Offshore

Portugal Stands Out In The Crowd Europe is comprised of 44 countries according to the U.N.... though I count 46...…

How To Acquire Residency In Europe If Europe is on your list of places to explore, but you are worried you can’t…

Easiest And Best Residency? We’re updating our guide to foreign residency and second citizenship. I’m reviewing the…

These Folks Weren’t Fooling Around The crowd in the room for last week’s Live and Invest in the Dominican Republic…

Our Favorite (Nearly) Straight-A Offshore Haven The Dominican Republic first came onto my radar in 2005. It was the…

Better Call Joel—How To Make Your Wealth Untouchable Moving assets offshore isn’t a new idea. But, in the minds of…

If Your Panama Attorney Insists You Need A Panama Corporation, Just Say No When I first began spending time and…

Six Rules For The Offshore And Real Estate Beginner Years ago, a friend--a smart guy...a guy who'd been around the…

Your Best Option For Residency In Europe Obtaining residency in a foreign country can be one of the most valuable…

World’s #1 Place To Go Offshore The Dominican Republic first came onto my radar in 2005. It was the country’s…

Two Steps To Creating Your Ideal Plan B In my inbox this weekend, I had this email from a reader: "Kathleen, I am…

My Favorite Bolt-Hole "Kathleen, we’ve been reading you for 18 years… "Back then, you gave us three choices—Belize,…

You Still Have Time To Formulate Your Plan B—But Maybe Not A Lot The U.S. election season is winding down……

Quickest, Easiest, Cheapest Places To Establish Residency Or Obtain A Second Passport Live and Invest Overseas’…

The Caribbean Tax Haven That’s Right In Your Backyard When people say there is no place in the world quite like…

How To Operate Your Business Overseas Tax-Free The key advantage of going offshore is diversification. The good…

Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Basics The Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) is the expat's first, and…

The Dominican Republic is a top choice for real estate purchase, backup residency, second citizenship, and banking…

My DR Residency: Lief Made Me Do It Lief had to persuade me to go along. At first, I resisted. He got the idea…

Your Best Option For Backup Residency Or A Second Passport Ease of residency and the ability to work in a country…

What You Need To Know About The New FAST Act It's official. The IRS can now revoke your passport if you owe them…

The Most Important Thing To Know About Going Offshore (It’s Not Illegal) Going offshore can be a big, scary idea.…

Tax Benefits Of Moving Overseas The single most frequently asked question with regards to asset protection and…

Why Would You Want To Establish Residency In Another Country? Residency is one of the Five Flags of going offshore.…

Day One, Flag One: What You Need To Know About Having A Bank Account Offshore "We're defined by our choices. So try…

Who Needs Backup Residency Or A Second Citizenship? I've been participating in conferences to do with living and…

Your First Lesson In Offshore Asset Protection—Remember, This Is Not Illegal Going offshore can be a big, scary…

Corporations, LLCs, Trusts, And Foundations—A Layman’s Guide A reader wrote last week asking me to name the best…

My Day In Andorra Last week, I drove from Paris to Andorra to meet with my bank there. The bank came under…

The Dominican Republic—Best For Residency And Citizenship, Too I'm just back in the office after a week in the…

Global Banking In Our Post-FATCA World "'Knock three times and ask for Roscoe.' "That's what offshore banking used…

How To Take Your Business Offshore (The Tax Breaks And Other Perks Can Be Big) Kathleen and I have set up and…

Your First Lesson In Offshore Asset Protection—Remember, This Is Not Illegal Going offshore can be a big, scary…

Offshore Structures—What Do You Need, How Much Is Too Much? A consulting client came into our office yesterday to…

How To Make A Tax-Free Living Overseas Most U.S. expats realize that the United States taxes its citizens on their…

Faux Pas In Panama—This Could Have Been A Game-Changer Last week, while we were all recovering from Christmas and…

Make A Plan (But Don’t Set It In Stone) Perhaps the most important thing to understand about the offshore world, I…

The Prince, The Oil Heiress, And A Tax Legacy For Us All In 1964, Prince von Furstenburg was invited by the founder…

“Knock Three Times And Ask For Roscoe” “That’s what offshore banking used to be,” Peter Zipper, an offshore banker…

How To Pay Less Tax As An Entrepreneur Abroad The U.S. IRS divides the world of how things get taxed into four…

Analyze. Adjust. Adapt. Overcome. At 8 a.m. on the morning of Nov. 20, I will take center stage in the meeting…

The World According To FATCA (And How To Prosper In Spite Of It) Banks are taking action. They’re trying to become…

Ever On The Trail Of The World’s Most Awesome Stuff When he was 9-years-old, our son Jack declared that he wanted…

Six Tax Things Every American Abroad Should Know “You’ll notice that Lief is in his office as usual,” I wrote this…

Critical Advice For Any American Running A Business Overseas If you're an American considering starting a business…

Offshore Banking For Virgins Relocating your assets to another jurisdiction can seem a big, intimidating, even…

Tax Friendliest Places On Earth Our First Annual Retire Overseas Index released this month named not the best…

Going Offshore Primer Part 2--Protecting What You've Got Yesterday, in Part 1 of this Going Offshore series, you…

Going Offshore Primer Part 1--Remember, This Is Not Illegal Going offshore can be a big, scary idea. In fact,…

How To Reduce Your Tax Burden Living And Investing Overseas Today is tax day in the United States. Too late to do…