Is Your Financial Advisor Missing Something?

6 Missteps by a Financial Advisor That May Be Costing You There are plenty of good folks serving as financial advisors, says Mark Roberts, ChFC, FIC, who has worked in the industry for more than two decades. “Many of my colleagues form pleasant relationships with their clients and seem to really care about the client-advisor … Read more

Offshore Succession Planning for American’s

Issue: ”Sovereign Trust – new short form trust structures which present a cost effective succession planning tool with which to hold investments” Faults: Sovereign Trust – succession planning tool U.S. Tax System is Hostile to Offshore Trusts The U.S. tax system is generally hostile to foreign trusts if there is a U.S. taxpayer involved. The … Read more

Paradise Found! For the Sale of a Capital Asset

Paradise Found! – The Use of PPLI Planning in Income Realization Planning in the Sale of a Capital Asset I was at the PPLI conference in Boston a week and a half ago. Usually it is the same group of people saying the same things. However, this year was a little different. I have lived … Read more

Expat Stage Left as Americans give up citizenship

As the Fourth of July weekend looms and Americans prep their grills and ready their fireworks, some citizens are packing their bags. A recent online poll of more than 2,000 adults by TransferWise, a peer-to-peer money transfer service based in the United Kingdom, revealed that 35 percent of American-born residents and emigrants would consider leaving … Read more

Recognized Private and Secret Legal Framework

Cross-Border ”rolls” for Qualified Plans with Legal Framework The purpose is to transfer assets of a USA qualified retirement plan to a non-US foreign investment account, recognized by the IRS, without a current tax consequence. IRS recognized Tax deferred gains and accumulations from outside the USA Asset Protection by Government and by Governance Exempt from … Read more