By Ronald Edwards Bank Account - One of the first places to start with asset protection is with an offshore bank account in a favorable jurisdiction. A favorable jurisdiction is one in which bank secrecy laws are in place without a lot of loopholes found in many formerly good jurisdictions that have gone bad. Bank secrecy laws in Panama call for prison sentences and/or fines for any bank employee, officer or owner who divulges any information about a bank account or account holder(s). This generally tends to curtail any leaks of information. The only way the bank can legally divulge any information about you or any bank account associated with you is by court order from a court in Panama. Panama has no tax treaties with any country, does not allow any fishing expeditions from foreign governments, all tax offenses in Panama are civil offenses not criminal and Panama does not pursue fiscal offenses. In the USA most private detectives have little or no trouble getting bank account information for clients. Their methods are highly illegal but we never hear of any of them getting prosecuted. There are some offshore jurisdictions which tout bank secrecy but there are no laws on the books concerning this matter. This is the case with a fairly popular Caribbean jurisdiction, Belize. For more information on Panama Bank Accounts click here:
http://panamalaw.org/offshore_bank_account.html Panama Anonymous Bearer Share Corporation This is your second layer of protection. In Panama there is no recording of the owners of the bearer share corporation anywhere. There is no registry to look such things up in with or without any court order. The ownership of the corporation is based on the physical ownership of the stock certificates. These corporations are 100% anonymous. This means when wires travel through the various wire systems no one can determine who the natural persons are behind the corporation. If you title real estate to the corporation it makes the real estate anonymous. The corporation can also own boats, cars, collectibles, and stock trading accounts in addition to bank accounts. For more information on Anonymous Panama Corporations click here:
http://panamalaw.org/bearer_share_corperation.html Panama Private Interest Foundation The third piece of your asset protection structure is an anonymous Panama Foundation. One of the nice things about Foundations is they have no owner. They are anonymous and the foundation can have confidential instructions to carry out the detailed wishes of the founder. It is like a will and trust in one only better. If you have your Panama Foundation own your bearer share corporation it positions you to say you do not own the corporation because the Foundation does and you could say you do not own the Foundation as well. Remember the other side would probably never figure out who owns the corporation, in other words they may never have any idea that the foundation exists. If the foundation has a name unrelated to you why would they assume it is yours? In Panama the assets of a Panama Foundation are not subject to sequestering, which means the bank account can not be frozen pending some court case. Governmental Pursuit of Funds
What happens if the government of some country attempts to attach your money in Panama? The world is full of dictatorships and non-democratic regimes. Well this again is a different matter. These cases start with a request for information. The request is made through the embassy officials in the bank's country. It is a formal procedure requiring the requesting country to cite specific reasons for the information which usually means providing evidence of a criminal case filed in their criminal court system pertaining to a handful of serious crimes in cases concerning Panama (real serious money laundering, narcotics trafficking, child pornography and terrorism). The country would have to show Panama why they need this information, why it is essential to the case and explain why the information can not be obtained any other way. These requests are not favored by Panama and they will comply if the T's are crossed and the I's dotted. It usually takes from 6 months to two years for such requests to be granted, if they are granted at all. Granting such requests for a non-criminal case does not fit the terms of the MLAT. The offense concerning the criminal case in the courts of the requesting country must also be a crime in Panama. All tax offenses in Panama are civil, not criminal. The courts in Panama would eventually issue an order if they felt the requirements were satisfied which the Panama police would fulfill by getting the bank records and they would deliver the information to the requesting country's embassy. An order typically is for information only. A request to actually tie up the funds in the bank is much rarer and harder to obtain. Panama would not respond to a government that is not a national government such as a city, state or province, or territory. Let me give you a hypothetical example. The bank officer gets a phone call from an attorney representing the state of Texas. The state attorney says he is inquiring about a Mr. John Brown bank account and identifies the John Brown he is interested in. The bank officer then says Sir I am sorry but if I even acknowledged that we did or did not have an account for such a person I would be a criminal under the laws of my country and then politely gets off the phone fast. Or the bank employee can say something like You dont want to make me a criminal, do you. The flustered state attorney would then say well I have a court order for this information, to which the bank employee would respond that the order has no authority in my country or at this bank. See how it works. If the attorney sends the bank a subpoena it winds up in the shredder with no contact to the agency sending the subpoena. If pushed the bank would say they had no idea who sent the subpoena, whether or not is was counterfeit or real, and their laws do not require them to respond since the subpoena was without authority in Panama and it would thus be illegal for the bank to respond. They would not even respond to say they are not going to respond. So if a national government requests information regarding a serious criminal matter (that is also a crime in Panama) using the proper channels in government on both sides and it is one of the four categories of crimes, then it has a chance of eventually being complied with assuming they push hard enough. In Panama all tax violations are not crimes just civil offenses. If it is a civil matter from another country, it will almost assuredly never result in any information being produced. If private attorneys or local (non-national) courts request information or action the chances of anything coming of it are just about zero. For further information click here:
