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Real Estate Relocation in Your Roth IRA on Roids[Investing:IRA-401k] Relocating real estate for Roth on Roids account. What are the 2010 rules for converting traditional or your Roth IRA? Is it better to pay your taxes now or later when it comes to your retirement account? What are the tax rules for the different types of accounts?
Roth on Roids For IRA - Retirement Plan Investing - CPA Or Lawyer Viewpoint[Investing:IRA-401k] Further Description of the Roth on Roids product and the benefits of it relative to the Roth and traditional IRA. The article goes on to describe why retirement planners likely have not heard of it from their attorney or CPA. The article gives examples of what is involved and how clients typically fund their Roth on Roids.
IRA (Independent Retirement Account) - Plans to Reduce IRA Taxes[Investing:IRA-401k] A large IRA account with millions in assets coupled with an estate problem can have significant tax consequences. There could be a double taxation imposed on such conditions. Discuss briefly on the benefit of the Stretch IRA. It's best suited for those individuals without an estate tax issue.
The Best IRA Rescue Plan is Not a Traditional Or Roth IRA[Investing:IRA-401k] Benefits of the Roth on Roids(TM) compared to the traditional & Roth IRA. The Roth on Roids(TM) best used in situations with individuals who own large IRA balances and who also have estate tax problems.
Compare Traditional IRA, ROTH IRA, Infinite ROTH on ROIDS (TM)[Investing:IRA-401k] Notes of traditional IRA, Roth IRA and Infinite Roth on Roids (TM) comparing the contribution limit amounts, earned income limits, tax deductibility provisions and age of forced withdrawals, early withdrawal tax penalties, growth period, risk assessment, tax distribution amounts and consequences of estate taxes of each IRA strategy. These notes apply to the tax year 2008 and 2009. Traditional IRA: Contribution Limit Amount-$5,000 + $1,000 if age 50 and above ($6,000)...
What's Better - 401(k) Or Roth IRA?[Investing:IRA-401k] What's better the 401k or Roth IRA? Factors to consider when choosing the 401k or Roth IRA investment options. What is a 401k? What is a Roth IRA? Discusses differences of 401k and Roth IRA. Workplace contributions, investment options and tax considerations.
Roth IRA Contribution Limits and Benefits[Investing:IRA-401k] Roth IRA contribution limits rules and guidelines. What are the deadline dates and when do you contribute? What are the excess contribution penalties and what are the contribution limits if you contribute to various accounts?
Roth IRA (Individual Retirement Account) - Contribution Limits and the Pros & Cons of Roth IRA[Investing:IRA-401k] Contributions to a Roth IRA are limited. For 2008 Roth IRA contributions are limited to $5,000 for those individuals age 49 and below, $6,000 for those above the age of 50. Starting in 2009, contribution limits will increase in $500 increments based on inflation. Contributions are based on the taxpayer's Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI).
Large IRA and IRD - Income in Respect of a Decedent - Double Taxation, IRA Rescue Plan, Stretch IRA[Finance:Taxes] Relation of IRA (Independent Retirement Account) and IRD (Income In Respect of a Decedent). When IRA is subject to double taxation. About Required Minimum Distributions (RMD), IRA tax planning and avoiding income taxes on IRA via stretch IRA.
IRA on Death, IRD, Taxes and Stretch IRA - How the IRA Distribution is Dependent Upon the IRD[Finance:Taxes] Explains how the IRA distribution amount is dependent upon the Income in Respect of a Decedent (IRD) and what are the IRA effects upon IRA taxes. Why does a stretch IRA not benefit with individuals with estate tax problems?
Living Without an Irrevocable Trust[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] How can the irrevocable trust, UltraTrust, protect your assets and what are the chances of being sued? Los Angeles county has one of the highest levels of legal activity and lawsuits are common place. Legal advisors (aka lawyers) offer bad advice when it comes to protect your assets.
Personal Injury Lawsuits, Statute of Limitations, Type of Damages[Legal:Personal-Injury] About personal injury lawsuits. Define statute of limitations which is dependent on who is the defendant - the government or business or person. Factors to consider in a personal injury lawsuit are negligence, strict liability and intentional wrong. Define types of damages are compensatory damages (actual or estimated) or punitive damages.
