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The use of offshores’ charts is not the exceptionally modern phenomenon. When ancient Athens entered the 2% import- and export-tax, the Greek merchants started making detour in twenty miles to avoid payment of these taxes. The milliards of dollars of European riches were kept out of harm's way in Swiss banks in the Second World War-time. Lately other countries entered in force laws about secrecy on appearance and similarity Swiss and began compete bringing in international capitals.

Off-shore charts are based on the use of the possibilities given by made agreements about the exception of double taxation. In Russia, for example, it has got considerable development of practical worker of the use of offshores’ companies for international investments. Branches and substructures are created in combination with the largest domestic financially-industrial groups and corporations. In the everyday’s activity the last use plenty of offshore-firms.

Bahamas and Bermuda

 

Concord of Bahamas is the independent colony of British Crown with strong British traditions and located near the east coast of south Florida. There are about 700 islands in the Bahamian chain and only thirty from them are inhabited. A country has air-ways with the USA. Miami is in 30 minutes of flight from a capital (Nassau). The communication network of country is excellent. More than 350 banks function there, including most important banks of the world. About 95% of the whole bank transactions are carried out here, international operations are included for non-residential companies. Scoring a bank is possible even by mail. Bahamian bank secrecy is hardly controlled by a government and commercial organizations which depend on them for maintenance of the viability. There are no currency limitations or limitations on the exchange of foreign currency which easily can be brought in or taken out from a country. Creation of "companies" is also easy and is done for the acceptable pay with assertion about maximal confidentiality.

Large association of financial professionals (advocates, accountants, bankers, specialists of insurance business) of expert in work with foreign investors was here formed. Financial circles are old, stable and highly respected on a whole world, and the modern network of telecommunications is modern and effective. The group of islands has good air communication with the USA and Europe. There are no limitations on the exchange of currency and the unlimited import and export of capital is settled. Bermudian banks offer the wide variety of accounts and services (checking, deposit, uncovered accounts and accounts opened by parents for children, management by trusts, brief-cases and investments, broker services, services, in execution of testaments, management by corporations and administrative favor, property administration and services in mortgages). On Bermuda is absent status right supervisory bank secrecy. Bermudian banks produce more hard requirements to new clients as compared to other tax refuges in the pool of Caribbean Sea. In general, they prefer that a client was represented by the member of professional circles (optional by local professionals).

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