Special
Reports
by First Atlantic Commerce, Bermuda
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KNOWLEDGEBASE
FACT
FILE
A thorough reference
file of up-to-date information compiled by our
expert editors and arranged in easily accessible
sections. The fact file covers taxation and regulation
of offshore e-commerce, the facilities and services
needed, and reviews the business sectors and functions
which can make use of offshore e-commerce
- Taxation
of Offshore E-commerce
- Regulation
of Offshore E-commerce
- Offshore
E-commerce Facilities
- Offshore
Professional and Financial Services
- Offshore
E-commerce Applications
JURISDICTIONS
The jurisdictions
section of Offshore-e-com.com has in-depth analyses
of e-commerce in three leading jurisdictions -
Bermuda, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man - and has
links to summaries of e-commerce development in
25 other offshore jurisdictions
- Jurisdictions
Menu
E-COMMERCE
GLOSSARY
The Offshore-e-com.com
glossary explains the meaning of many abbreviations
and technical terms met with in offshore e-commerce
- Full Glossary
BUSINESS
GUIDE
No-one likes to pay
too much tax, and the overall burden of tax in
the world's larger business jurisdictions is heavy
not just in itself, but also imposes substantial
and worsening administrative burdens on a business.
Regulation in general just gets more and more
complex, in addition.
Prior to the Internet, there was little that most
types of business could do to rduce tax and regulation,
although individual owners were often able to
go 'offshore' with the proceeds of their work,
and increasingly did so as tax levels rose. Individual
tax levels have fallen back to some extent, and
in some countries, but the taxman has become more
efficient, and the classical equation of working
onshore and enjoying offshore becomes ever harder
to sustain.
The Internet has
changed the equation, and this site attempts to
explain why and how almost all businesses can
substantially reduce their tax bills and preserve
wealth by taking advantage of offshore e-commerce.
This section in particular offers practical help
in choosing a jurisdiction and in setting up an
offshore e-commerce operation.
E-SHOP
BASICS
Describes how to
go about setting up an entry-level e-commerce
retailing operation, in case you want to do it
yourself.
LOCATION
Describes the criteria
that should be applied to choosing an offshore
jurisdiction.
GETTING
STARTED WITH OFFSHORE E-COMMERCE
Describes the criteria
that should be taken into consideration when starting
an offshore e-commerce operation.
CASE STUDIES
There are so many
variable factors in the situation of each company,
including business sector, ownership structure,
country of origin, size, capital structure and
level of profitability, to name just some, that
it is hardly possible to illustrate the principles
of offshore e-commerce in any general way. Still,
case studies can show typical sequences of steps
needing to be taken when going offshore, even
if the detail will be different in each case.
The six case studies
in this section cover six of the more likely business
situations in which offshore has a lot to offer;
but the truth is that the Internet has made it
possible for almost every business in a high-tax
country to get advantage offshore.
For direct assistance
with establishing an offshore e-commerce operation,
see our E-commerce Business Guide.
- Electronic
Products Business to Business Case Study
- Electronic
Products Consumer Case Study
- Physical
Products Business to Business Case Study
- Physical
Products Consumer case Study
- Offshore
Banking and Financial Services Case Study
- Offshore
Corporate Functions Case Study
SPECIAL REPORTS
Special Features
on E-Commerce in Guernsey & Ireland, Gibraltar
& Dubai, and Mauritius and Netherlands Antilles
are available in the Reports
Library along with other previous Special
Features.
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China To Enforce Tax And Registration System For E-Commerce, by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
Last updated 19 hours ago | Monday, February 08, 2010
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| In accordance with 'Internet Information Services' (State Council Order No. 292), the Beijing Bureau of Industry and Commerce, responsible for business registration and regulation in China, said it wishes to revive 2008 plans to register and tax e-commerce in order to 'standardize its regulation and combat illegal Internet activities, promoting the integrity of the system'.
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US Congress Debates Internet Sales Tax Question, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Last updated 25 hours ago | Monday, February 08, 2010
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| The US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law has sat to discuss 'State Taxation: The Role of Congress in Defining Nexus.' The Tax Foundation advocated a physical presence standard in written testimony, especially in an age of e-commerce.
