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Old 09-01-2005, 10:05 AM
punter11235 punter11235 is offline
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Default Re: I need some help with offshore banking

Thanks for reply, I will give more info.
I live in Poland where online poker is illegal.
As soon as finish my university I will move to UK (if online poker will still be as profitable as it is and if I will be as profitable as I am now).
To this time I need offshore account to be safe from any tax control in my country. Again I dont have a choice as probably many other people living in countries like Poland. Online poker is illegal here, money from online poker are illegal too, you cant play taxes , period.
I know recent EU tax changes and I know that few jurisdictions (Switzerland, Luxemburg, Belgium, some islands ...) have policy which allow you to pay new taxes without giving any information about your account to your home jurisdictions. I will gladly pay this tax.
I found a few sites who offer what seems to be account meeting my requirements , for example : http://www.lloydstsb.com/
but I really dont have a clue which banks are trustworthy and which are not. I need some sources (webpages, consultants, anything) when I could read about this whole area and then choose my bank.
My basic requirements are :
-full internet service
-debit card (not credit card needed ) Visa or Maestro
-international money transfers to other accounts available
-some investments funds would be nice but I dont really need them for now

Ok I hope its clear now. Could you give me some tips now ? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Best wishes
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