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Another aspect of a favorable jurisdiction like Panama is that there is no income tax applicable to you, your corporation, or foundation if you chose to use one. In Panama there is no income tax corporate or personal for offshore derived income, no inheritance tax, no probate tax, no capital gains tax, etc. This of course eliminates any filing requirements with Panama and by default eliminates any chance of a return being audited. Panama companies which do not carry out activities within the Panamanian territory and which do not obtain income from a Panamanian source, are only subject to the payment of a fixed annual tax of $300.00 dollars. It doesn't get any better than this and even if you have an office in Panama, Phone in Panama, Bank Account in Panama etc. this does not change anything as long as your income is derived from outside of Panama. Examples: You have a website and conduct e-commerce and sell goods/services from a Panama Server but to people who are all not in Panama then you are good in that all your income is offshore derived, you are just collecting it in Panama but it is coming in from non-Panamanian sources. You have a restaurant in Panama - whoops no good now you are conducting business in Panama and your income is from Panama people. Where your company is domiciled is not the key, the key is where your income comes from. Banking Privacy
One of the greatest advantages of having an offshore bank account in a favorable jurisdiction like Panama is that no one needs to know it exists. The bank does not check with any credit bureaus or like agencies since that would violate the bank secrecy laws of their country. So the chance of anyone knowing you have the account is pretty low especially if you check your statement online. We always advocate never having bank statements mailed to your home country. Panama bank secrecy is very tight, actually the best in the world right now. If a Panama Bank were to release any information pertaining to you and or your bank account without your authorization it would be a criminal and civil penalty they would be facing plus you could sue the bank for any damages as a result of such an occurrence. Personal Bank Accounts
Today you will need to show some form of identification to any bank in the world to have your name as a signatory or beneficial owner on any bank account. This is a universal treaty that is complied with all over the world. The ID required typically takes the form of a photocopy of a passport and is notarized. Sometimes it can be faxed in, sometimes mailed or courier sent, all depending on the bank involved. The days of unidentifiable numbered bank accounts are long gone. If you hear of a bank that will open an account without identification rest assured it is not a real bank. The same for Visa or MasterCard, they always require the same type of identification as the bank account. Anonymous Visa or MasterCards is something that no longer exists. Same with corporate credit cards. Now they always have to have a persons name on them in addition to the corporate name. This is mostly so a store clerk can ask for ID to prevent use of stolen credit cards. ATM cards are often issued anonymously with no name on the card. Some do use this type of account as a sort of anonymous bank account having funds wired into these ATM accounts but this is not a solid solution and does not take the place of a real bank account since funds can only be taken out via ATM machines and your ATM account is normally just a sub-account of the master account holder who really has control over your money. It is always safer and easier to open up a bank account using a corporation. Remember the money in the corporate bank account belongs to the corporation in Panama and it will be difficult for a financial enemy to attempt to transfer a personal debt over to a corporation. Just proving you in fact do own an Anonymous Panama Bearer Share Company can be a major hurdle that stops a lot of litigation before it starts. Having a Panama foundation own the corporation makes this even harder for potential financial enemies since you could then say you do not own the corporation and since a Panama Foundation has no owner you would not be lying. They will face a tough burden of proof, a statue of limitations, substantial legal expense, years in court and many other obstacles trying to collect personal debts from a Panama Corporation or Foundation, especially when both are used. Remember assets like bank accounts belonging to Panama Foundations are not sequesterable in Panama which means the other side can not post a bond and get the judge to freeze the bank account pending the outcome of the trial. So this means the other side comes to Panama, hires an attorney here (expensive) starts the action and then guess what, you may be inclined to move the Foundation assets elsewhere during the trial so if the other side gets a court judgment in Panama and you no longer have assets in Panama what good does the judgment do them? Now this is assuming your financial enemies even know about the Foundation. It is not common to see such lawsuits. The author is a researcher, with years of experience in finances and real estate.
