The difference between a Tax Planning and an Offshore jurisdiction is primarily that the former benefits from a significant tax treaty network whilst the latter does not and/or that tax is required to be paid. Most tax advantages for active and trading companies are achieved by ?Tax Treaty Shopping?. Basic Tax Free Offshore Companies are best for holding passive Intellectual Property.There is a direct correlation between the sophistication of a country?s tax treaty network and its economic development. The SCF Group can make tax treaty exploitation available to Small to Medium sized businesses at very economic rates!!