Excellent accommodations can be arranged. Those with whom we deal include barristers who are doctors of law, graduates in law at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, with intellectual and legal skills equal to the finest in the world. Directors of the trust company which we favor include those with distinguished law careers and public service as Cabinet Minister and foreign diplomat, awarded the OBE by Her Majesty the Queen. There are associated companies linked by such common ownership to include trust administration, legal, financial, banking and insurance services to offshore clients. Assets transferred to a Cook Islands LLC are not taxed separately from those of the taxpayer grantor.
Privacy remains a cornerstone of Cook Islands legislation.
There are no tax information or other information sharing treaties in the Cook Islands with any country. Cook Islands law provides imprisonment for up to two years for breaches of secrecy regulations. Client communications and information are protected by Cook Islands law providing absolute secrecy and privilege. Foreign governments and agencies may neither initiate nor participate in a liquidation to obtain information. Cook Islands Trusts may be of unlimited duration.