Boating Accidents - Statistics Recreational Boating Accidents[Legal:Personal-Injury] Statistics on boating accidents compiled by United States Coast Guard. Define recreational boating accident and when to file the accident. Drowning from no worn life jackets, capsizing and falling overboard are most common boating accidents.
Independent Retirement Account - Defined, What Are The Options?[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What is an Independent Retirement Account (aka IRA)? What are the factors in an inherited IRA from a spouse and a non-spouse? What happens when there is more than one qualified beneficiary named in a distribution? What happens when a non-qualified beneficiary is named in a distribution of an IRA?
International Bank of Commerce - IBC[Finance:Credit] The International Bank of Commerce (aka IBC), their history and various banking options for customers. Based out of Laredo, Texas. Banking options are RITE checking account for domestic accounts; for international checking accounts they offer IBC Connection, Check N Save, Check N Save Plus, IBC Elite Checking, IBC Elite Advantage. Offer services of International savings accounts and international investing options.
Certificates of Deposit - What is it?[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Define Certificate of Deposit (aka CD) and what is a domestic CD and what are the International CD options such as Offshore CD or Eurodollar Certificates of Deposit. The advantages of International CD are higher interest rates, income tax benefits, anonymity. BNP, Banco Nacional do Panama. London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) discussed.
Bankruptcy Filing - Secured Debts, Unsecured Debts[Finance:Bankruptcy] Bankruptcy filing procedures and consequences. Chapter 7, Chapter 13 defined. What is secured debt and unsecured debt? Explains how to itemize assets to pay down debt. Discuss states with liberal homestead exemptions and other legal options to protect assets. Can contribute annually to IRA - buy life insurance or offshore annuity - gifting assets as measures to asset protection from bankruptcy filings.
Occupational Hazard Lawsuit, Workers Compensation[Legal:Personal-Injury] Occupational hazard lawsuits arise when workers compensation insurance and employer deny injury or illness resulted from hazardous working conditions. OSHA government agency sets standards to protect workers in hazardous occupations. Discuss gross negligence in lawsuit cases. Case study of IBM and former employees claiming chemicals caused development of cancer.
Offshore Bank Accounts Pros - Cons, Interest Benefits[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Offshore bank accounts have advantages and company benefits from the low interest rates on loans and higher return of investments. Switzerland and Cayman Islands are the most common destinations. Discuss Patriot Act, IRS, Qualifying Intermediary Requirements on US-funded investment income.
Borat Lawsuits - Kazakh, Glod, Frat Boys, Etiquette Coaches Sue[Legal] Borat lawsuits are threatening Sasha Cohen and 20th Century Fox. Tiny Romanian town, Glod - Kazakh's foreign ministry; South Carolina frat boys suing for being drunk and slurring racial comments; etiquette coaches, Cindy Streit and Kathie Martin, claim their etiquette business is ruined.
Toxic Gas Lawsuits Against Environmental Protection Agency[News-and-Society:Environmental] Toxic gas lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Bush Administration filed first by Sierra Club and Environment Integrity Project. EPA lost in Supreme Court. EPA will now impose stricter emissions standards and reducing benzene levels in gasoline.
Succession Planning Steps in Business Estate Planning[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] About succession planning and the steps for successful business estate planning. Discuss timeline issues, how to choose the right successor to run your business and how to transition the ownership of the business. Two options for transitions are gifting the estate and buy or sell agreements of shareholders.
Fraudulent Conveyance, Civil Conspiracy, Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What is Fraudulent Conveyance? What is Civil Conspiracy? What does the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act state? Example of Single Member LLC units as shares of ownership in public stocks. Asset protection is placing title of assets in another legal entity. List of common methods of holding assets by individuals and possible legal entities.
