Category: Asset Protection

  • Stacking the Odds: Why it’s an Exciting Time to be an Investor

    Returning from the brink of disaster can have a funny effect on you In the space of a few years, I had fought a potentially fatal illness and run smack into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, all while trying to start a business And yet, when those challenges receded around the start…

  • The Atomic Leg Drop of Charitable Tax Planning

    Using Charitable Tax Planning to Help Hulk Hogan and Other Settlement Recipients Mitigate Tax Submission Holds in Settlements Overview I grew up in the Panama Canal Zone watching “ Lucha Libre” (Wrestling) on Panamanian TV every Sunday morning with my brother eating empanadas. To this day, I remember the names of the wrestlers. Our favourite…

  • Overseas Asset Protection and Diversification

    If you’re looking for overseas asset protection and diversification we believe that what our asset protection expert will teach you is the only GLOBALLY compliant way to do it. None of us wish to come under scrutiny for our structuring of our financial assets and protecting our future! This is where the structure our asset…

  • Private Eyes They’re Watching You – Offshore Planning after the Panama Papers

    If you have been reading my articles on JD Supra for a while, you will know that I love Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music. Nevertheless, the Hall and Oates song Private Eyes, is a more fitting song to describe the state of offshore planning in Tax Havens than “Oye Como Va.” Many things have continued to…

  • Social Security is Still Complicated

    LEAWOOD, Kan., May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Contrary to popular belief, Social Security is more complicated than ever before. While the changes to Social Security rules ushered in by the Balanced Budget Act of 2015 have eliminated the popular “file and suspend” claiming strategy, there is a false impression that Social Security claiming has become…

  • Regulated Asset Protection Structure

    Occupational retirement plan law is asset protection that you can trust. The 402b overseas retirement plan, USD Exempt Entity is the Key to Tax-Deferred Investing and Regulated Asset Protection. Global Intermediary Identification Number (GIIN): Many countries have laws imposing secrecy on information about retirement plans. If you stop to think about this, under FATCA, obtaining a…

  • Blame it on FATCA

    If the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) were not in effect, bogus disclosures like the Panama Papers would never happen. FATCA is the net that catches the fish when the offshore shelter is attacked, the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) is the hook. If you miss the net and hook, then you’ll be clubbed…

  • Foreign life insurance for residents of the People’s Republic of China

    There is only one protected foreign life insurance policy ownership solution possible for residents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) because it is Hong Kong government regulated, registered and recognized by the PRC.  Tax and regulatory protection you can trust is registered in pension laws which are government regulated, registered and recognized by The…

  • Government Bail-in Protection Offshore

    “Where is the best financial home for my IRA/401K Assets in the US or Asset Protection Offshore?” [box]Our recommended Self-Directed IRA, allows the IRA holder to: To purchase U.S. real estate inside the same plan and generate profits tax-free[/box] This can be accomplished by using a US – onshore regulated Trustee and using a self…