A Samoa based retirement fund can be registered as an international trust and enjoy the taxation exemptions and other privileges of such registration. There are no requirements that any assets are retained within Samoa and the trustee is free to invest internationally to achieve optimum returns. The statutory administrative requirements of Samoa retirement funds are minimal, with the trustee merely required to renew registration as an international trust each year.
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