Meanings of offshore trusts in English

British expats use offshore trusts and private banks all the time, don't they?

I have no shares, no offshore trusts, no offshore funds, nothing like that.

We explain the investment vehicles that are in the news Who has offshore trusts?

Did Samantha Cameron or their children benefit from any offshore trusts in the past?

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Were any investments in offshore trusts which avoided UK tax?

Wealthy clients opened offshore trusts and lodged money through him.

Cameron replied: I own no shares, no offshore trusts, no offshore funds, nothing like that.

But the really big money is hidden in hundreds, possibly thousands, of anonymous, unregistered offshore trusts.

There are more than 12,000 offshore trusts registered in New Zealand.

More than 12,000 offshore trusts are registered in New Zealand.

IRD said it had compliance systems to flush out those who used offshore trusts to hide their wealth and avoid tax.

Among other non doms who held UK-based businesses in offshore trusts were a car dealer and a peer of the realm.

Also, the spectacular plummet in the number of offshore trusts registered here, after the government asked them for more information about themselves.

Today, offshore trusts are principally used by the global rich who are resident in the UK but not "domiciled" here.

Authorities in the Cook Islands say the country's regulatory framework for offshore trusts is better than in most places in the world.