• Asset Protection for Physicians and High Risk Business Owners
• New – Selected Topics On Asset Protection – Updates
  • Piercing the LLC Veil
  • Protect Assets From Unexpected Medical Expenses
  • Why Your Living Trust May Be Broken
  • Cook Islands Trusts: Prudent Planning or Tools for Scoundrels?
  • Are Secret Accounts and Offshore Havens Gone for Good?
  • New State Laws Allow Residents to Shield Assets From Creditors
  • California Private Retirement Plans
  • When Is It Too Late For Asset Protection?
  • Do Your Kids Need Asset Protection?
  • What happens When You Can’t Pay Your Mortgage?
  • S-Corps as Tax Shelters – New Case Highlights Risks and Opportunities
  • What is the Best Asset Protection for Physicians?
  • How to Make Money in the Litigation Game
  • How to Find a Tax Shelter
  • Profit Shifting to Reduce Taxes
• California Asset Protection
• What Is Asset Protection?
• What is an Irrevocable Trust?
• What Is a Limited Partnership
• How to Protect Assets
• Family Asset Protection Partnerships
• California Private Retirement Plans: Asset Protection Benefits
• Asset Protection Privacy Issues
  • Asset Protection and Privacy Issues
  • Searching for Your Real Estate
    • Case Example
  • Discovering Your Financial Accts.
  • Using Information Brokers
    • Case Study
    • Example
  • How They Find Your Account
    • Using Sources
      • Example
    • Using Pretext
      • Example
    • Individual Reference Services
      • Voluntary Information
      • Public Records
      • Proprietary Sources 
  • The Lawsuit Threat
    • Case Example
    • Case Example
  • Pre-Divorce Planning
• Business Protection
  • Key Issues in Physician Partnerships
  • Overview: Business Protection
  • Key Issues in Buy-Sell Agreements
  • Limiting Personal Liability
  • Professional Corporations
  • Effect of Personal Guarantees
  • Protection from Tort Claims
  • Protection from Customers
  • Eliminating Double Taxation
  • Using a S-Corporation
    • New Case Details Tax Shelter Strategy for Big Earners
  • Piercing the Corporate Veil
  • Following Corporate Formalities
  • Protecting
    • Corporate Assets
    • Real Estate and Equipment
    • Surplus Cash
    • Inventory & Account Receivable
    • Using Multiple Corporations and Special Purpose Vehicles
    • Intellectual Property
  • Protecting Assets From Lawsuits
  • Achieving Financial Privacy
    • Example
  • Summary
• Family Limited Partnership
  • Family Limited Partnership: Overview
  • Partnership Types:
    • General Partnerships
    • Limited Partnerships
  • Tax Treatment of Partnerships
  • Lawsuit Protection
  • Creditor Cannot Reach Assets
  • Charging Order Remedy
  • Foreclosure of FLP Interest
  • Why Should We Use an FLP
  • Who Should Own the FLP
    • Ownership by Spouses
    • Ownership by Children
    • Ownership by a Trust
  • The Uniform Partnership Act
  • Estate of Shurtz vs Commissioner
  • Income Tax Benefits
    • Case Example
  • Estate Tax Benefits
    • Example
  • Following FLP Formalities
  • Creating the Family Limited Partnership
  • The Partnership Agreement and Capital Structure
  • Funding the Partnership:
    • Overview
    • Dangerous Assets
    • Safe Assets
    • Bank and Brokerage Accounts
    • Interest in Other Entities
      • Case Example
  • Summary
• Limited Liability Company
  • Overview: Limited Liability Company
  • Foreclosure of LLC Interest
  • LLC Case Study:
    • Inside and Outside Liability
    • LLC Versus Corporation
    • LLC Versus Limited Partnership
  • The Benefits of the LLC:
    • Inside Liability Protection
    • Outside Liability Protection
    • No Formalities
  • Insulating Business Risk with LLC
    • Case Example #1
    • Case Example #2
  • Keep Property Free From Attachments and Liens
    • Case Example #1
    • Case Example #2
  • Tax Treatment of the LLC
  • The Family Savings LLC
    • Illustration