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Belgium Introduces Tax On Digital Storage Devices, by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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| From February 1, 2010, the Belgian government aims to impose an additional tax
on the purchase of USB keys, MP3 players and external hard disks to pay for
the reproduction of audio and audiovisual works.
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UK Think Tank Questions Necessity Of Telecoms Taxation, by Robert Lee, Tax-News.com, London
Monday, January 18, 2010
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| A new report from UK think tank Policy Exchange has called into question the use
of a telecommunications tax to fund proposals for introducing high speed broadband
nationwide.
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Spain Seeks Larger Share Of Online Gambling Tax Revenue, by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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| The various provincial and federal gaming authorities of Spain that together participate in the Sectoral Gaming Commission have met at the Ministry of the Interior in Madrid to discuss regulation of the Spanish online gaming sector.
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Hopes Pinned On Legalized Online Gambling To Rescue Estonian Gaming Revenues, by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, January 11, 2010
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| From the beginning of 2010, online gambling is being licenced and taxed in Estonia in an effort to boost public finances through taxes on gaming operators.
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France Proposes 'Google Tax' To Protect Cultural Heritage, by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, January 11, 2010
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| A report presented recently to the French Culture Ministry has proposed a series
of measures designed to improve the legitimate supply of cultural
services provided over the Internet and their financing, including most notably the introduction
of a new tax to be levied on the online advertising revenue derived by Internet
giants such as Google.
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UK Proposes New Licensing Regime For Overseas Online Gambling Firms, by Robin Pilgrim, LawAndTax-News.com, London
Friday, January 08, 2010
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| UK Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe wants to bring in new licence requirements for overseas-based online gambling firms who want to have a customer base in Britain. This would help to broaden the tax base of gambling activities.
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US E-Commerce Sales Rise 5% Over Christmas 2009, by Leroy Baker, Tax-News.com, New York
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
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| Retail e-commerce spending in the US for the holiday season from November 1 through Christmas Eve reached approximately USD27bn, an increase of 5% over the same period a year ago, according to a report by comScore inc, digital market consultants and statisticians.
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Google Pays Modest Tax On UK income, Reports Claim, by Robin Pilgrim, LawAndTax-News.com, London
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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| The UK press has become critical of internet giant Google after accounts were published that appear to indicate that the company paid minimal UK corporate income tax.
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S Korea Sees Illegal Online Betting Surge, by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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| Illegal gambling on horse racing in Korea, primarily online, could have increased to KRW30 trillion (USD25.5bn) – up to 10 times the 2004 level, according to Korean Institute of Criminology research.
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Ladbrokes: EU Advocate General E-Gaming Opinion Unfavorable, by Ulrika Lomas, LawAndTax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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| Ladbrokes plc has criticized the European Advocate General's opinion as being unfavorable as regards its case against Dutch gaming law.
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Intrastate Online Gambling Gets Hearing In California, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Friday, December 18, 2009
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| A consortium including the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and the Commerce Casino want to set up and operate poker websites in California, and the chair of the Governmental Organization Committee, state Senator Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood, Los Angeles County), said that he wants hearings to take place in February 2010.
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OECD Publishes 2009 Comparative Science, Tech and Industry Scoreboard, by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, December 18, 2009
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| The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009 illustrates and analyzes a wide set of indicators of science, technology, globalization and industrial performance in major countries.
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Forex Provider OANDA Establishes Dubai Office, by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Friday, December 11, 2009
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| OANDA, a provider of Internet-based forex trading
and currency information services to individuals, banks and financial institutions,
has formed the OANDA Middle East Corporation Ltd and opened a Dubai office.
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Wired Safety Study: Online Gambling Prohibition Does Not Work, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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| Wired Safety, an Internet Safety and Educational charity, has produced, as testimony before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington DC, a study which examines a range of harms potentially associated with online gambling, and alternative methods for mitigating or minimizing them.
