Recent content by RexS9999

My wife opens a trading account in Hong Kong or Asia and is not subject to CRS because of her passport. Can I get power of attorney on the account and not have my details subject to CRS reporting? My passport is subject to CRS, but the funds are not mine. I would just have power of attorney...

It is easy to open an investment account in the Philippines. However one is limited to Philippine stocks. If one has a retirement visa and lives there is one able to buy US stocks though a Philippine brokerage? Yes I know one can easily open a US brokerage account. My question is only about...

They will want to see a passport.

Solid dividend stocks.

I am just curious about this. If one forms a company with five shareholder, each having less than 25% ownership will an offshore bank/investment company ask for the beneficial owner? Under CRS such a company is exempt from reporting. In such a situation who would have to provide the passport? If...

I was told you can open a Schwab International account without giving a TIN. Use your passport number. The US is not part of CRA. Do they send tax info to ones home country, Canada?

Will they open for a Canadian residing in the Philippines?

Very basic question. I read about these being used for illegal activities as well as hiding assets. However from my experience it is not possible to open bank/brokerage accounts without providing a passport and being subject to tax treaties etc. How do these criminals do this? I am just curious.

Forester I was involved in this sort of thing as it pertained to criminal matters. In Canada you can do almost anything and not go to jail.

Has anyone read about Canada Revenue Agency taking action against anyone as a result of CRA? What amount of money would one have to have before they took action? The Canadian government is very inefficient. I read a lot of people mentioning "going to jail". Not in Canada. You can do almost...

Who will you sell the crypto to? What company?

Can I open an account at DBS Singapore and buy/sell bitcoin? Anyone done this?

Equity strip. If you want to buy a house get a big mortgage. Borrow for car, other items.

Would be nice to see all the fees. They could skim off a lot when they convert to currencies

It is my understanding that dividends on Singapore stocks are not taxed. If I had a trading account there and bought Singapore REITs the dividends are not taxed by the Singapore tax authorities. Is this correct?