Category: Asset Protection
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Buy an Exemption from Foreign Financial Institution Regulatory Reporting
January 1st, 2016, recognized foreign retirement plans will be bracketed with US retirement plans for the purpose of investments; which means our recommended Hong Kong ORS402(b) is for anyone, including US people to invest in US Real Estate completely free of tax, as an Exemption from Foreign Financial Institution Regulatory Reporting (FIRPA). [box type=”tick” style=”rounded”…
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End of the Line – Part II: Year End Tax Planning Strategies
This article is Part II in a series of tax planning strategies for year-end tax planning for the 2015 tax series. The article addresses the Pooled Income Fund (PIF) which as this article demonstrates, has surprising planning utility in the current low interest rate environment. Planned giving officers of tax exempt organizations are very familiar…
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The End of the Line – Part I: Year End Tax Planning Strategies
This article is designed to provide an overview of a technique that might allow taxpayers to accomplish significant income tax savings at the end of the 2015 tax year. This planning can be accomplished regardless of whether you are a taxpayer with high W2 income or a taxpayer with a once in a lifetime realization…
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5 Tax Discussions to Have with Your Advisor Before 2016 Arrives
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND – (November 30, 2015) – Each year, tax season is one of the times that people around the nation dread the most. Having to file the return, paying in, and the stress of it all can leave people feeling the pinch. In fact, most people don’t take action about their tax bill until…
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Asset Protection for American Retirement Savers
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RULE WOULD ADD URGENTLY NEEDED PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICAN RETIREMENT SAVERS OVERVIEW Every year, retirement savers in the IRA market alone lose at least $17 billion in savings due to conflicted investment advice. Today’s retirement market functions quite well for the broker-dealers, insurance companies, and mutual fund complexes that reap billions of…
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Automatic Exchange of Information: What can YOU do about it?
Taxpayers with offshore assets as well as financial institutions that hold them, will all face new challenges under the OECD’s updated Common Reporting Standard (CRS). The CRS, formally the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters, seeks to establish a global methodology for the sharing amongst tax authorities of data in…
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IRA/ 401k assets in the U.S. or Offshore?
Where is the best financial home for your IRA/ 401k assets? The U.S.A? or Offshore? Outcome: Your centralized investing in a tax free trading environment by means of a U.S. IRA/ 401(k) Trustee registered Self Directed IRA foreign investment account; which means you roll your 401(k) and IRA assets into this specific Self Directed IRA.…
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Move your USA IRA into a Registered Foreign Account
Get your IRA moved on to an Offshore Investment Platform The purpose is to transfer assets of a USA qualified retirement plan to a non-U.S. investment account, recognized by the IRS and FATCA, without a change to current tax consequence (Ordinary IRA or Roth IRA). An overseas account delivers a U.S. person the following: Tax-free…