This study of citizenship and migration policies in the Gulf shows how temporary residency can become a permanent citizenship status.

Moving your money offshore is a highly effective and surprisingly affordable strategy for you and your wealth. Until now, though, a huge barrier has stood between you and the world's best asset protection and investment opportunities-a lack of quality information. Offshore Investments That Safeguard Your Cash is the long-awaited, how-to book for everyone who has ever considered moving even a portion of his or her portfolio overseas. Written by the executive director and associate publisher of the Sovereign Society, a renowned offshore asset-protection and international finance organization, this thorough reference provides a clear road map to the offshore world, complete with the knowledge and tools you need to benefit from the same financial opportunities that the super wealthy have enjoyed for decades. Offshore Investments That Safeguard Your Cash explains how to make informed decisions about your financial options, secure everything you own against wealth predators, and protect your investment portfolio from the ravages of bear markets and superficial financial advice. No other book offers a one-stop resource with such in-depth coverage on the critical issues you need to know, including investing, taxes, estate planning, retirement, legal entities, and the world's best foreign havens. Offshore Investments That Safeguard Your Cash walks you through the process of protecting and growing your wealth, including Opening the perfect offshore account Safeguarding all your assets in one simple structure Eliminating threats to your wealth Legally slashing your tax bills Safely and effectively growing your net worth Locking up your retirement portfolio in the world's best performing, best protected, and most profitable markets Whether you're facing a looming threat to your business, seeking to maximize the savings in your retirement plan, trying to defer taxes without the IRS knocking down your door, or looking to diversify into safer, more strategic investments with higher returns--Offshore Investments That Safeguard Your Cash has the answers you're looking for.

The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!

Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill, efforts to improve safety in the offshore oil industry have resulted in the adoption of new technological controls, increased promotion of safety culture, and the adoption of new data collection systems to improve both safety and performance. As an essential element of a positive safety culture, operators and regulators are increasingly integrating strategies that empower workers to participate in process safety decisions that reduce hazards and improve safety. While the human factors of personal safety have been widely studied and widely adopted in many high-risk industries, process safety â€" the application of engineering, design, and operative practices to address major hazard concerns â€" is less well understood from a human factors perspective, particularly in the offshore oil industry. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a workshop in January 2018 to explore best practices and lessons learned from other high-risk, high-reliability industries for the benefit of the research community and of citizens, industry practitioners, decision makers, and officials addressing safety in the offshore oil industry. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Coastal Governance provides a clear overview of how U.S. coasts are currently managed and explores new approaches that could make our shores healthier. Drawing on recent national assessments, Professor Richard Burroughs explains why traditional management techniques have ultimately proved inadequate, leading to polluted waters, declining fisheries, and damaged habitat. He then introduces students to governance frameworks that seek to address these shortcomings by considering natural and human systems holistically. The book considers the ability of sector-based management, spatial management, and ecosystem-based management to solve critical environmental problems. Evaluating governance successes and failures, Burroughs covers topics including sewage disposal, dredging, wetlands, watersheds, and fisheries. He shows that at times sector-based management, which focuses on separate, individual uses of the coasts, has been implemented effectively. But he also illustrates examples of conflict, such as the incompatibility of waste disposal and fishing in the same waters. Burroughs assesses spatial and ecosystem-based management’s potential to address these conflicts. The book familiarizes students not only with current management techniques but with the policy process. By focusing on policy development, Coastal Governance prepares readers with the knowledge to participate effectively in a governance system that is constantly evolving. This understanding will be critical as students become managers, policymakers, and citizens who shape the future of the coasts.

"An authoritative review of the topic" - The Times "A useful read" - Guardian Unlimited "A helpful guide to non-resident and offshore tax matters" - The Telegraph New March 2014 Edition - fully updated for the latest 2014/2015 changes including: The proposed changes to the CGT regime for non residents from April 2015 Latest changes to the statutory residence test for 2014 Recent decisions on residence Changes to Inheritance tax for non doms Changes announced in the March 2014 Budget Leaving the UK and becoming non UK resident offers many tax planning benefits. Non UK domiciliaries can also structure their affairs to avoid UK tax. This tax book is essential reading for: Anyone considering moving abroad to avoid income tax or CGT Anyone planning to work overseas Anyone returning to the UK after a period of non-residence Non UK domiciliaires planning to live in the UK tax efficiently What is Included in this book? Subjects covered include: Full and comprehensive explanation of how to establish non-domicile and non-residence. March 2014 Budget changes. How becoming non-resident could save you a fortune in tax. How the statutory residence test applies from April 2013. Detailed analysis of relevant cases on non residence. Exactly how to make a distinct break with UK to avoid UK residence. How to take advantage of loopholes in the Statutory Residence provisions. How HMRC keeps a track on UK visits with new technology. Whether you should or shouldn't be claiming the personal allowance after you leave the UK. How to make capital & income distributions from offshore trusts tax efficiently. Exactly how to establish company residence overseas. Detailed explanations of how to avoid UK tax on your income from rents, dividends, pensions and employment. How you could completely escape capital gains tax both in the UK and abroad. Pitfalls to negotiate when avoiding UK capital gains tax. How to protect property investments from the taxman. Tax implications of selling your UK home after you leave the UK. The latest non-dom tax changes for 2013. How to lose a UK domicile and how to retain an overseas domicile. How to avoid inheritance tax by losing your UK domicile. How to use your spouse to slash your tax bill. How the changes to the remittance basis will affect non UK domiciliaries AND the opportunities you still have to reduce UK taxes. How the £30,000 and £50,000 annual tax charge for non UK domiciliaries works. How to remit income and capital gains free of UK tax. How the new CGT regime for non-residents from April 2014 may apply. What you need to know about the new Business Investment Exemption. How foreign nationals can escape UK taxes altogether. Dedicated areas of advice for investors in overseas property. Changes to the treatment of loans for non-doms. How you could claim tax free lump sums whilst working abroad. How Double Tax Relief works and how to make the most of it. How to avoid tax everywhere by becoming a "Tax Nomad". Tax advantages and disadvantages of offshore trusts and companies. Detailed analysis of the 2013 changes to the tax treatment of offshore companies. A detailed look at when you can and can't use offshore companies and trusts to reduce UK taxes. How overseas investors should invest in UK property. How non UK domiciliaries can use excluded property trusts tax efficiently in 2014/2015. How to save tax with double tax treaties. and much more...