AnswersDriveDespite what you may hear, offshore banking is completely legal. It's not about tax evasion or other illegal activities. It's simply about legally diversifying your political risk by putting your liquid savings in sound, well-capitalized institutions where they are treated best.
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Can you transfer your money to another country?
A bank teller can help you set up many other transfer services, including wire transfers to another bank, state or country. If you're looking to transfer funds to an account at a different financial institution, you'll need the account number you'd like to send money to, and the bank's routing number.
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What is an offshore bank account?
The term "offshore" is used to describe foreign banks, corporations, investments and deposits. A company may legitimately move offshore for the purpose of tax avoidance or to enjoy relaxed regulations. Offshore financial institutions can also be used for illicit purposes such as money laundering and tax evasion.
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Are offshore bank accounts taxable?
Interest is generally paid by offshore banks without tax being deducted. This is an advantage to individuals who do not pay tax on worldwide income, or who do not pay tax until the tax return is agreed, or who feel that they can illegally evade tax by hiding the interest incomes.
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What does tax haven?
A tax haven is a country that offers foreign individuals and businesses little or no tax liability in a politically and economically static environment. Tax havens also share limited or no financial information with foreign tax authorities.
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What is a shell account in banking?
A shell bank is a term that describes a financial institution that does not have a physical presence in any country.
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What is a shell account used for?
A shell account is a user account on a remote server, traditionally running under the Unix operating system, which gives access to a shell via a command-line interface protocol such as telnet or SSH.
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What is a politically exposed person?
In financial regulation, "politically exposed person" (PEP) is a term describing someone who has been entrusted with a prominent public function. A PEP generally presents a higher risk for potential involvement in bribery and corruption by virtue of their position and the influence that they may hold.
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What are the three stages of money laundering?
There are three stages involved in money laundering; placement, layering and integration. Placement –This is the movement of cash from its source. On occasion the source can be easily disguised or misrepresented.
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What is a PEP fund?
A personal equity plan (PEP) was an investment plan introduced in the U.K. that allowed people over the age of 18 to invest in shares of British companies. It was done through an approved plan, qualifying unit trust, or investment trust. Investors received both income and capital gains free of tax.
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What is an employee equity plan?
These awards are usually called performance shares. An employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) is a little like a stock option plan. It gives employees the chance to buy stock, usually through payroll deductions over a 3- to 27-month "offering period." The price is usually discounted up to 15% from the market price.
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What is a personal equity?
PERSONAL EQUITY Definition. PERSONAL EQUITY is that portion of equity ownership that is held to ones own benefit or invested as an integral part of the assets of a legal entity.
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What is outside equity?
The Partnership Model. The firm is a startup venture. Insiders contribute human capital or in- tangible assets and outside equity investors contribute most of the money to buy the required operating assets. Outside equity is protected only by the primitive right of ownership.
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What is a ESOP?
An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) is a qualified defined-contribution employee benefit (ERISA) plan designed to invest primarily in the stock of the sponsoring employer. ESOPs are "qualified" in the sense that the ESOP's sponsoring company, the selling shareholder and participants receive various tax benefits.
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How do stock options work for an employee?
An employee stock option is granted at a specific price, known as the exercise price. It is the price per share that an employee must pay to exercise his or her options. The bargain element is calculated by subtracting the exercise price from the market price of the company stock on the date the option is exercised.
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Can you exercise stock options after quitting?
When you leave your employer, whether it's due to a new job, a layoff, or retirement, it's important not to leave your stock option grants behind. Under most companies' stock plan rules, you will have no more than 90 days to exercise any existing stock option grants.
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Do private companies have stock options?
A stock option is a contract that gives its owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell shares of a corporation's stock at a predetermined price by a specified date. Private company stock options are call options, giving the holder the right to purchase shares of the company's stock at a specified price.
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How do options work?
Option buyers have the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) the underlying stock (or futures contract) at a specified price until the 3rd Friday of their expiration month. There are two kinds of options: calls and puts. Put options give you the right to sell the underlying asset.
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Do stock options vest company acquired?
Stock options are a form of compensation that can give you the opportunity to buy your company's stock at a discounted price. But what happens to stock options after a company is acquired? Depending on whether your options are vested or unvested, a couple different things could happen following a merger or acquisition.
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Is it illegal to have a Swiss bank account?
Nothing is illegal. Its just that Swiss Banks don't share customer information with the governments of any countries. As such, their is no tax info or account holder information with anyone, except the Swiss Banks.
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What is so special about a Swiss bank account?
The Banking Law of 1934 made it a criminal act for a Swiss bank to reveal the name of an account holder. Swiss bank secrecy protects the privacy of bank clients; the protections afforded under Swiss law are similar to confidentiality protections between doctors and patients or lawyers and their clients.