Is It Time to Shrug?

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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 [...]

I Have Seen the Promised Land…

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by Steve Hilgart, Director of Conference Operations It seemed impossible. I couldn’t travel the world and experience all life has to offer… After all – I was working 16-18 hour days, 7 days a week. And it wasn’t the right time anyways – I had only met this nut case (Bobby Casey) a few years [...]

Are You Boring as Hell?

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The past 2 weeks have been quite the roller coaster. I just got back 2 days ago from a 10 day trip to Miami. Each year for several days I meet with one of the most interesting and unique groups of entrepreneurs from around the world. It all started many years ago when about 50 [...]

American Asset Protection…Really?

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You are probably reading the title thinking I have lost my mind. Your thoughts are probably something like this; “He promotes offshore asset protection as a necessity in these tumultuous times. How can he rationally recommend asset protection structures in the US?” While it is true, I do think offshore companies, offshore banking, offshore trusts [...]

Asset Protection for the Entrepreneur

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Frequently I work with entrepreneurs who have reached varying degrees of success helping them to properly structure their businesses in order to minimize risk, minimize the tax burden, and maximize their gain. Entrepreneurs are one of my biggest client groups. The reasoning is that while entrepreneurs are very focused individuals and highly driven towards success, [...]

How to Boil a Frog, by Politicus Bumpkiss

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How to boil a frog, by Politicus Bumpkiss: Allow many tax breaks to expire quietly like; Alternative minimum tax (AMT) — A series of temporary legislative “patches” over the last several years has prevented a dramatic increase in the number of individuals subject to the AMT–essentially a parallel federal income tax system with its own [...]