Top Tips: Choosing an Offshore Jurisdiction

• Make sure the country is not on any blacklists
• Make sure the annual agent fees (if there are any)
• Make sure the government fees (if there are any) are not too high
• Make sure the annual audit cost (if it is a requirement) is not likely to be too high
• Make sure the country has a wide network of double taxation treaties and the terms of that treaty are favourable to your specific situation
• Make sure if the country is in the EU that it allows the payment of dividends to shareholders outside of the EU with no withholding tax