Single Member LLC - Charging Order - Creditor Claims, Pass-Through[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Single member LLC is not enough to protect the member from creditor claims. The Charging Order does not define the creditor as a substituted limited partner for tax purposes to protect the single member LLC. Fraudulent conveyance and Civil Conspiracy can be judged against the financial planner, lawyer or accountant. What is the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.
Gift Tax - What are the Gift Tax Exemptions?[Finance:Taxes] What is a Gift? What are the Gift Tax Exemptions? IRS considers gifts exempt from tax under $12,000 per year per person. Stipulations on Gifting for Tax Exemptions: tuition expense, medical expenses, avoiding gift tax within family (between spouses and children), charitable organizations.
Inheritance Tax vs Estate Tax, Inheritance Tax Exemptions[Finance:Taxes] Inheritance Tax-What is it? Difference of Estate Tax and Inheritance Tax. Inheritance Tax exemptions are based on relationship of heir to deceased (decedent). Avoiding fraudulent income tax returns to avoid inheritance tax. How to protect inheritance from taxes by creating trusts or establishing a charitable gift annuity.
Frivolous Lawsuits - Trivial Legal Claim, Merit Lacking Lawsuits[Legal] Frivolous Lawsuits - what is it? What is the difference of a frivolous lawsuit and legitimate lawsuit? Many frivolous lawsuits arise from medical malpractice suits. Personal Injury Lawyer takes thirty five percent of fee. How frivolous lawsuits can drive healthcare costs higher. Sanctions against frivolous lawsuits are fines imposed on plaintiff and countersuits by defendant. Countersuing can involve plaintiff, lawyer, lawyer's law firm and expert witnesses.
Medical Malpractice - What is It?[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Medical Malpractice defined and the steps and persons involved in a medical malpractice case. Why the medical malpractice attorney needs to avoid frivolous lawsuits? What is the defense attorney's process? How are expert witnesses chosen in a medical malpractice case? Awards for medical malpractice and fees of medical malpractice attorney varies by state. Where to obtain background checks on physicians?
DUI (Driving Under the Influence) or DWI (Driving While Influenced) Consequences[Legal:Personal-Injury] DUI (Driving Under the Influence) or DWI (Driving While Influenced) consequences and procedures. Tests of DUI: field sobriety tests, horizontal eye tracking dui tests, walk and turn, one leg standing test for drinking and driving. Legal order of proceedings of DUI: preliminary hearing, arraignment, trial by jury. Consequences of DUI: fines, suspended license, points added to license, drug programs, community service and ignition interlock device.
Offshore Annuity, Deferred Variable Annuity[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] An Offshore Annuity is an annuity that will gain interest at a rate determined by the investment portfolios, and either the owner or annuitant will be taxed at beginning of withdrawal period. Used in wealth preservation. Offshore Trust is usually owner of Offshore Annuity. Difference of Deferred Variable Annuity. Benefits of Offshore Annuity: flexibility, asset protection, tax advantages. On fraudulent transfer laws of Offshore Annuity and Offshore Trust. How to purchase an Offshore Annuity?
Real Estate Tax - Tax Maps, Real Estate Tax Exemptions, Estate Tax Lien Information and More[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] On real estate tax. History of real estate tax, property assessor, real estate tax maps; limitations of increasing property taxes with homestead real estate tax exemption; delinquent real estate tax penalties; lien on property and use of tax certificates; about estate tax lien and filing affidavit by executor to remove estate tax lien. Real estate worth more than $1.5 million subject to federal estate tax.
Divorce Asset Protection - How to Protect Your Assets During Divorce[Relationships:Divorce] Protecting your assets during a divorce. Divorce lawyer can remove Power of Attorney granted to spouse. Steps to divorce asset protection: identify gifts and family heirloom; community property assets are shared belongings; hire appraiser for divorce asset protection; use estate planner for dividing and protecting divorce assets. Equitable distribution and fair market value are terms important in divorce asset protection.
Eldercare - Caregiving, Nursing Home, Medicaid, Living Wills Information and More[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] Eldercare checklist and strategies for long term care: informal and formal caregiving; assisted living houses and nursing home considerations; paying for eldercare, Medicaid; will, living will, advanced financial directive, advanced medical directive on eldercare estate planning; durable power of attorney (dpoa) on eldercare estate planning.
