Asset Protection Planning Guide (CCH Tax Spotlight Series)

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Featuring the insights and strategies of leading asset protection strategist, Barry S. Engel, the Asset Protection Planning Guide helps advisors master the multitude of asset protection planning vehicles available, understand the strengths and weaknesses of those vehicles, and achieve the goals of clients. The ideal reference for estate planning attorneys, trust officers, tax practitioners, financial planners, and other wealth planners, the Guide covers every aspect of asset protection planning -- describing the various asset protection plans, when to use them, why specific strategies are used, and which countries to go to for protection. It describes the complex mix of tools and techniques available to the planner in designing successful, solid plans -- offering a wealth of practical advice, helpful "how-to's" and practice tools, sample documentation language, and a sample trust.

This new edition reflects the most recent developments in asset protection planning.

This practical resource covers every aspect of this complex area, giving users the security of knowing they'll be well informed as they help clients safeguard their assets.

The Guide includes numerous practice tools, including:
- the Engel Ladder of Asset Protection Vehicles
- Model Foreign Asset
- Protection Trust Structures
- Asset Protection Control/Benefit Scale
- Sample Documentation Language
- Sample Trust Agreement
- Sample Fee Agreement
Topics covered include:
- What Is Asset Protection Planning?
- Asset Protection Planning and Fraudulent Transfer Law
- Gifting as a Planning Tool
- Joint or Concurrent Ownership as a Planning Tool
- Exemptions as a Planning Tool
- Foreign Annuities and Foreign Insurance Products
- Family Limited Partnerships as a Planning Tool
- Insurance as a Planning Tool
- Domestic trusts as a Planning Tool
- Alternative Tools Under Other Legal Systems
- Foreign Asset Protection trusts as a Planning Tool
- Expatriation as an Asset Protection Tool
- Protection of Retirement Benefits
- Ethical, Civil, and Criminal Considerations for the Asset Protection Planner
Barry S. Engel is the founding principal of Engel & Reiman pc, a Denver-based law firm established in 1983.

Mr. Engel is a Senior Fellow of The Estate and Wealth Strategies Institute at Michigan State University and a Fellow of the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys. He is also the designated specialist for the professional section on asset protection planning for FindLaw.com.

From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Engel was President of the Isle of Man, British Isles-based Offshore Institute, an organization of professionals engaged in offshore and international planning. He served on its Executive Committee from 1992 to 2003. Mr. Engel is a member of the Editorial Board of Trusts & Trustees. He has also previously served as the Consulting Editor of the International Offshore and Financial Centres Handbook and the Consulting Editor of The Offshore Institute Membership Directory & Analysis.

He authored a regular column "Shores," while serving on the Editorial Advisory Board of Conspectus Current. Mr. Engel founded Shore To Shore, an offshore industry magazine.

Over the past 15+ years, Mr. Engel has chaired or otherwise addressed hundreds of professional and client conferences worldwide on integrated estate planning, asset protection planning, and related subjects.