E-book · PDF · 507 pages
Offshore, Legally
Tax havens, international structures, and how to protect and grow your money across borders within the law
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Offshore, Legally explains the offshore world honestly: what tax havens really are, how international money moves, and which plans are legal. Bank secrecy has ended. Automatic exchange of information, Japan's anti-tax-haven rules, exit tax and the global minimum tax now shape every plan. This book shows owners and investors how the rules work, what each structure really does and costs, and how to build a global plan that is lawful and fully reported.
What you get
- A 507-page fillable PDF. Type into the worksheets on screen, or print it.
- 30 chapters in five parts, each with worksheets, key takeaways and a three-question quiz.
- Four appendices, including a 30-day action workbook and an annotated further-reading list.
- Sources named in the text. Important studies, laws and reports are named with their authors and year, so you can look them up.
What the book covers
- Part 1, How the Offshore World Works. What a tax haven is, the history of offshore money, the major financial centres, the line between avoidance and evasion, how multinationals lower their tax, and the cost of getting it wrong.
- Part 2, The Rules That Close the Doors. Residence, Japan's worldwide taxation and asset reports, CRS and FATCA, controlled foreign company rules, exit tax and the global minimum tax.
- Part 3, Legal Structures and Their Real Uses. Offshore companies and substance, holding companies and treaties, trusts and foundations, foreign accounts, insurance and investment wrappers, and asset protection.
- Part 4, Moving Yourself, Not Just Your Money. Changing tax residence, low-tax countries for people, residence and citizenship by investment, remote work, inheritance across borders, and family life in two countries.
- Part 5, Building a Global, Compliant Plan. Running an international business, free zones, choosing advisers, red flags, reputation, and your own plan.
The appendices give you Japan's international tax rules at a glance, questions for your advisers, a 30-day action workbook and further reading.
Before you buy
- This book is about lawful planning and full reporting only. It does not explain how to hide income or assets.
- It is education, not tax, legal, investment or immigration advice. Confirm every decision with a licensed tax accountant (税理士), a lawyer, and advisers in each country involved.
- Tax rules change every year. Figures and thresholds are as of 2026; check the current rules before you act.
Free on the Business plan. Digital products are non-refundable once downloaded; see the Refund Policy.