Tax Sheltered Annuity TSA 403b - What is It?[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Tax-Sheltered Annuity or TSA (also known as 403(b)) is an alternative retirement savings plan. Tax-Sheltered Annuity benefits are contributions to a Tax-Sheltered Annuity are done through a payroll deduction and are therefore taken out pre-tax. Rollover funds into other investment options such as 401(k), another 403(b) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA). Unlike deferred annuity, there are contribution limits of Tax-Sheltered Annuity. Tax penalties, income tax and excise tax on Tax-Sheltered Annuity.
Living Will - Pros, Cons to a Living Will, Free Living Will Forms[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] A Living Will is an Advanced Directive that outlines your treatment wishes should you become terminally ill or fall into a persistent vegetative state such as in the Terri Schiavo case. Pros to a Living Will clarify to family and healthcare professionals about your wishes if you cannot speak. Cons to a Living Will is the vague terms is uses to cover a wide variety of situations such as "heroic measures" can be interpreted in different ways. Free Living Will forms can be obtained by healthcare provider that are state specific but check with your attorney. Living Wills are revocable.
Private Annuity Trust, Ensured Installment Sale (Structured Sale)[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Private Annuity Trust is using assets not money to fund annuity. Ensured Installment Sale (Structured Sale), developed by Allstate Insurance Company, replaces Private Annuity Trust after Oct 18, 2006 and sells assets to insurance company. Transfer of ownership of home or land to a Trust. How the IRS estimates annuity payments? No estate tax, income tax, gift tax on Private Annuity Trust transfer.
Charitable Gift Annuity - Immediate, Deferred, College, Flexible Annuity[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What is a Charitable Gift Annuity? Different types of Charitable Gift Annuities or annuity options: Immediate Annuity begin receiving payments immediately following final contribution date, Deferred Annuity allows donor to predetermine future date of payments, College Annuity for child's college fund, Flexible Annuity allows annuitant to decide start date of payments. American Council on Gift Annuities (ACGA) sets uniform gift annuity rates for use by charitable organizations. Example of Chartible Gift Annuity.
Financial Directive - Advanced Estate Tax Planning, Power of Attorney Issues[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What is a financial directive? Financial directive is like power of attorney and is a legal financial instrument that empowers your Agent over all your financial matters and should be a part of advanced estate tax planning. The financial directive is enacted when you become disabled or incapacitated. Discusses limitations of agent as fiduciary with no general or limited power of appointment in the financial directive.
Will Contest - What Is It? How Can You Protect A Will?[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What is a Will Contest? Anna Nicole Smith, James Brown example in Will Contest. Valid objections to pursuing a Will Contest- testator never signed Will- Will did not meet statutory requirements- testator was under the influence when drafting Willl- testator lacked mental capacity. How to protect your Will? Attorney uses language to minimize ambiguity. Attorney used Non-contest Provision or Forfeiture Clause to Will which means beneficiary who chooses to contest Will loses any right to inheritance.
Annuity - Fixed, Variable, Equity-Based Annuity - Deferred, Immediate Annuity[Finance:Personal-Finance] What is an annuity? Fixed annuity guarantees a fixed interest rate and equal payments. Variable annuity has no guarantee of payments and interest fluctuates but has different investment options.
Financial Directive Powers - Real Property, Business, Medicaid, Taxes, Personal Property[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] How does the financial directive differs in powers from a power of attorney? Collection powers to forgive, request and sue for money. Real property and personal property powers to bargain- banking powers- file and prepare tax returns- family maintenance for customary standard of living- conduct business interests for principal- social security benefits like Medicaid or Medicare.
Family Limited Partnership-Abusive Tax-Free Wealth Transfer[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] General Partners in family limited partnerships cause red flags for abusive tax-free wealth transfers. Describe how family limited partnerships work. Gifting to the younger generation as a tax deferral strategy can use two discount estate tax valuations of underlying assets up to 70%. Disadvantages of family limited partnerships do not receive stepped-up basis as bequeathed property. There are capital gains tax liability issues. General partners have no asset protection. Briefly discuss family succession estate planning for asset protection, wealth preservation, avoiding probate, defer capital gains, eliminate estate taxes, reduce income taxes- dispute resolution and control of family business matters.
