Offshore companies as an asset protection tool have not disappeared

What is important for the owner of any asset? The optimal taxation of such an asset over the time it has been held and partly the desire to keep its name from the general public. Offshore companies inherently have such functions – with their help tax optimization and asset protection are achieved. An offshore is also commonly associated with maintaining the anonymity of the ultimate beneficiary.

Since December 2012, EU officials at various levels, heads of financial departments of individual European states have announced an intensification of the fight against offshore companies, in particular in the Eurozone. Continue reading →