The US Government is loath to give up its tax based income. Accordingly they have implemented complicated laws, tax codes and reporting requirements to ensure that they collect the taxes they deem due to them. Thus there are no simple solutions to offshore asset protection, estate planning and tax reduction strategies. The two largest threats to you in structuring an offshore strategy are working with uniformed sources that plague the industry, and your negligence of the laws, tax codes and reporting requirements that govern your offshore strategies. It may also be deemed tax evasion.
Tax evasion is a crime and, in the USA, is punishable by both fines and imprisonment.
They have to be in order to meet the draconian requirements of the various governmental taxing authorities. For US citizens simply creating an offshore trust then transferring their assets to that trust does not work effectively. Nor does simply purchasing an offshore company from which to conduct your business affairs. It is their failure to comply with the various tax laws, tax codes and reporting requirements that the YOU, the client, must face. OCG's strategies are designed to comply with tax laws, tax codes and reporting requirements of the various US tax authories.