offshore zone - a country, city, district, within which foreign companies can make financial transactions with non-residents (other foreign companies) without the intervention of the state.
For States, creating favorable conditions for foreign businesses, the offshore zone - a measure due to the need to invest in their budget.This industry began to emerge with the emergence of independent states, with the lack of them in the capital.To attract money offshore began to offer to foreign companies to register your business and get tax and other benefits.
offshore zone - is an attractive place for many companies.First of all the fact that its territory is offered loyal enough to pay the tax package, no exchange control, it is possible to have accounts in several countries and to conduct operations in any currency, to conduct reporting in foreign currency.Because of the benefits offered by the countries of the offshore zone gushing wave wishing to bring their companies.Experts say that it is difficult to calculate the exact number of companies derived from the anonymity of the business, but they are definitely more than 1 million. The list of offshore zones big enough.But mostly, companies appear to Panama, the British Virgin Islands and Ireland.
Income is the sum of the paid taxes, registration, re-registration, tenancy in the area of permanent missions creations secretarial offices.A special feature is the fact that offshore companies can offer jobs for the population, to create vacancies for locals.Countries offshore zone, as a rule - states with low development of domestic production, gets most of the budget of income from non-residents (foreigners).
In Russia there is almost no offshore.After the abolition in 2004 of the investment incentives on income tax were abolished internal offshores (Yakutia, Kalmykia, etc.).The only remaining offshore zone - is the Kaliningrad region, which takes only residents with special zones.
Nowadays, Russia is one of the first places on the removal of money from the country, but does not itself create offshore.Speaking of the UK, where it goes to the main outflow of money, the leadership of the country understands that today the necessary fight against offshore zones, but, unfortunately, unable to take drastic measures, as offshore companies became part of the UK economy.
Today, offshore companies are not only for the optimization of taxes, but in order to conceal the true owners.Russia has seen a bill that will identify the real owners of foreign companies to be able to bring them to criminal or administrative liability.Recently, already underway in many countries struggle with offshore zones, but rarely used measures for the determination of the ultimate beneficiary.Financial institutions are very value their reputation in this regard will not disclose information about their customers.
Experts believe that the fight against the owners to no good will not, it will be possible to ensure that foreign companies begin to withdraw their investments from the country, it's not a very good impact on the economy.And therefore advised to think of some alternative offshore.
