“It is interesting that remaining private banks are switching from partnerships to corporations. Judicially enforced corporate personhood distorts markets and enables market behavior that would not otherwise be feasible or tolerated. What remains most puzzling is that this most powerful industry composed primarily of private Swiss banks allowed itself to be virtually ruined in a few years’ time. The precedent has been set, however. One nation may indeed interfere judicially in the affairs of another and force compliance, part of a wider assertion of privilege by a US government that is attempting to turn banking systems around the world into part of the US tax collection effort.”
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Put the World’s Top Asset Protection Jurisdiction on Your Radar
“Why Nevis? Simply stated, it has highly protective legislation for international LLCs and trusts. A Nevis international trust is also an ideal estate planning option. Not only does it provide unsurpassed asset protection, it also lets you set up a ‘dynasty trust’ that can last for generations – potentially, forever. That’s because Nevis has abolished what’s called the ‘rule against perpetuities’ that in most US states – and many countries – strictly limits the duration of a trust.”
http://www.nestmann.com/put-the-worlds-top-asset-protection-jurisdiction-on-your-radar
Capital Controls Rolling Into High Gear Under FATCA
“It isn’t just affecting the most financially restricted people on Earth: US citizens… it is affecting everyone. Take myself, for example. I operate numerous businesses worldwide. I am a Canadian citizen as well as the citizen of a Caribbean country and our business operations are also operated out of a non-tax jurisdiction in the Caribbean. On top of that we hold no bank accounts, whatsoever, in the US… instead, we have bank accounts all over the world. Yet, in the last two months we have had our accounts or transactions frozen, denied or questioned in different jurisdictions at least ten times. And we have had countless other problems over the last two years.”
U.S. tax deal jeopardizes Canadians’ privacy
“Imperils the privacy of up to a million Canadians and creates a two-tier level of citizenship in this country, discriminating against citizens based on their ethnic origin. It could include so-called border babies, Canadians whose mothers gave birth across the border for medical reasons; Canadians who have returned after holding green cards for work in the U.S.; Canadian snowbirds who could be deemed ‘U.S. persons’ based on the length of their stay in the sun; and Canadians born to a U.S. parent who may have never set foot in the U.S. If you are a Canadian holding a joint account with a U.S.-born spouse, your financial information, too, could be headed to the files of the IRS — and perhaps beyond.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/05/25/us_tax_deal_jeopardizes_canadians_privacy_harper.html
Russia Mulls ‘Limitations’ On FATCA Information Exchange With U.S.
“The Russian government may place ‘limitations’ on the amount of information that Russian banks can render to U.S. tax authorities under FATCA, a U.S. federal law intended to crack down on tax avoidance by U.S. citizens, Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseyev said Thursday. Moiseyev told journalists in St. Petersburg that Russia will not become ‘tax agents for the Americans, that will not happen under any circumstances,’ Interfax reported. The U.S. in April quit negotiations with Russia over FATCA as part of a freeze on political cooperation following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March, leaving the Russian government scrambling to adapt its laws to the legislation by July 1.”
The Shocking Real Reason for FATCA, and What Comes Next
“The central planners at the G20 and OECD devised what they call a new ‘global standard’ of automatic financial information exchange between governments (i.e., GATCA) modeled on the US’s FATCA. However, GATCA would have never been possible in the first place had the US not cleared the path with FATCA. The G20 and OECD needed the US—the sole financial superpower (for now at least)—to strong-arm and cram down the throats of the rest of the world this privacy-killing measure. There’s no other entity on the planet with the capability to do so. The very big stick the US wielded was access to the US financial system and the world’s premier reserve currency.”
http://www.internationalman.com/articles/the-shocking-real-reason-for-fatca-and-what-comes-next
Doug Casey on Taxes & Citizenship & Axel Merk on ECB, Japan, and US
“Erin sits down with Doug Casey of Casey Research to talk about an extreme form of coercion: the income tax on US citizens abroad. Casey talks about taxes, citizenship, and government waste. Then Erin talks to Axel Merk of Merk Investments to get a handle on the world economy and the monetary experiments in the US and Japan. Merk also discusses what he expects from the European Central Bank in the midst of quantitative easing expectations.”
U.S. Gov. Gets $2.6 Billion In Credit Suisse ‘Money Laundering’ Case
“Credit Suisse is the largest financial company to plead guilty to the non-crime of ‘money laundering’ in 20 years. The plea marks the end of an era. One of the shell entities implicated, according to the government, dated back a century – or just after the creation of the federal tax code and the income tax. Of the $2.6 billion fine, The Department of Justice will receive $1.8 billion and New York State’s top financial regulator, Benjamin Lawsky, will receive $715 million of the stolen loot. With the FATCA coming into full effect on January 1, 2016, and the US government actively prosecuting banks, only savvy Americans will be able to find financial institutions abroad to service them.”
The US Imperium, Coming Dollar Difficulties and Investing Abroad
“I like gold, foreign securities, unique startup situations and IPOs and even mining stocks, although I’m not convinced mining shares will do well because there are now so many other precious metal alternatives. As I said earlier, I believe big money will likely be made by early investors into the exciting new cannabis startups and IPOs. But diversify any investment in this area among a number of companies because many will fail and only a few will do well. Once again, although there are real medical benefits from cannabis use, the government policy change is primarily because they need the revenue at all levels of government.”
Why the IRS Can Now “Ground” You
“If you’re a US citizen and believe you have an unfettered right to leave your country – and come back – think again. Since the events of 9/11, your government has imposed draconian restrictions on international travel: Initiatives like the ‘Automated Targeting System’ and ‘Secure Flight’ require airlines to turn over passenger data to the government. ‘No-fly lists’ keep hundreds of citizens trapped in other countries, unable to return to their US homes. Hundreds of thousands of US citizens can’t leave the US because they’re ineligible for a US passport, many because they’re behind in child support payments. And we can now add ‘tax’ to the list of reasons.”