Many countries develop and manage their tax policies to influence socio-economic behaviour. N.Z. is one such example. N.Z. has traditionally been slow to prepare its inhabitants for retirement. Other countries have had compulsory superannuation for decades, such as...
The PFIC regime has been in existence since 1986. Introduced in the Tax Reform Act, the regime closed a loophole. Prior to the change, assets could be transferred to entities organized outside the U.S., in order to escape U.S. taxation. As with other foreign...
