantly illegal or fraudulent schemes, adds nothing to the existing literature. Save your money -- skip this one.
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