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Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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Re: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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>> the customers of offshore banks are likely to be from the wealthiest segment of whichever society they come from. What a surprising discovery. Governments with the most abusive tax policies still cannot realize that they cannot tax their way to prosperity. Most creative and productive people, entities and businessed did, do and will use any tools at their disposal to escape barbaric tax racket and turn their atten…

What do you recommend for people who want to increase their wealth but aren't rich yet? The people who have potential and a solid foundation but don't yet have the capital necessary to move around like that and find the most favorable place.

Education, investments, creative work.

Of course investments in the country where corrupt polititicans are proposing doubling capital gain tax is not going to work.

Re: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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>> the customers of offshore banks are likely to be from the wealthiest segment of whichever society they come from. What a surprising discovery. Governments with the most abusive tax policies still cannot realize that they cannot tax their way to prosperity. Most creative and productive people, entities and businessed did, do and will use any tools at their disposal to escape barbaric tax racket and turn their atten…

Come on. The ultra-rich don’t pay their fair share. You know this and everyone knows this. Wealth inequality is obscene. Full stop.

Re: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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>> the customers of offshore banks are likely to be from the wealthiest segment of whichever society they come from. What a surprising discovery. Governments with the most abusive tax policies still cannot realize that they cannot tax their way to prosperity. Most creative and productive people, entities and businessed did, do and will use any tools at their disposal to escape barbaric tax racket and turn their atten…

What do you recommend for people who want to increase their wealth but aren't rich yet? The people who have potential and a solid foundation but don't yet have the capital necessary to move around like that and find the most favorable place.

Momentum trading is all you have. So last week that was Dogecoin and a few years ago it was value investing. The answer is “make money” and let it be taxed. The governments dont care about after-tax money which can then go anywhere unaccounted for. Thats when it can go in a tax deferred account in perpetuity.

Re: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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>> the customers of offshore banks are likely to be from the wealthiest segment of whichever society they come from. What a surprising discovery. Governments with the most abusive tax policies still cannot realize that they cannot tax their way to prosperity. Most creative and productive people, entities and businessed did, do and will use any tools at their disposal to escape barbaric tax racket and turn their atten…

Come on. The ultra-rich don’t pay their fair share. You know this and everyone knows this. Wealth inequality is obscene. Full stop.

Could you define "fair share" please in a way that everyone is agree with?

Re: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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If you want more insight into this with less pejorative language, ditch the ICIJ and the Brookings study and look at KPMG, Deloitte and PwC annual reports on the offshore industry. The also know what they are doing instead of trying to reverse engineer it like these studies are.

> KPMG, Deloitte and PwC

But aren't they in bed with the companies using these schemes?

Re: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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If you want more insight into this with less pejorative language, ditch the ICIJ and the Brookings study and look at KPMG, Deloitte and PwC annual reports on the offshore industry. The also know what they are doing instead of trying to reverse engineer it like these studies are.

Any links, please?

Re: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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>> the customers of offshore banks are likely to be from the wealthiest segment of whichever society they come from. What a surprising discovery. Governments with the most abusive tax policies still cannot realize that they cannot tax their way to prosperity. Most creative and productive people, entities and businessed did, do and will use any tools at their disposal to escape barbaric tax racket and turn their atten…

Do you think there's any level of taxation where a wealthy individual wouldn't want to do some "tax avoidance" in another jurisdiction? I suspect there is not.

I suspect the more hands-on tools by which law and order is enforced such as asset seizure, 24/7 monitoring, discreditation, and prison time could be the motivation for otherwise tax averse entities to transparently contribute their exact tax proportion.

Re: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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If you want more insight into this with less pejorative language, ditch the ICIJ and the Brookings study and look at KPMG, Deloitte and PwC annual reports on the offshore industry. The also know what they are doing instead of trying to reverse engineer it like these studies are.

Is there some sort of issue with ICIJ reporting?

Re: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking [pdf]

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If you want more insight into this with less pejorative language, ditch the ICIJ and the Brookings study and look at KPMG, Deloitte and PwC annual reports on the offshore industry. The also know what they are doing instead of trying to reverse engineer it like these studies are.

> KPMG, Deloitte and PwC But aren't they in bed with the companies using these schemes?

Even if they were, these are massive organizations, so different people may have different views on the matter.
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