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Isla del Encanto – Introducing Boricua Split Dollar
By now it should already be well that I grew up in the Panama Canal Zone. However, my Latin "thing" didn't happen until I was in the 10th...
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR PART V
Using the Ideal Corporate Structure for Personal Healthcare Cost Savings We continue with Part V of The Accidental Entrepreneur. So far,...
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR PART IV - CREATING THE FAMILY PENSION PLAN
I have been pontificating ad nauseam some readers might say, on the benefits of structuring a family business and investment holdings in...
ROCK OF AGES
The Arithmathean Pension Plan - Using the Pooled Income Fund for Non-Deferred Compensation Planning The first article for professional...
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
Using Loan Method Split Dollar in the After Life! I spent the summer of 1980 before entering my sophomore (Yearling) year at West Point...
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR - PART III
Tax Benefits and Possibilities of The Optimal Corporate Set Up Part II of this series introduced a new recommendation for business owners...
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR - Part II
The Optimal Corporate Set Up In April 2016, I wrote Part One of this series. You can read this article on JD Supra. Part One focused on...
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, CHIP HILTON?
As a child growing up in the Panama Canal Zone my connection to the professional sports in the United States came primarily through the...
THE PAPER CHASE
Using the Loan Method of Split Dollar as an Alternative to Attorney Fee Deferrals One of my favorite movies that inspired me to go to law...
THE SPLIT DOLLARMINATOR!
Using Commercial Lending to “Juice” the Funding of Loan Method Split Dollar Arrangements In past articles, I have vigorously defended the...
Mad Dogs and Panameños!
Using the Leveraged Split Dollar Rollout (LSD™ Rollout) to Terminate Loan Regime Split Dollar™ Plans Over the last several weeks, I have...
ATTENTION ALL CADETS! CLAT Your Hands for Army!
How Old Grads Can Use the Charitable Lead Annuity Trust (CLAT) to Reduce Income Taxes and Win the All Academy Challenge! If you are like...
It's (Not) Too Late, Baby!
Using Late Start Split Dollar to Create Financial and Tax Leverage I have mentioned in prior articles that I am not particularly a fan of...
SWITCH HITTER!
Maximizing the flexibility of Split Dollar Life Insurance to Create Maximum Financial and Tax Leverage Growing up in the Panama Canal...
FATHER KNOWS BEST
Rediscovering the Lost Glory of Split Dollar Using Loan Regime Split Dollar My father (of blessed memory), Willy Wolfgang Nowotny, died...
THE WONDER YEARS
Rediscovering the Magic of Split Dollar Life Insurance The TV series The Wonder Years is one of my favorite TV series. The series depicts...
California Dreamïn
Reimagining the Tax Planning Paradigm for Trial Attorneys It never occurred to me before or after law school to become a litigator....
Dark Side of the Moon
The Peculiarities of the Alternate Investment Diversification Testing Method for Variable Universal Life Universal
PIF - The Magic Dragon, Part II
The Pooled Income Fund is a PIF for all seasons. The tax attributes in the current low interest environment has stronger attributes than...
The Family Loan Shark
Today's low interest environment creates an excellent opportunity for high net worth investors to build and transfer wealth strategically...
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