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Articles On Hiding Assets & Asset Protection

Divorce

08/25//08 - How Can You Protect Your Assets Before Divorce - Simple Steps

Offshore Havens

08/03/08 - Renton man sentenced in "opt out" tax scheme: David Struckman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle along with two other co-founders of the Institute of Global Prosperity (IGP), which sold audiotapes and tickets to seminars advising people to get out of paying taxes by discontinuing use of Social Security numbers and hiding assets in offshore trusts.
08/02/08 - Panama Supreme Court Ruling May Leave Lawyers and Money Launderers Jobless
07/24/08 - Levinism: The Truth Behind the Obvious Lies - "tax havens are engaged in economic warfare against the United States and honest, hardworking American taxpayers."
07/24/08 - Some LLCs may lack any real limited liability - Even though single member LLCs, allowed in Florida, are frequently used in asset protection, there have been two recent federal cases which question their advisability. The use of a multi-member LLC is the safer course.
07/24/08 - New USB Offshore Bank Limits for U.S. Clients
07/20/08 - Obama introduced radical legislation last year, along with subcommittee chairman Levin, that would seriously curtail Americans right to invest and bank offshore.
07-17-08 - Billionaire Frank Lowy and his sons David, Peter and Stephen hid assets from the Australian Taxation Office, using the European tax haven of Liechtenstein to conceal tens of millions of dollars for more than a decade. [An insider sold the banks records to the tax office]
07/17/08 - The Tax Deferred TRust (tm) Update and the 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange: The creation and implementation of Private Annuity Trusts (PAT) were banned by the IRS in October of 2006. The basic idea of the PAT was to utilize capital gains deferral by transferring a highly appreciated asset to a Trust in exchange for payments for life.
07/17/08 - Americans stash away 1.5 trillion dollars in tax havens: US authorities have initiated enforcement action against 100 US taxpayers in connection with accounts in the secretive European principality Liechtenstein after a former LGT employee provided tax authorities around the world with data on about 1,400 people with bank accounts.

Trusts

07/16/08 - Sometimes FDIC insurance coverage is superior for an account owned by a person's living trust compared with an account owned by a person outright and free of any trust. Why?

Misc.

09/17/08 - The US "Passport Card": Your New National ID - Back in 2005, Congress enacted the "Real ID" Act. This law, which Congress enacted unanimously, with no discussion, and without even reading the bill, imposed national standards to insure state-issued identity documents couldn't be counterfeited or falsified.
09/17/08 - The Terrorist Excuse for Global Financial Surveillance [Part I] - Quietly and with little fanfare, governments throughout the world have constructed a pervasive network of technology and law to eliminate financial privacy worldwide. [Part II], [Part III], [Part IV]
09/10/08 - Don't Try To Use Fake Documents For Asset Protection
09/10/08 - Border Crossings: If you plan on leaving the country secretly, be aware of this.
08/25/08 - Protecting Assets, Preserving Wealth, Profiting from Value - Gold is the most liquid financial asset in the world. It has no borders, is recognized throughout the world, and can easily be transported or hidden.
08/03/08 - Using Cash Credit Cards To Hide Cash From Creditors [and spouses].
08/03/08 - How Can You Protect Your Assets Before Divorce - Simple Steps
08/01/08 - Governments Declare War on "Digital Gold" Services
07/28/08 - Appeals Court Orders Woman Who Hid $1.3 Million Lottery Jackpot From Estranged Husband to Give It to Him
07/13/08 - FBI Announces Contract Award for Next Generation Identification System - it's only a step away from use for criminals and terrorists to non-criminal civilians. The writing is on the wall where this will be used to tie into civilian uses in some way. The same holds true for the same type of chips that are implanted in animals to aid identification with a scanner to eventually be used in all humans in any one country. Tie that in with a GPS locating device capability and you won't be able to hide anywhere.