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Polish Online Gambling Prohibitions Will Affect Sponsorship, by Ulrika Lomas, LawAndTax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, December 07, 2009
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| Polish President Lech Kaczynski has implemented a clampdown on gambling in Poland which limits gambling to a few casinos and restricts the number of gaming machines in each casino.
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IOM Bolstered By Shipping And Aircraft Registries' Success, by Amanda Banks, Tax-News.com, London
Thursday, December 03, 2009
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| An economic report, presented to the Isle of Man’s Council of Ministers
this week, has shown that efforts to diversify the island’s economy, particularly
the shipping and aircraft registry, are continuing to bear fruit for the Manx economy.
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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations On Card Transaction Reporting, by Glen Shapiro, LawAndTax-News.com, New York
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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| The US Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed regulations under a new statute requiring that, starting with transactions in calendar year 2011, the gross amount of payment card and third-party network transactions be reported annually to participating merchants and the tax authority.
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UK Broadband Tax Will Backfire, Says Phone Company, by Robert Lee, Tax-News.com, London
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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| The proposed GBP0.50 tax on telephone landline bills is the wrong approach to funding Britain's future broadband needs and will likely backfire on the government should it pass into law, according the Charles Dunstone, the chief executive of telecoms firm TalkTalk.
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First Non-Latin Domain Names Imminent, by Mary Swire, for LawAndTax-News.com, Hong Kong
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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| The first internet addresses consisting entirely of non-Latin characters are imminent following approval of the new Internationalized Domain Name Fast Track Process by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers board.
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Internet Governance Goes Global, by Glen Shapiro, LawAndTax-News.com, New York
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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| The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has been reconstituted into a global private-sector non-profit making organization. The US Department of Commerce no longer has sole control over this entity, which is so important to the overall functioning of the internet.
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eBay Canada Forced To Disclose More Sellers' Records To Tax Man, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Friday, October 02, 2009
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| The Canada Revenue Agency has broadened its clampdown on the tax affairs of
online sellers, issuing eBay Canada with a court-authorized requirement compelling
the company to release the account information and sales data of Canadian resident
eBay members who have made significant transactions via the site.
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Airlines Aim To Cut Credit Card Fraud Costs, by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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| On September 24, the International Air Transport Association announced the
launch of two new services to help airlines reduce costs and manage risk associated with credit card operations.
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ECJ Sides With Google In Trademark Infringement Case, by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Monday, September 28, 2009
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| In an opinion delivered to the European Court of Justice, Advocate General Miguel Poiares Poiares Maduro suggests that internet search engine Google has not committed a trademark infringement by allowing advertisers to select keywords corresponding to trade marks, although, if taken up by the full court, the opinion could leave the door open to future challenges of Google's AdWords service.
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HMRC Outlines VAT Position On Insurance Introductory Services, by Robin Pilgrim, LawAndTax-News.com, London
Friday, September 25, 2009
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| HM Revenue and Customs, the UK tax authority, has advised that it will pay out claims for overpaid value added tax on insurance introductory services pending a decision by the Court of Appeal in the Insurancewide/Trader Media Group case.
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Skype's Former Owners Sue eBay, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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| The Swedish founders of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, through their company Joltid Ltd, are suing eBay Inc and a group of prospective investors in Skype for breach of copyright.
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Manx Telecom Obtains Disaster Recovery License From E-Gaming Regulators, by Philip Morton, Investors Offshore.com
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
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| Manx Telecom has announced that it has been licensed as an approved e-Gaming Disaster Recovery Provider by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission.
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ATO Warns Of Danger To Tax Security From Cyber Crime, by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
Monday, August 31, 2009
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| Australia’s Assistant Treasurer, Nick Sherry, has referred to an Australian
Taxation Office submission to a Parliamentary inquiry highlighting the growing
dangers of cyber crime.
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Business As Usual For FAC Despite Hurricane Bill, by Phillip Morton, Investors Offshore.com
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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| Bermuda-based First Atlantic Commerce Ltd, a leading international, online
multi-currency payment gateway, has announced that it has been “business
as usual” on the island, despite Bill, a Category Three hurricane, passing
166 nautical miles west-southwest of the island.
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