Offshore Companies

As terms the words offshore company have no precise legal, tax or general business meaning, as the word offshore often means nothing more than anywhere other than the place of physical location of the person using the word (i.e. overseas). In most cases, clients use a very low or zero taxpaying jurisdiction to incorporate a company such as British Virgin Islands (BVI), Belize, Anguilla, Seychelles or Bahamas.

Offshore business consists not only of tax havens but also of onshore high tax countries competing fiercely to attract international companies and individuals with all manner of tax planning regulations and opportunities. These tax advantageous regulations are used for a wide variety of tax planning business, such as double tax treaty planning relating to dividends, interest and royalty payments as well as for personal and family wealth management and tax planning.