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How tax optimisation can maximise the returns on your investment property
– IntelligentSpeculator.net
This article has been writen by George Kachmazov, managing partner of Tranio.com
If you’re not careful, taxes can eat away at the bulk of the income you should be earning on your foreign investment properties.
This fact alone sends chills down the spines of property investors everywhere. A recent survey conducted by Tranio.com revealed that 18% of property investors believe structuring purchases for maximum tax optimisation is the single most difficult part of acquiring real estate abroad.
To further complicate matters, more than 100 countries have committed to the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), an initiative developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
In accordance with the CRS, between 2017 and 2018 countries around the globe will launch the automatic exchange of financial account information, dispelling the opacity that previously enabled wealthy citizens to squirrel their money away into foreign bank accounts in order to dodge tax obligations in their home countries…
If you’re not careful, taxes can eat away at the bulk of the income you should be earning on your foreign investment properties.
This fact alone sends chills down the spines of property investors everywhere. A recent survey conducted by Tranio.com revealed that 18% of property investors believe structuring purchases for maximum tax optimisation is the single most difficult part of acquiring real estate abroad.
To further complicate matters, more than 100 countries have committed to the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), an initiative developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
In accordance with the CRS, between 2017 and 2018 countries around the globe will launch the automatic exchange of financial account information, dispelling the opacity that previously enabled wealthy citizens to squirrel their money away into foreign bank accounts in order to dodge tax obligations in their home countries…