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By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Chris_Studer]Chris Studer The goal of student loan consolidating is to improve your overall financial picture; whether that means lowering monthly payments, improving a credit score, or reducing debt to income ratio. Student loan consolidating packages offer some of the best money-saving incentives in the loan industry.Understanding how these different incentives affect your repayment can help you to make a smart choice when it comes to student loan consolidating. The Effect of Interest Rate on Student Loan Consolidating This tiny little number has the largest overall financial impact in regard to the total amount you will spend to repay your student loan. Even a fraction of a percentage point can equate to thousands of dollars over the lifetime of a loan. Advertised base interest rates for student loan consolidating are similar from one company to the next. Your due diligence in shopping for a lender to handle your student loan consolidating will truly pay off when you begin to compare interest rate reduction opportunities. Interest Rate Reductions Interest rate reductions are money saving incentives offered by companies that specialize in student loan consolidating. Not every lender offers interest rate reductions, and those who do offer a broad range of percentage savings. With a little research, you can find lenders offering total interest rate reductions of up to 1.5%. On Time Payments Interest Rate Reduction
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By Elizabeth Cuadrado Many couples would like to plan their own wedding but are hesitant being afraid of the stress involved. Planning your wedding can be less stressful than what you expect and you can actually have fun during the process. There are some key factors that will significantly help you to reduce the overall stress. These are having the right attitude, starting your planning as early as possible, working with a budget, sharing your tasks with others, finding good service providers and suppliers, and exercising daily. First of all, you must have the right attitude. After all a wedding is a very happy occasion. Therefore, planning the wedding should be equally fun. You should be convinced of this before taking on the responsibility. Wedding planning will allow you to be exposed to beautiful attire & accessories, visit beautiful venues, and enable you to taste delicious foods and cakes. Also, it will become one of those memorable occasions you will talk and laugh about for years to come. Second, you should start your planning as early as possible. Once he has popped the question and you have said "yes", you can begin the first stages. You can start gathering ideas by attending local bridal shows, purchasing bridal magazines, talking over experiences with married friends, shopping around, and surfing the internet. Starting early will allow you to be better organized, explore more possibilities, go over decisions more thoroughly, and best of all, leave you some time to relax the days before your wedding. Third, you and your fianc should sit down and set up a budget. You must estimate how much total available money you will have to spend on your wedding. This includes your own as well as any money others will contribute. Later you should design a worksheet and allocate the total amount among the different items you intend to spend on. The more detailed the budget, the better. You should not spend more than what you have allocated for each category. At first, this will seem like more work, but later sticking to the budget will help greatly reduce your stress and save you much needed money. Fourth, is to find other people who can help you. There are many tasks involved in planning a wedding and many times it can be overwhelming. Finding others to share the tasks can offer great reassurance, if you choose wisely. Remember, the idea is to reduce stress, not to increase it. Choose people that make you feel comfortable, are not domineering, and wont trigger conflict. Also, always keep in mind that it is your wedding and you do not want others deciding for you. Choose a close family member or best friend. I personally chose my mother and sister to help me with the planning. Fifth, shop around for good service providers and suppliers. Look for quality as well as price. Also, look for good service and the willingness to work with you. There are many out there. Some can be excellent and others terrible. I personally had a very bad experience with our caterers. Many of the people attending my reception got sick after the party. Luckily, other factors in my wedding made my party a success. Many times, service providers can make or break your wedding. For service providers, ask for references and/or ask to see them at work. If you attend any weddings or special occasions, remember to ask the names of the providers if you were satisfied with their services. This hand on experience is the best way of knowing. Regarding suppliers, purchase samples of wedding items first. If you are happy with the quality and service provided, then go ahead and purchase the rest of the items. Finally, remember to include exercise in your daily routine. After a day filled with tasks and decisions you deserve a little time to yourself. Set aside at least half an hour to do an activity that best suits you. This can involve going to the local gym, swimming, sports, yoga or even walking around your neighborhood. This will help relieve much stress and help you feeling fit, trim, and beautiful. I am sure that these six suggestions will greatly help in reducing the stress and set you on your way to happy planning. Elizabeth Cuadrado - owner of The Royal Ball where you could find a large selection of wedding favors, party favors, wedding accessories, gifts, invitations, and useful tips.
