LEGAL CHALLENGES AFFECTING OFFSHORE TRUSTS POST 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS

Authors

  • Mohsin Hingun International Islamic University Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/iiumlj.v22i2.139

Keywords:

offshore trusts, 2008 financial crisis, secrecy, tax avoidance

Abstract

The phenomenal growth of offshore trusts valued in billions of dollars at the end of the last century as a result of its ability to attract, transfer and protect substantial sums of money from the settlor’s country to overseas jurisdictions with the potential to save, reduce, avoid and evade taxes have been subjected to critical examination by tax authorities, the courts, non-governmental organisations and the media, especially in the years following the 2008 financial crisis. The objective of this paper to briefly introduce the nature and uses of offshore is trusts and to focus on some of the important challenges they face in a hostile environment. An area of evolving interest is the secrecy issue inherent in offshore trusts which has been abused as a veil for tax avoidance/tax evasion.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Downloads

Published

2014-12-01

How to Cite

Hingun, M. (2014). LEGAL CHALLENGES AFFECTING OFFSHORE TRUSTS POST 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS. IIUM Law Journal, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.31436/iiumlj.v22i2.139