8 Reasons for Choosing Foreign or Offshore 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.

ILIT's Offer Exceptional Estate Tax Planning Benefits

ILIT's are invaluable estate planning tools that may provide exceptional tax saving benefits. These life insurance trusts must be established and operated correctly to ensure that their objectives are attained.

A Walk Through Of Financial Planning Process

Financial planning is important to your life; success or fail to plan your financial will impact your life related to money. The six areas of financial planning that reviewed in this article are all interrelated. Hat affects one area impacts the other areas as well, you should be aware of these areas and ho they impact your financial strategies.

Estate - To Trust Or Not To Trust That Is The Question!

Living Trusts have become very popular and are being heavily promoted to seniors. Should you Trust or not Trust? That is the question. Read on to learn some simple guidelines that will help you know whether a Living Trust may be right for you and how to go about getting one if needed.

Estate - Will You Lose Your Home To Medicaid?

The largest financial risk that seniors face today is the potential of assisted living and nursing home costs to devour the nest egg that has taken a lifetime to build. Many will end up relying on Medicaid to pay these costs. If that's the case for you, chances are that Medicaid will come after your home when you die.

What Is An Estate Plan?

There are many misunderstandings about Estate Plans and who should have them. Many people think that an estate means a large tract of land and great wealth and extensive personal property that is very valuable, such as vintage antiques and collectibles.

Family Limited Partnership-Abusive Tax-Free Wealth Transfer

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.

Charitable Gift Annuity - Immediate, Deferred, College, Flexible Annuity

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.

Private Annuity Trust, Ensured Installment Sale (Structured Sale)

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.

Offshore Annuity, Deferred Variable Annuity

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?

Why Most People's Beneficiaries Will Not Receive Benefits

Today I am going to talk a little about the problems I see with beneficiary selections on both IRAs and Life Insurance. First let's review exactly what a...

Charitable Remainder Trust - Having Your Cake & Eating It Too

Using this method of charitable giving, you can actually give your assets away and keep them. It's like having your cake and eating it, too!

Joint Tenancy

Benfits of joint tenancy.

An Endowment Will Last Forever

An endowment can be a great way to gift money or property to an institution. It stipulates that the gift be invested and the principal always remain intact. This means that the institution will have a continuous flow of funds from the interest.

Charitable Trust Funds

Charitable trust funds provide tax benefits as well as fund charities.