Many successful individuals and prominent families do not realize the full benefits of strategic financing or leverage, especially when it comes to wealth and estate planning. In fact, an estate or succession plan that includes appropriate borrowing strategies can help preserve a family’s legacy and enable more efficient transfer of wealth fr...
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President Trump’s recently released “core principles” for tax reform and simplification initiates the beginning of what is sure to be a heated debate over the future of U.S. tax policy. The announcement was short on policy details and far from enacted legislation. Also, the legislative process is complex and slow, particularly for...
In light of the portability opportunity and the recent proposal by President Trump to eliminate the estate tax, many people may believe trusts no longer serve a useful purpose in their estate plan. However, trusts still may play a critical role in taxable estates and those estates under the taxable threshold. There are also many non-tax benefits of...
Now that the 2016 tax year is over, it’s not too early to think about planning for 2017 taxes and making tax planning a year-round activity. This year’s tax planning guide addresses potential strategies to consider amidst the uncertainty in the tax landscape, highlights important deadlines, discusses the related changes being proposed i...
In this 2011 FOX Fall Forum session, the president and CEO of the Policy and Taxation Group discusses the latest legislative developments as well as the group’s ongoing lobbying efforts on behalf of wealth owners. In the 2010 Tax Act, wealth owners won significant estate tax relief for two years with a 35% estate tax rate, a $5 million exempti...
In this 2011 FOX Financial Executives Forum presentation, the president and CEO of the Policy and Taxation Group discusses up-to-the-minute legislative developments as well as the group’s ongoing lobbying efforts on behalf of wealthy owners. In the 2010 Tax Act, wealth owners won significant estate tax relief for two years with a 35% estate ta...
Wealth owners have an 18-month window of opportunity to capitalize on gift, estate, and generation-skipping tax provisions of the 2010 Tax Act. In this session at the 2011 FOX Financial Executives Forum, a noted trusts and estates attorney recommends what to do now. From now until the end of 2012, couples have an opportunity to seize on a gift...
Many individuals are wondering whether the IRS intends to use its new audit unit to develop tax enforcement cases. A former high-ranking executive with the IRS provides answers in this 2011 FOX Financial Executives Forum presentation.The IRS has created a new enforcement unit and hired nearly 3,000 examiners specifically to audit wealthy taxpa...
In this 2011 FOX Financial Executives Forum session, personal product line experts from the underwriting and brokerage markets address changes in the insurance industry, personal insurance considerations, a risk management approach to insurance, and family office liability and solutions. It has been difficult for insurance carriers to off...
The internet and connected devices are transforming the world, mostly for the better. But for all the advantages cyberspace brings, there are also growing risks for businesses and families, all of which are relevant for family offices. We’re all vulnerable, but wealthy families are particularly attractive targets in the eyes of cybercriminals...
This presentation given at the workshop, "The Evolution of the Small Family Office: Models for Sustainability," covers popular trust structures that promote family involvement, education and succession, and important family considerations and provisions relating to trusts. It also reviews ways to preserve investment management flexibility for a fam...
In an age of increased travel, easy access to information and global economic instability, personal security is a major concern for all wealth-owning families. In this 2010 FOX Financial Executives Forum presentation, a family office executive shares her experience in coordinating a security audit with a professional risk consultant to de...
In this presentation given at the 2010 Financial Executives Forum, John Benevides presents key findings from a recent FOX survey of more than 100 single family offices, providing new insights on standard and best practice in the provision of insurance services to wealthy families, perceived risks and liability issues affecting ultra-wealthy clients...
A highly regarded tax and estate planning attorney, Mr. Abendroth reviews how the 2010 estate tax repeal has affected planning for wealth-owning families and examines other anticipated tax and estate law changes on the horizon. In this 2010 FOX Financial Executives Forum session he evaluates different tax planning strategies and highlights the uniq...
Creating a risk culture for your family is probably one of the most important endeavors for preserving family legacy and ensuring long-term wealth sustainability. This 2009 FOX Fall Forum session focuses on the importance of positive, calculated risk-taking within the family and review strategies that promote the family’s ability to evaluate and ca...