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ARTICLE · 14 SEPTEMBER 1999

Designing Offshore Structures

Saint Kitts and NevisWealth Management
THE EFFECTIVE USE OF INTERNATIONAL TAX FREE JURISDICTIONS.

Tax Laws around the world have now become confiscatory. In the U.S. ordinary income taxes peak at a level of 39.6%, this amount combined with social security taxes and state income taxes put the burden on the highly compensated, wealthy person or corporation at over the 50% level. Estate taxes are now maximised at 55%. The effective rates of tax in Europe are not significantly different.

As a consequence, wealth is seeking a more benign climate for wealth accumulation, protection from extremes of litigation and the long-term preservation of capital. Major news publications comment on this flight capital and infer that the volume of capital exodus is reaching significant proportions.

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