Bobby Brantley explains what recent OECD rulings mean for offshore finance centers September 2009 was a month loaded with headlines coming out of the G20 meeting and following the OECD lobal Tax Forum on Transparency and Information Exchange for Tax Purposes meeting later that month. As in 2000, a new…

By David Sucre Levy Since Spanish colonial times in America, Panama has always been seen as a strategic and logistical point to the arrival of settlers on this continent and for the development of their business. Today, centuries later, the Panamanian government has created incentives, laws and special areas to…

Leah Scott, an associate at Appleby Bermuda and Seychelles, says that in light of China new tax regulations, companies may need to consider restructuring their special purpose vehicles to achieve greater tax efficiency.In December 2009, the State Administration of Taxation passed Circular 698, a new regulation regarding the taxation of…

Leah Scott, an associate at Appleby Bermuda and Seychelles, says that the island is on track to becoming the destination of choice for Chinese investors. Seychelles is an island with exceptionallystrong links with China,both in terms of politics and economics. And it is easy to see why, as the Seychelles/China…