Better to store Wealth (cash, securities) under your Personal or Corporate account?

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In terms of wealth protection, privacy and being tax compliant...

Could tax authorities easier argue, that my offshore company is being managed from their country (digital nomad spending couple months per year in different countries) and is thus tax resident there? (With personal tax residence, there's more clarity)
 
Yes, it's possible and that's more and more the⁠ direction we're headed towards over the coming years.

Keep your own money in your own personal accounts.

If you want to separate yourself from your wealth but still have a modicum of control⁣ or influence over them, without using a corporate account, you might want to look into⁢ trusts, foundations, and other such arrangements. Really only suitable for wealth exceeding a few million,︀ though, as it tends to cost a pretty penny.
 
I would also go with corporate accounts rather than a personal account.
All your money‌ and assets on your individual name could be seized by creditors if you for example‍ go bankrupt privately, no matter for what reason. There are many reasons and sometimes s**t⁠ happens.
A company offers a better asset protection as it as seen as a legal⁤ person (depends on the jurisdiction of course! Look for jurisdictions with so called "single member⁣ protection" if you are looking into the US), so they may take your personal money,⁢ but not the money in your offshore company. And piercing of the corporate veil lawsuits︀ are very hard to go through if you follow the asset protection rules correctly. Most︁ important of all is to not do personal spending with the company. For example if︂ you buy a house in the name of the company you have to pay a︃ small rent to your own company while you live in it, so it wasn't personal︄ spending and the living their was a business deal from the viewpoint of the company.︅

So I recommend structuring your wealth in clusters with various companies and keep them seperate︆ as good as possible from personal spending. Of course there is a lot more to︇ take care of, but you can find many informations in the internet to single member︈ protected companies and piercing of the corporate veil lawsuits. You can even have a company︉ for personal spending, but make this just for personal spending without holding any assets or︊ large sums on the bank account from the personal spending company. For example you have︋ Company 1 for one asset and money in the bank account and you have company︌ 2 for personal spending, then just move the money which you need for a few︍ months from 1 to 2 via a good acceptable invoice and then spend it personally.︎ To have another safety from piercing of the corporate veil lawsuits I recommend to look️ for a third party which can do the invoicing.
 
There is no one perfect 100% safe asset parking vehicle.
Each has its pro and‌ con. You have to choose what you need and suits you better.

Thanks
 
If we talk about protection of assets a Nevis foundation serves really well, but it's‌ more as icing on the cake.
 
If you go bankrupt as a private person, wouldn't⁠ the creditors also be able to take your shares in the offshore companies? If I'm⁤ not wrong, to stay compliant, you need to declare them, so it is no secret⁣ you have them.
 
If you do so they can still seize all the shares in the company⁠ and in that way access the bank account to get money out of it?

I find crypto coins to be the most secure, at the time we speak, for credit⁤ protection.
 
I understand that most of professionals will tell me that a company will be better‌ for protection... in order to sale expensive services.

I've seen in the last years some‍ examples in my country of origin: if a state want to seize a part or⁠ even all, they are able to do it even with complex service (trust, foundation, offshore⁤ company...).

One example, a politician with Panama/Liechenstein/... banks/trusts... 2 villas seized in Caribbean and Morocco.⁣

Another example with a trust and inheritance basis for a non resident. This person (his⁢ great lawyers) thought it was possible to protect his inheritance decisions behind a trust... not︀ the case.
 
When you set up asset protection, the first thing you look at is what you're‌ protecting yourself from and cater the solution around that.

That's why throwing around broad statements‍ that "X works" or "just incorporate in Y" or "put your money in Z" are⁠ quite dangerous.

Holding money personally is easy from a tax and compliance perspective, but risky⁤ if you are the risk of creditors (for whatever reason).

Holding money in a company⁣ can be a tax (CIT, WHT, CGT, et cetera), compliance, and accounting/management burden, and corporate⁢ veil can be pierced in case of criminal negligence. You don't want to be on︀ the receiving end of a forced dissolution where the assets risk becoming government property if︁ you can't transfer them somewhere else (i.e. into yourself, at which point creditors can go︂ after you).

What's stopping a court from holding you in contempt if you refuse to︃ hand over assets citing the laws of Saint Kitts and Nevis? That only works if︄ all the steps before that were taken correctly (in good faith, well ahead of time).︅

Trusts, foundations, and other arrangements/vehicles can work but, again, only if you set them up︆ correctly. That means no dipping into your Liechtenstein Anstalt for pocket money every month to︇ buy a new Lambo or YOLO on some crypto.

What's safe for you might not︈ be safe for someone else, because you have different nationalities, live in different countries, have︉ different types and sizes of assets, and different life circumstances in general.
 
You must be out of the country. That is rule number one.⁤ If a court has no personal jurisdiction over you and you use duress, coercion, and⁣ flight clauses in a jurisdiction that upholds them, then there is nothing that your home⁢ country can do -- unless it is a serious criminal matter and your home country︀ has great international influence.

https://www.escapeartist.com/blog/o...clause in an,the trust for the beneficiaries.
You cannot do anything︁ haphazard and careless anymore. You must be quite serious about your asset protection in an︂ uncertain world with predatory governments. Otherwise, why do it?
 
As much‍ as I like this forum and CSPs giving their inputs here, I have to agree⁠ with this statement. I know rich people who sold their businesses and they have liquidated⁤ their complex holding structures after cashing out to personal accounts. We are taking about €200M+.⁣ The only sense I see in storing wealth under the holding company is if it⁢ can get me some advantage in terms of tax deferral.
 
Not if structured correctly. Some jurisdictions have no or less ownership⁢ restrictions, so they can be owned by "paper entities and or trusts" from foreign jurisdictions︀ . That's the moment where these Seychelles, Cook, Nevis etc. companies come in handy. They︁ mostly won't get you a bank account, but they are a suitable vehicle to hold︂ ownership rights.
(Forgot to mention this in my first post)
 
Many super-successful business people are dumb as a rock when it comes to⁣ other aspects of life, just as many genius-level scientists and professionals are dumb as a⁢ rock when it comes to areas outside their expertise.

Such structures are not appropriate for︀ everyone, but if you have your entire €200M+ wealth in a few personal accounts then︁ you are acting like an imbecile and you need the help of a professional for︂ no other than estate planning purposes. Using the right structures can mean the difference between︃ the government obtaining more than half your wealth when you die versus the government nothing︄ or very little. Some strategies can reduce or eliminate the death tax burden completely. The︅ same goes for asset protection against predatory lawsuits that could wipe out a substantial portion︆ of your wealth.
 
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