Curacao‘s Private Foundation (PF)

Overview & Essentials

• Private Foundation is a registered company and is not like a US Trust (Trusts are based on a contract, trusts are not registered and have no legal entity)

• Private Foundation (PF) is not restricted on charitable goals – PF can hold and manage its assets with a 0%-tax-rate

• Gill Martin International Inc, one of our affiliates, acts as founder of PF, but is neither owner of PF, nor owner of PF‘s assets

• After transformation of assets their is no relation between you and PF, no stock register indicate where assets come from; you may be beneficiary only

• PF is not allowed to build its own operating business but is only empowered to manage its own assets – PF can hold shares of an operating company and receive earnings of this company

• In case of claims against this company or bankruptcy of the company PF will not be affected

• PF will have a beneficiary – beneficiary will receive annual payments or the entire assets of PF at the end of duration (beneficiaries income leads to taxation in its destination)

• It is possible at any time to change beneficiaries (meaning, all assets of PF move to another party without tax at minimal costs)

• PF is protected by Curacao and Dutch legislation

Incorporation of PF can only be done by certain government-registered and Barristers under supervision. Our affiliate Gill Martin acts as a founder and TWM as local Managing Director of PF.

Kind of assets held by PF

• funds (cash, cheques)

• shares & securities

• land, mobiles (cars, shipps), real estate

• lotery gains

• license, patents

• …

Reasons for transformation of assets

• anonymity

• high level of privacy protection

• relatives / followers

• divorce

• protection against third party claims

Fore more details: www.0-tax-assetprotection.com or please contact us

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