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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008June 2nd is a special date for those UK readers who are in the unfortunate position of being onshore, resident taxpayers. June 2nd is the day you stop working for the government. For 155 days of the year, every penny earned by the average UK resident was taken to support government expenditures.
Tax Freedom Day shows [...]
Offshore Numbered Accounts – Myth or Reality?
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Just a quick note to regular readers, to inform you that I have set up a number of pages (known as “lenses”) on Squidoo. Squidoo is something comparable to Wikipedia. The point of this is not to so much to preach to the converted like you who are already following my blog, but more to [...]
The End of the Free Market in the USA
Friday, March 28th, 2008What a topsy-turvy world we are living in?!?! The US Dollar is hovering at or slightly below parity to the Swiss franc, gold’s breached the $1,000 per ounce mark, stock markets are crashing, and inflation is accelerating everywhere. Some central banks – the more responsible ones – have increased rates, while Ben Bernanke keeps cutting. [...]
A Delicate Affair – Part I
Thursday, February 21st, 2008A DELICATE AFFAIR – Part I
Beginning a new series where our own offshore banking consultant, Peter Macfarlane, writes in-depth about real life case studies from his files and real life solutions to difficult problems implemented for clients. Of course all identifying details have been changed to protect the clients’ confidentiality, but the essential facts are [...]
A Delicate Affair – Part II
Thursday, February 21st, 2008From the case files of Peter Macfarlane:
A DELICATE AFFAIR – PART II
In the second of our series, our non-resident banking consultant, Peter Macfarlane, writes in-depth about real life case studies from his files, and real life solutions to difficult problems, implemented for clients. Of course all identifying details have been changed to protect the clients’ [...]