foreign assets

Wealth held abroad

Foreign assets are property, investments, or financial holdings located outside one's home country or owned in another nation's jurisdiction.

The term appears in personal finance declaring foreign assets on tax returns, corporate accounting the company's foreign assets include manufacturing plants in three countries, and international law, where governments may freeze or seize foreign assets as diplomatic leverage or sanction.

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