Is It Time to Shrug?
by Steve Hilgart, Director of Conference Operations and Marketing Warning: Several sarcastic parenthetical comments ahead… continue at your own risk. The presidential elections are like a train wreck. You don’t want to see it, but you can’t look away! Everywhere I look I see fear and uncertainty. It’s been foretold that a democracy only lasts […]
Is a Seychelles Company Right for You?
One of the most commonly requested products in offshore asset protection planning is the formation and maintenance of an offshore company. If you believe what you read on the internet (yes I know, you are also reading this on the internet), the options are virtually unlimited and everyone proposes they have the best solution. You […]
The Noose Tightens
On Wednesday the US Treasury Department reached broad agreements with five European nations on a proposal to prevent US taxpayers from dodging taxes through oreign owned and controlled accounts. Those countries are France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Folks, the western world is tightening the noose around your necks. The window of opportunity is […]
Global Escape Hatch
I want to begin this newsletter by wishing all of my friends, family and readers around the world a happy holidays. There are a myriad of winter traditions celebrated around the world on a variety of days ranging from Saint Nicholas Day on December 6th, Hanukkah from December 20-28th, Catholic or Protestant Christmas on December […]
What is Asset Protection?
This week I felt it would be important to address the topic, “What is Asset Protection?” While you clearly have some idea what is involved in asset protection planning, I frequently get this question or some derivation thereof. The quick and simple answer is that asset protection is a means of protecting your assets from […]
