Category: Asset Protection
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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…
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JP Morgan private banker: “We can’t make money anymore…
[typography font=”Cantarell” size=”11″ size_format=”px”]by Simon Black[/typography] July 1, Singapore – Yesterday over coffee, a friend of mine leaked the news that JP Morgan’s private banking division here in Singapore is going to start charging negative interest rates. I almost fell out of my chair. He’s a successful hedge fund manager and one of their best customers.…
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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…
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The Only Asset Protection that Governments Trust
Asset Protection that Governments Trust The 401(k) problem is a U.S. Qualified Plan Trustee, upon his demand, would not transfer his money outside of the USA.because: The IRS has made a ruling in regards to Investing/sending money out of the country from qualified retirement plans. They have ruled against all such foreign transactions. We learned…
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How Proposed Regulatory Changes Could Boost Your Retirement Savings
Investors Need To Understand Fees And Get Big-Picture Advice Regardless, Financial Planner Says Investors who count on their retirement accounts to see them through their golden years sometimes find that those savings add up to less than anticipated. One reason: Broker fees they either didn’t realize they were paying, or which were higher than need…
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Offshore Investment Strategy of the Rich and Famous
The offshore investment strategy used by the rich and famous (until recently), featured tax avoidance tactics based on trust law. Let’s take a closer look and analyse how these foreign trust examples take advantage of OSP. In this example, Hughes, Katz and the Durands form their trusts in order to safeguard income and property from…
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Why Family Feuds Erupt After The Will Is Read
Sibling Rivalries And Old Grudges Can Surface When Money Is On The Line, Family Wealth Guru Says The recently deceased don’t always ingratiate themselves with their survivors when it comes time to read the will. “People want to control things from the grave, not just throw a bunch of money in a beneficiary’s lap,” says…
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Tax Deferred Foreign Financial Account
In any payroll these days for U.S. people or not there is some form of tax equalization built into it. You find tax equalization is quite common. Basically your payroll is assumed to be tax equalized one way or the other and that is an expensive way to deal with this problem. Instead you can…