Limited Liability Company - LLC - What is it?[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Limited liability company (LLC) is the strongest asset protection business devise. The limited liability company has significant financial and tax benefits. LLC with multiple members avoids double taxation by reporting income tax and tax deductions on member's income tax return using IRS Form 1065 and Schedule SE (i.e. Self-Employment Tax). Creditor has to pay taxes because of charging order providing asset protection from creditors and contingent-fee lawyers.
Domestic and Foreign Trust Differences[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] A brief look at the history of the Trust and Trustee. The differences of a domestic onshore trust and the foreign trust. Tax consequences vested with tax jurisdiction under which trust is created. Factors of trusts including role of Grantor, Trust, Trustee, Beneficiaries, provision of successor Trustee, compensation of Trustee services, exclude Beneficiaries, incompetent Beneficiaries and power to merge other Trusts.
How the Advanced HealthCare Directive Makes Life-Saving Decisions[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What is an Advanced Medical Directive in controlling your medical care? The Advanced Medical Directive is a legal written instrument to consent or refuse any medical treatment, make decisions not to resuscitate, select healthcare providers, apply for Medicaid, appoint an Agent to be guardian, provide for disposition of body and funeral arrangements.
Advanced Medical Directive for Terminal Patients - Terri Schiavo Case[Legal:Living-Will] How the Advanced Medical Directive can save a terminal patient life and make legal decisions. Briefly examines Terri Schiavo case. Why a living will, healthcare powers of attorney, healthcare proxies are not enough to save your life. When the Advanced Medical Directive is effective in medical care and Medicaid.
8 Reasons for Choosing Foreign or Offshore Trusts[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Discusses eight reasons for taking advantage of foreign or offshore trusts to lower explicit taxation, increase after-tax profit, safeguarding assets whilst taking advantage of specific Offshore Financial Centers. Why domestic asset protection is not enough. Alaska and Delaware compete with offshore trusts.
Advantages of a Limited Liability Company[Business] Discuss advantages of a limited liability company or LLC with financial and tax advantages. Asset protection, real estate investments to form REIT, estate tax planning, assist with eliminating probate, charitable gift giving, 1040 tax flow through benefits, multistate operations and professional practice operations are some benefits and advantages of forming a limited liability company.
Selecting a Good Trustee - Factors to Consider When Choosing a Trustee[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] How to select or choose a good trustee. What are the factors to consider when choosing a trustee? Who are some bad trustees? Consequences when the grantor names himself trustee. Co-trustees and trust protectors can ease responsibilities. Mentions testamentary trust, testor, settler, trustor, grantor, inter vivos trust, corporate trustees, trust companies, bank trustees and family members, accountants and lawyers as trustees.
Trust Protector - The Powers and Responsibilities of a Trust Protector[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What is a trust protector? What are the duties and powers of a trust protector? Change trust's situs, veto distribution to beneficiaries, replace trustee, control disbursements of trust or terminate trust if costs of administration is greater than available funds. Mentions asset protector in Foreign Asset Protection Trusts (FAPT). Trust Protector is someone close to family, CPA, accountant or lawyer.
Beneficiary of a Trust[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What is a beneficiary of a trust? Describes basic categories of the exercises of the beneficiaries' rights, two main categories of sequential interests of a beneficiary, the two beneficiaries from the trustees perspective. How the beneficiary relates the to the trust contract? Defines bare trust, express trust, tenant for life, remainderman, fixed beneficiaries, discretionary beneficiaries, simple trust, will trust, testamentary trust, inter vivos trust.
Trustee of a Trust[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What is the trustee of a trust? What is the accountability of a trustee and the fiduciary relationship to the beneficiaries? How does the trustee relate to an irrevocable trust? What's a trust protector?
