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Tax Havens of the World

Author: Walter H. Diamond; Prof. William H. Byrnes, IV; Dr. Robert J. Munro
Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender
ISBN: 9780820517223
Published In: Subscription-type (Contents updated periodically)
Format: Loose-leaf (3 volumes)
Jurisdiction: Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, International, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Macdeonia, Madeira, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Monaco, Montserrat, Naura, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nevis, Niue, Panama, Philippines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, St Lucia, St Vincent, St. Kitts, Switzerland, Thailand, Turks And Caicos Islands, U.K., United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela ? Disclaimer:
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This newest edition of Tax Havens of the World examines tax havens in more than 70 areas around the world and rates each on the basis of 30 vital features, with in-depth analysis of tax reform pitfalls. Now includes the latest information on new tax laws, treaties and enforcement initiatives in Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Malaysia, St. Kitts, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. Inside this update you'll find the trusted content you have come to rely on from Walter and Dorothy Diamond plus fully updated content from Professors of Law William Byrnes and Robert J. Munro. Expert, inside information tells you how to:

· Gain a foothold in a specific tax haven

· Qualify for investment and capital incentives

· Insulate profits

· Plan a business or trust, including an asset protection trust

· Examine types of exempt companies, offshore banking units, limited partnerships and venture capital enterprises

· Appraise economic and political risk factors

· Know where to transfer funds for lowest withholding rates

· Locate a trading company, captive insurance company, bank or trust

The 70 areas around the world include:

Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, China & Hong Kong, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madeira (Portugal), Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Monaco, Montserrat, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore , St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Switzerland, Thailand, Turks & Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela

Remarks: One year Updating service is available at extra HKD 14,301.80 (approx. 4 times a year)

VOLUME 1

INTRODUCTION
GLOSSARY OF TAX HAVEN TERMS
ANDORRA
ANGUILLA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARUBA
AUSTRIA
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BARBADOS
BELIZE
BERMUDA
BRUNEI
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CHANNEL ISLANDS
COOK ISLANDS

VOLUME 2

COSTA RICA
CYPRUS
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
ESTONIA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GRENADA
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ICELAND
IRELAND
ISLE OF MAN
JORDAN
LATVIA
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MADEIRA
MALAYSIA (INCLUDING LABUAN)
MALTA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MAURITIUS
MONACO
MONTSERRAT
MACEDONIA
NAURU
NETHERLANDS

VOLUME 3

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
NEVIS
NIUE OMAN
PANAMA
PHILIPPINES
SAMOA (Formerly WESTERN SAMOA)
SAN MARINO
SEYCHELLES
SINGAPORE
ST. KITTS
ST. LUCIA
SAINT VINCENT
SWITZERLAND
THAILAND
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA

Walter Diamond (Original Author)

Walter H. Diamond, a widely-known international tax authority, whose serviced tax publication "Foreign Tax and Trade Briefs," was the firstcompendium of its kind when published by Matthew Bender in 1950, and still is the "bible" in the field covering current tax laws of 120 countries,was a United Nations Tax Treaty and Free Trade Zone Advisor as well as Editor and Economist ofOverseas Press and Consultants. A former Director of International Taxation and Manager of International Taxes for Deloitte Touche and KPMGPeat Marwick respectively, Mr. Diamond also served as Director of the Economics Department of McGraw-Hill International Corporation and Editor of the McGraw-Hill American Letter. Before joining McGraw-Hill, he was Economist for the Public National Bank and National Bank Examiner in the Second Federal Reserve District, having been in charge of liquidation of foreign banks and businesses for the Alien Property Custodian during World War II.

Mr. Diamond was a graduate of Syracuse University and the American Institute of Banking with post-graduate work at Syracuse and New York Universities in international finance. As a United Nations and US AID Advisor, he handled assignments for more than 50 countries involving taxation, investment, trade development, free trade zones, treaties, export insurance and offshore banking. Mr. Diamond received citations for his assistance in this work from Chief Executive of Honduras and former U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Sr., while former President Eisenhower appointed him to the French Trade Mission to handle investment and tax problems. As a Foreign Analyst of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Mr. Diamond helped to prepare foreign exchange recommendations for Bretton Woods.

Dorothy Diamond (Original Author)

Dorothy B. Diamond is an author and editor of Overseas Press and Consultants in Hartsdale, New York. She has written and updated Tax Havens of the World for Matthew Bender since 1977. Aside from being an author for legal publishers, Mrs. Diamond has contributed articles to national magazines and written travel features for the New York Times, New York Post, Trans World Airlines and the Pan-Am World Guide. A pioneer in consumer education, she was a columnist for two leading trade magazines and wrote 50 booklets on consumer affairs. She won an award from the Merchandising Executives Club of New York City.

Mrs. Diamond has enjoyed the honor of being the first woman to address the Stockholm Advertising Club, Barbados Central Bank, and International Tax Planning Association. Mrs. Diamond received her B.A. degree with highest honors from Wellesley College, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and obtained a Master of Science degree from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

William H. Byrnes, IV (Update Author)

Prof. William H. Byrnes, IV, is the Associate Dean of the Walter H. & Dorothy B. Diamond International Tax & Financial Services Graduate Program (www.llmprogram.org), founded on the Diamond's sixty years of publications with LexisNexis Matthew Bender. Before academia, Dean Byrnes was a senior manager, then associate director of international tax for Coopers and Lybrand which subsequently amalgamated into PricewaterhouseCoopers, advising in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. He has been employed as a consultant to a number of governments on their tax policy, including South Africa, Botswana, The United Kingdom, the British Virgin Islands, The Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat.

Besides his professional and academic career, Professor Byrnes has been a prolific author of treatises, textbooks, and articles. His 900 page Report on the EU Savings Directive commissioned by the U.K. received much attention from policy makers for its empirical research and application of socio-economics. Moreover, he has been commissioned as a professional trainer in over 50 countries. Professor Byrnes' three year fellowship dissertation was on International Transfer Pricing (IBFD & the Europa Institute, Law faculty of the University of Amsterdam), his degree in Political Economics from Tulane University.

Robert J. Munro (Update Author)

Dr. Robert J. Munro is the University Law Librarian and Co-Director of CIFCS at the College of Law of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, CA. and a Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research for North America at CIDOEC at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He holds Masters degrees from the University of Iowa and Louisiana State University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He has done further graduate studies at Cambridge University, Oxford University and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London. He is the author of thirty-two published books, including the five-volume treatise, Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture and International Financial Crimes, the three-volume, Cybercrime and Security, the three-volume Tax Havens of the World and Foreign Tax and Trade Briefs.