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By Dr. Steve Denehie All of us have turned on a radio or a television, selected a station and enjoyed a broadcast. We, being unable to see the actual waveform of the frequency selected, rely on the signal being transformed by the wonder of circuitry in the radio or television, into an audible and/or visual manifestation of that frequency. This is true of a microwave oven or a cell phone and many other electrical devices we use daily and pretty much take for granted. The selection of a power level in a microwave oven or the entering of a phone number into a cell phone uses a unique frequency to obtain a desired result. As a young boy our home had a large console radio we listened to. It had several selector switches and a large tuning dial as well as a big speaker, many tubes and wires, and was hooked to an external antenna. This wonderful electrical machine allowed us to selectively dial a frequency and listen to radio shows like Gunsmoke, Suspense, Amos and Andy, Groucho Marx and many more. The machine was designed to manipulate energy to be used for a specific task. In addition the radio could be tuned to frequencies allowing us to listen to broadcasts from all over the world in languages we had never heard before. Police calls, airport traffic, Morse code transmissions could be heard by selectively dialing their unique frequencies as well. When I went to high school, I had a friend who worked at a radio station. He opened my understanding to the transmission portion of radio frequency signals. A radio station, a radio receiver, a cell phone, and many other devices must have a power source, circuitry, and a means of displaying the converted a signal into a useable form. These invisible frequencies are organized information having some effect on life as we know it. This technology is not new; we have all been using it and really do not think much about how it works. Everything we know of, everything in existence, including the human body, its' components and things that effect its' well-being has a frequency. That frequency is a specific number that belongs only to it . Just as a local radio station has a frequency number such as 99.7, so does everything else. The frequency number is an indication of the vibrational activity of the atomic and molecular structure of matter and energy. That frequency number resides in a highly organized position in the Electromagnetic Spectrum, giving it identity and location. This assigned number, just as a radio station, enables one with the right circuitry to find and utilize it. What if it were possible, using the right circuitry, to observe body functions by selecting specific frequencies? What if it were possible to fine-tune imbalances by selecting specific frequencies? What if selected frequencies could synergistically energize food and water, or nullify toxic chemicals? Does all of this sound like an episode of Star Trek? Much of what was once science fiction, today is reality. Frequencies are all around us, they are part of us, and hold answers to questions that need to be answered. There is more to this story, stay tuned, or better yet, use the specific frequency of an email address to inquire further. About the Author
Dr. Steve Denehie, Cookeville, Tennessee
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By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Barry_McDonald]Barry McDonald Is the party over for people looking for home equity loans? It may be, by the looks of the financial reports coming in from 2005. It seems that there was a slowing down in the housing market at the end of last year. House prices have started to slowly fall although they are still higher than they were last year and the number of people looking to take out new mortgages has started to decrease. Many home owners have had a bonanza this past couple of years by freeing up the increasing equity in their home to purchase big ticket items like cars, home improvements and using their home as a virtual ATM machine to make up the difference that maybe lacking in their take home income. But as easy at it maybe have been to get the new home equity loan it all has to be paid off, with interest, added to the fact of declining house prices and a few home owners could be putting themselves to added risk. Last week the federal regulators to gain some control have advised banks and lending agencies from offering interest only loans they have people needed to purchase homes at todays prices. Interest rates have risen by more than three percencentage points since mid 2004 which have had the effect of slowing up consumer spending and slowing up the housing market. Although this has worked well up this point in time the housing market has now become nearly half of last years growth rate and has been estimated to have given one million extra jobs to the economy. To avoid putting this in jeopardy its thought interest rates may be cut back to protect this.
