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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.

Some other countries

 

Liechtenstein is an independent country and located between Switzerland and Austria. Banking system and laws about confidentiality on aims are the same as in Switzerland, similarly as well as its currency rules and excellent communication supplies. Most experts consider Liechtenstein and Switzerland interchangeable from point of tax-refuge. However, it is considered that traditions of corporate secrecy of Liechtenstein give advantage to Switzerland on bank business. More refined off-shore "investors" can create and actually created the impenetrable curtain of financial secrecy by means of the use of Swiss bank accounts under the name of corporations of Liechtenstein. There is only one city in Liechtenstein, Vaduz and there is no air-port. To get it is easily in Vaduz, it is necessary to fly to Zurich, and further to ride by the ground-vehicle.

Montserrat is an island in east part of the Caribbean chain of the Liard islands. It is the self-guided British colony. A communication network is modern, but there are no direct air trips from the USA, it is therefore necessary to change plane for other trip from neighboring islands. Basic activity of Montserrat as tax-free zone consists of banks by B-class, which are easy to be created and supported in secrecy in connection with the carefully developed bank ordinances. In spite of presence of rules of currency control, their observance is not enough provided and largely ignore them, as a result to bring in and taking out funds is easily enough. In Montserrat the cost of creation of banks of class is relatively higher than B-class. On the island there are only two main banks of the class (World participating bank is Barclays' Bank and Royal Bank of Canada).