The US is the world’s largest economy with a gross national product (the value of all goods and services produced) of $18.5 trillion. The US accounts for a massive 24.5% of the world economy. The election of Donald Trump as President of the US will bring many changes. Probably none more so than his promise…
Capital city: Avarua Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD) & Cook Islands dollar Population: 13,100 (2016) Language: Cook Islands Māori & English GDP: US $295.2 million (2016) The Cook Islands is…
Capital city: Singapore Currency: Singapore dollar (SGD) Population: 5.6m Language: English, Malay, Tamil, and Mandarin GDP: …
Tax planning strategy 183 The Australian Bureau of Statistics advises that Australia’s population has grown to 24,274,575 (as at 17th November 2016). The overall total population is increasing at the rate of one person every 1 minute and 29 seconds as the result of: One birth every 1 minute and 44 seconds. One death every…
Capital city: Port Vila Currency: Vanuatu vatu (VUV) Population: 286,249 (98.5% Ni-Vanuatu) Language: Bislama, French & English …
The double Irish tax strategy has been used since the late 1980s by some multinational corporations (including Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook) to lower their corporate tax liability. The strategy uses payments between related entities in a corporate structure to move income from a higher-tax country to a lower or no tax jurisdiction. It relies…
The Singapore Sling is a gin-based cocktail from Singapore that was developed in 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon, a Hainanese bartender working at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel, Singapore. It was initially called the gin sling – a sling was originally an American drink composed of spirit and water, sweetened and flavored. BHP Billiton…
Tax planning strategy 184 This strategy involves a SMSF investing in non-controlled unit trusts or companies. As the entities are non-controlled entities they can operate businesses, be geared, and invest without breaching the SIS legislation. This structure allows multiple unrelated SMSFs to invest in these entities and have the trust distributions, dividends, and capital gains…
Tax planning strategy 181 Australia now has over 570,000 self-managed super funds (SMSFs) that hold $600 billion of investments. The ‘average’ super fund now has a balance of over $1 million, although 45% of funds have less than $500,000 of assets. The SMSF segment is fast growing and now accounts for 29.1% of the…
This strategy involves directing business or investment income across to a taxpayer’s loss-company or trust. Loss companies and trusts are entities that have either unapplied revenue tax losses or capital losses. These losses may have been incurred as the result of previously operating a business at a loss or having investment losses on shares…
"You’d be stupid not to try to cut your tax bill and those that don’t are stupid in business"
- Bono: U2