Grantor Trust - What is It?[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] How the grantor trust relates to the trust contract. What is a grantor in a trust? The living revocable trust by the grantor does not provide asset protection nor avoid estate taxes. The grantor benefits when setting up an irrevocable trust.
Nevis LLC (Foreign LLC) Protects Assets and Avoids Fraudulent Conveyance[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] How the Nevis Limited Liability Company, a Foreign LLC, can protect one's assets and still avoid fraudulent conveyance if the member's interest remains proportionate to the contributed capital. Creditor can issue charge order against the Nevis LLC. Mentions how Foreign Limited Liability Company and International Business Company (IBC) are used for asset protection and tax haven by Michael Jackson. Defines bearer shares.
Frivolous Lawsuits - Why Are They So Prevalent?[Legal] Cites examples of frivolous lawsuits; statistics on frivolous lawsuits. Why are frivolous lawsuits so prevalent? How identity theft affects the statistics on frivolous lawsuits? What can you do about any potential frivolous lawsuit? Discusses some areas of potential lawsuits such as employment lawsuits, professional malpractice, business liability lawsuits and personal lawsuits.
What Is Good Asset Protection? Part 2[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Part 2: Steps to good asset protection and wealth preservation. Know these facts of asset protection. Discusses what assets to protect and consider, domestic asset protection and foreign or offshore asset protection strategies and platforms. From Grantor Trust and Non-Grantor Trust to Foreign Asset Protection Trust (FAPT) and International Business Company (IBC). How to avoid fraudulent conveyance?
What Is Good Asset Protection? Part 1[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Part 1: Steps to good asset protection and wealth preservation. Know these facts of asset protection. Discusses what assets to protect and consider, domestic asset protection and foreign or offshore asset protection strategies and platforms. From Grantor Trust and Non-Grantor Trust to Foreign Asset Protection Trust (FAPT) and International Business Company (IBC). How to avoid fraudulent conveyance?
Why Offshore Asset Protection (Aka Foreign Asset Protection) Is Good?[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Discusses why offshore asset protection (aka Foreign Asset Protection) is a legitimate business necessity. 1040 income tax return, schedule B line 7a: did you have authority over financial account in a foreign country. 1040 form, schedule B, question 8 regarding Foreign Asset Protection Trust. Other articles describe more opportunities for offshore asset protection strategies.
Asset Protection: General/Limited Partnership, Corp Chapter "C"/Chapter "S", LLC, Trusts[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Asset protection comparison & definitions of General Partnership, Limited Partnership, Corporation Chapter "C", Corporation Chapter "S", Limited Liability Companies & Revocable Trusts and Irrevocable Trusts. Mentions Family Limited Partnership advantages in asset protection & reduction of federal estate taxes. Notable example of Breach of Fiduciary Duty of Trustee of U.S. Bank National Association.
Asset protection with Joint Tenancy, Tenancy in Common, Tenancy in Entirety & Community Property[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Protecting assets by Joint Tenancy, Tenants in Common, Tenancy in Entirety or Community Property have many disadvantages. Loss of step-up in basis upon the death of the first Tenant; loss of estate tax protection; possible exposure of the assets; Joint Tenancy disinherits all other heirs; possibility of a gift tax consequence; Joint Tenancy supersedes any trust with the loss of all trust benefits.
Why a Will is Not Enough to Save Anna Nicole Smith's Baby Daughter?[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] The assignment of choosing a guardian for your minor children is the most important aspect of having a will. A will also assigns an executor. A will doesn't protect your assets nor avoid the probate. A trust - revocable or irrevocable - needs to be considered. What's the distinction between a revocable trust and irrevocable trust?
Personal Injury Lawyer Will Steal Your Unprotected Personal Assets[Legal:Personal-Injury] Personal injury lawyers are mostly contingent fee attorneys and thus will seek your assets that aren't protected. Did you know that you can be liable for child's auto accidents; your personal home equity can be open for a lawsuit. Each of your assets should have a financial goal and asset protection goal then determine proper legal entity.
