Offshore structure

An offshore structure is a specific legal framework which, if carefully designed to alleviate the tax assessment of a company legally. But what are the characteristics of an offshore structure?

An offshore structure can adapt to any legal status offered by the host country, and frequently found patterns similar to those of limited liability company, or SA SCI French. In some countries, like Luxembourg holding company with 1929 and funding original and exclusive forms specifically target certain areas. Offshore structures are polymorphic.

An offshore structure involves a number of constraints to responsible leaders who create it. All economic activities do not lend themselves to the game of offshore. It must indeed be it the sale of intangible goods or services that are achievable at a distance (a travel agency, for example, does not fit into this framework). Because in many cases an offshore structure must refrain from any involvement in the local economy: no commercial activities must be developed in the host country, and no labor can not be used. Finally, an offshore structure will not receive any public or private funding in the country where it is headquartered.

In return, an offshore structure enjoys an exceptionally advantageous tax, very low or even zero. Social charges and taxes are minimal, and responsible leaders often have absolute discretion on all financial transactions that they perform as part of their offshore structure.