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By Jennifer Lance Reading aloud to children is the single most important activity for building the
knowledge required for reading success.
Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report on the Commission on Reading What gift can 30 minutes a day give you? Television ads promise tighter abs or the perfect body in 30 minutes a day. 30 minutes a day of reading aloud to your child promises to have a lasting impact on your childs literacy and reading skills. During the first three years of life, a childs brain grows 90% of their eventual adult weight. When parents talk, sing, and read to their child, links among brain cells are formed and new cells develop.1 Beginning in infancy, reading to a child prepares them for learning. Stated in Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading, reading aloud to children is the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for success in reading. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that doctors prescribe reading activities for children and parents at their regular checkups. The benefits of reading aloud to your child are numerous. Time spent snuggling up with Mom or Dad while listening to a story, provide children with a feeling of warmth, love, and security. The coziness and intimacy of sharing a book with a loved adult delights children. Parents play an inestimable role in laying the foundation for emerging literacy. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that doctors prescribe reading activities for children and parents at their regular checkups. Despite this advice and considerable evidence to benefits of reading aloud to children, only 50% of toddlers are read to regularly. There are various reading aloud styles utilized by parents. These approaches may range from a straight reading of a text, to talking about the illustrations, to reading with extensive interaction. In the home-school study documented in Beginning Literacy with Language, two types of talk occurred during shared book reading between adults and children. Immediate talk is closely tied to illustrations and words in the text. Nonimmediate talk uses the text to relate to personal experiences, comments and questions about general knowledge, drawing inferences, and making predictions. The study concluded that children scored higher on kindergarten tests measuring early literacy and language skills when they engaged in more nonimmediate talk during shared reading with adults. The study also concluded that there is a positive correlation between the amount of time spent on reading books at home during the preschool years and teachers ratings of childrens language and literacy skills at age 5.6 10 Tips for Reading Aloud to Your Child
1. Select a book that is appropriate for your childs age. Numerous book lists are available or consult a childrens librarian.
2. Start at infancy and continue even after your child has begun to read independently. Children are never too young or too old to be read aloud to.
3. Make reading a pleasure and show enthusiasm as you read. Find a comfortable spot and snuggle up close to your child and a book. Read stories with expression and interest.
4. Read to your child often! Research supports 30 minutes a day, but these minutes need not be continuous. Set aside special times to read as part of your daily routine.
5. Talk with your child as you read together. The least effective method of reading aloud to your child is a straight reading of the text. Connect to the story and engage your child in nonimmediate talk.
6. Encourage book exploration. Have lots of books available for your child to look at, touch, and hold. Libraries and used book stores are good resources if your income is limited.
7. Read favorite books over and over. Sometimes parents get frustrated when a child requests the same book over and over again. Hearing the same stories helps children learn to read by hearing familiar words and seeing what they look like in print.
8. Chose a variety of books. Dont forget poetry and nonfiction when selecting books to read. Predictable books help a child recognize repeated words and enjoy saying them as you read along.
9. Chose books that help you teach. Alphabet and counting books are great teaching tools. Many stories teach important social behavior, such as sharing and friendship.
10. Let your child read to you. Young children love to retell the story that has just been read to them. Illustrations provide children with clues in order to pretend read. In conclusion, read to your child every day! Reading aloud, with active participation from your child, helps children learn new words, learn about written language, and see the connection between words that are written and words that are spoken. Evidence from research says that reading and talking to your infant and/or toddler may be the single most important thing in determining your childs intellectual, economic and social success. Just 30 minutes a day and your childs life will be changed forever! Jennifer Lance
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