Medicaid Nursing Home Spend-Down Program: 5-Year Look Back[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] The Medicaid nursing home spend-down program mandated by the government has 5-year look back provisions placing financial devastation on senior elderly couples and the next generation baby boomers. What are the government's Medicaid long-term care plans? Is reverse mortgaging an option? Pros and cons of a reverse mortgage. Plan ahead with solid Medicaid estate planning and protection.
West Palm Beach, Florida, Auto Accident Attorney of 15-Year-Old Illegal Driver[Insurance:Car-Auto] West Palm Beach, Florida accident 15-Year-Old Illegal Driver not covered by auto insurance. Lawyers can place full liability on car owner. Assets are not protected by West Palm Beach, FL auto insurance. Only an irrevocable trust can save assets and prevent lawsuits.
Anna Nicole Smith Dies Without a Will - What's a Will? What's a Trust?[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Anna Nicole Smith dies without a will. Without a will and a trust Anna Nicole Smith leaves behind many unsettled legal issues including paternal rights to her baby daughter, unsettled case against her late Husband's estate Howard Marshall II. What's a Will? Why is a Will not enough? What are Trusts? What happens at the death of someone with only a Will?
Asset Protection-Joint Tenancy and Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Grantor Type Trust[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Why Joint Tenancy is bad advice from lawyers? Why Joint Tenancy has no Asset Protection? The alternative is Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Grantor Type Trust.
Medicaid Estate Planning: Maximize Your Results[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Medicaid Estate Planning: The 5-year look-back provisions where seniors must sell all assets 5 years before entering a nursing home. What can be gifted for Medicaid asset protection.
Revocable Trust (Revocable Living Trust) vs. Irrevocable Trusts[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Explain major differences between revocable vs. irrevocable trusts. About the benefits of a revocable trust (revocable living trust) vs. benefits of an irrevocable trust.
Living Revocable Trust[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What are the differences of a revocable trust (living trust or revocable living trust) and irrevocable trusts? Explains what's a trust, grantor, beneficiary, fiduciary responsibility of a trustee, accountability of the trustee and additional safeguards of assets.
Estate Planning and Trusts[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] What are estate planning and trusts? What are the differences between federal death (estate) taxes and state probate and death taxes? Explains the relationships of property, insurance, pensions and IRAs and estate taxes.
Getting Sued Hiding Assets[Finance:Wealth-Building] If you're getting sued and wish to "hide your assets." 4 steps to immediately protect your assets. Reposition assets, documents need notary, avoid fraudulent conveyance, hire expert defense lawyer.
Offshore Asset Protection[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] Offshore asset protection strategies to protect your savings, investments
How to Hide Assets[Finance:Wealth-Building] How to hide your assets by repositioning your assets through an irrevocable trust with an independent trustee.
How the Rich Hide Their Assets[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] How rich hide their assets. The Rich diversify assets. Hide assets w/ independent trustees, irrevocable trusts, foreign LLC, International Business Company, Corporations Chapter C or Subchapter S Corporations.
Asset Protection Trust[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] About asset protection as trust; Define Grantor.
Asset Protection From Medicaid[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] Asset protection Medicaid. Individual transfers assets before entering nursing home. Grantor, trustee and beneficiary of trust use irrevocable trust to manage and protect assets.
Protecting Assets From Nursing Home Costs[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] Protecting senior/elder assets before entering nursing home. Planning for your reducing your nursing home costs has to be done early and definitively 5 years before you plan to get sick. If offering is a taxable gift then taxes are paid on the gift by the transferor; oppositely, the receiver obtains the gift tax-free.
Medicaid Asset Protection[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] Learn how to include Medicaid asset protection as part of your senior tax planning strategies. What are the tax implications of Medicaid and why it needs to be planned carefully?
Hide My Assets From Medicare[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] How the new Medicaid spend-down provisions can affect seniors and what are the options to obtain government assistance for the Medicare nursing home program.
How the Nursing Home Spend-Down Program Affects You and Your Family[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] The nursing home spend-down instituted by the Federal Government means that you, a senior, need to have spent all of your assets before you are admitted into a nursing home and subsidized by the government - with a 5 year lookback provision!