  • The Offshore LLC
    • Example of Offshore LLC
  • The Offshore LLC
  • Series LLCs
  • Summary
• What Is A Trust
  • Tax Trusts
  • Trusts Used For Asset Protection
•  Types of Trusts
  • Types of Trusts: Overview
  • Family Savings Trust
    • Family Savings Trust Income Tax Planning
  • Dynasty Trust
    • Dynasty Trust Estate Tax Savings
    • Protecting Your Child From Divorce and Lawsuit Risk
  • Life Insurance Trust
  •  Estate Freeze Trust
  • Personal Residence Trust
    • Personal Residence Trust & Qualified Personal Residence Trust
  • The Privacy Trust
    • Creating Legal Privacy
    • Privacy Trust Goals
    • Privacy Trust Plan #1
      • The Role of the Trustee
      • Why This Plan Works
      • Example of Plan #1
      • Who Should Use This Plan
    • Privacy Trust Plan #2
      • Example of Plan #2
    • Summary of Privacy Trust
• Revocable Living Trust
  • Overview
  • Avoiding Probate
  • Trustees and Beneficiaries
  • Funding the Trust
  • Estate Taxes
  • Income Tax Treatment of Living Trusts
  • Revocable Trusts and Asset Protection
  • Gifts Between Spouses
  • Community Property
  • Separate Property:
    • Unequal Division of Property
    • Equal Division of Property
  • Gifts to Family Members
  • Drawbacks of Outright Gifts
• Delaware Trust
  • Overview: Delaware Trust
  • Delaware Trust Law
  • Delaware Trust Strategies
  • Summary
• Asset Protection Trust or Offshore Trust
  • Asset Protection Trust or Offshore Trust: Overview
  • Features of Asset Protection Trust
  • Moving Property Overseas
  • Keeping Property in the U.S.
  • Advantages: Offshore Asset Protection Trust
  • Contempt Orders Against Debtor
  • Key Factors to Consider
  • Countries With Favorable Laws:
    • The Bahamas
    • Bermuda
    • The Cayman Islands
    • The Cook Islands
    • Gibraltar
  • Popular Misconception
  • Summary
  • Making Execs Give Back the Cash New laws aim to separate them from allegedly ill-gotten gains
  • Is Offshore the Right Asset Protection Choice?
• Offshore Havens
  • Overview: Offshore Havens
  • Political Threats
  • Fiscal Crises
  • Understanding Offshore Havens
  • Competition to Attract Business
    • Example: Cook Islands
  • Offshore Money Magnets
  • Common Tax Strategies
  • Fighting the Lure of Tax Havens
  • Bank Secrecy
  • Bank Secrecy Havens:
    • Switzerland
      • Cooperation in Criminal Matters
      • Advantages of Swiss Accounts
      • Forms of Swiss Ownership
      • Cost of Swiss Banking
    • Cayman Islands
  • Bank Secrecy Products
    • Types of Secret Bank Accounts
      • Named Account
        • Brokerage Services
        • Credit Cards
        • Case Example
      • Numbered Account
      • Fictitiously Named Account
    • Practical Problems with Secrecy:
      • Death of Acct. Owner
      • Perjury Problem
  • Privacy Structures:
    • APT or Offshore Trust
    • International Business Corps.
  • Summary
• Equity Stripping
  • Overview: Equity Stripping
  • Examples
  • How It Works
• Fraudulent Transfers
  • Fraudulent Transfer Rules
  • Actual Intent to Defraud
  • Defenses to Fraudulent Transfers
  • Reasonably Equivalent Value
• Asset Protection Planning
  • Asset Protection Solutions
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Reduce Your Lawsuit Exposure
    • Right Business Entity Choice
    • Avoid Business Partnerships
    • Never Give Personal Guarantee
    • Use Multiple Entities
  • Use Family Limited Partnership to:
    • Discourage Lawsuits
    • Save Income Taxes
    • Save Estate Taxes
    • Protect Assets
  • Use Trusts for Advanced Plans
  • Get Competent Advice
  • Asset Protection and Tax Planning With Grantor Trusts
  • Asset Protection for California Real Estate

Additional Resources

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• Legal Guide to Asset Protection Planning
• What are Legal Fees for an Asset Protection Plan