Offshore Corporations

An offshore company is defined as a company that is incorporated in a jurisdiction that is other than where the beneficial owner resides. In other words an offshore company is simply a company that is incorporated in a country overseas in a foreign jurisdiction.

An offshore company definition, however, is not something fixed but will have varying definitions depending upon the circumstances. The term “offshore” is what often appears confusing to most people and is used in contrast to traditional “onshore” companies.

While an onshore company refers to a domestic company exists and functions within the borders of a country, an offshore company in comparison is an entity that conducts all of its transactions outside the borders where it is incorporated. Because it is owned and exists as a non-resident entity it is not liable to local taxation as all of its financial transactions are made outside the boundaries of the jurisdiction.

International corporations

Angilla

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Bahamas

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Barbados

Barbados, island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, situated about 100 miles (160 km) east of Saint Vincent...

Belize

Belize, country located on the northeast coast of Central America. Belize, which was known as British Honduras...

British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands, British overseas territory in the eastern Caribbean Sea...

Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands, island group and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea...

Costa Rica

The Cayman Islands, island group and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea...

Cyprus

Cyprus, Greek Kípros, Turkish Kıbrıs, an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea renowned since...

Curacao

Curacao, an island in the Caribbean Sea and a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

Delaware

Delaware, constituent state of the United States of America. Over the years Delaware has been called...

Dubai

Dubai, also spelled Dubayy, city and capital of the emirate of Dubai, one of the wealthiest of the seven emirates...

Florida

Florida, constituent state of the United States of America. It was admitted as the 27th state in 1845. Florida...

Grenada

Grenada, byname Isle of Spice, island country of the West Indies. It is the southernmost island of the ...

Hong Kong

Hong Kong, special administrative region of China, located to the east of the Pearl River estuary on the south...

Isle of Man

Isle of Man is one of the British Isles, located in the Irish Sea off the northwest coast of England...

Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands is a country in the central Pacific Ocean. It consists of some of...

Jersey

Jersey, British crown dependency and island, the largest and southernmost of the Channel Islands...

Luxemburg

Luxembourg, a country in northwestern Europe. One of the world’s smallest countries, it is bordered by...

Malta

Malta, island country located in the central Mediterranean Sea. A small but strategically important group...

Nevada

Nevada, constituent state of the United States of America. It borders Oregon and Idaho to the north...

Netherlands

Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, also called Saint Christopher and...

Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, also called Saint Christopher and...

New Zeland

New Zealand, Maori Aotearoa, island country in the South Pacific Ocean, the southwesternmost...

New York

New York City is the largest and most influential American metropolis, encompassing...

Panamá

Samoa, country in the central South Pacific Ocean, among the westernmost of the island countries...

Samoa

The Cayman Islands, island group and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea...

Saint Vincent and the grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, island country lying within...

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia, island state in the Caribbean Sea. It is the second largest of the Windward group in the Lesser...

Seychelles

Seychelles, island republic in the western Indian Ocean, comprising about 115 islands, with lush...

Spain

Spain, a country located in extreme southwestern Europe. It occupies about 85 percent of the Iberian...

The Madeira Islands

Madeira Islands in Portugal comprises two inhabited islands, Madeira and...

Turks And Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands, overseas territory of the UK in the West Indies. It...

United Kingdom

United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland...

Uruguay

Uruguay, country located on the southeastern coast of South America. The second smallest...

Wyoming

Wyoming, constituent state of the United States of America. Wyoming became the 44th state...

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