The tax issue will not be completely avoided, because at some time you would have to pay your share. This could be from Capital Gain or simply with VAT. It is not likely that they will include Bitcoin in the near future, because there are too many possible loopholes for them to cover. The regulation is always a few years behind the technology. ^smile^
You know what they say about death and taxes, completely unavoidable. ^hmmmm^
The thing he probably wants to avoid is paying taxes every year over the bitcoin holdings. If he put it in a retirement fund, he only pays taxes once the funds are released to him, which are generally much lower (correct me if I'm wrong).
No thanks. It takes no brains to buy and hold bitcoin for retirement and there are no storage fees. There arent any dividends that you need a deferment of taxes on. Why would you want a 3rd party to buy and hold bitcoin for you? That goes against the spirit of what bitcoin stands for.
Because you have to pay taxes on all the funds you hold above a certain threshold. Sure, bitcoin may be difficult to tax at the moment, but this is bound to change..