Offshore Companies: 15 Ways To Reduce Taxes

There are a number of complex anti avoidance rules that can apply where offshore, non-resident companies are used for UK tax planning.



In this book we look at 15 of the main ways that offshore companies can still be used for UK tax planning purposes. We look at how the anti avoidance rules apply in various scenarios and assess how these will impact on the UK tax treatment.



Key issues include:

• Avoiding Inheritance tax for Non UK domiciliaries
  
  
  
  
• Offshore Joint Ventures
  
  
  
  
• When there are good business/commercial reasons for offshore company
  
  
  
  
• Creating an income tax shelter where you and your spouse are excluded from benefitting
  
  
  
  
• Holding overseas property using an offshore investment company
  
  
  
  
• Non resident individuals running trading companies
  
  
  
  
• Taking advantage of double tax treaties to reduce withholding taxes (eg Offshore licence/patent companies)
  
  
  
  
• Avoiding CGT with a company in a treaty country
  
  
  
  
• Reducing capital gains tax with offshore holding companies
  
  
  
  
• Non UK domiciliaries with income and gains retained abroad
  
  
  
  
• Using an offshore company where you are planning to be non resident in the future
  
  
  
  
• UK trading companies looking to expand overseas
  
  
  
  
• Using offshore companies where genuine intercompany services are provided overseas
  
  
  
  
• How to use multiple shareholders to create a tax efficient structure
  
  
  
  
• Using an offshore trust & company combination tax efficiently