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Book cover image of Wealth Protection: Build and Preserve Your Financial Fortress by Christopher R. Jarvis

Authors: Christopher R. Jarvis, David B. Mandell
ISBN-13: 9780471221425, ISBN-10: 0471221422
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: October 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Christopher R. Jarvis

CHRISTOPHER R. JARVIS, MBA, is a financial planner with experience as an actuary, insurance expert, investment advisor representative, and entrepreneur. He has been quoted in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal. He is cofounder, with David Mandell, of Jarvis & Mandell, LLC based in Los Angeles and New York, with affiliate offices around the country (www.jarvisandmandell.com).

DAVID B. MANDELL, JD, MBA, is an attorney and financial advisor to high net worth clientele. David is the author of three prior books and hundreds of articles on his areas of expertise. He is the shareholder of David B. Mandell & Associates, P.C. (www.mandellpc.com).

Book Synopsis

The interest in protecting one’s wealth is universal. Everyone has a desire to protect their family’s wealth from the threats of investment downturns, taxes, lawsuits, education costs, poor health, and death. Wealth Protection: Build and Preserve Your Financial Fortress serves as the ultimate handbook for readers who want to build their family’s financial fortress and shield it from these risks.

In Wealth Protection, attorney David Mandell and financial planning expert Christopher Jarvis share their Wealth Protection knowledge and experience with the world. With this book as your guide, you can begin to protect, build, and enjoy your wealth–instead of worrying about it.

Wealth Protection opens with a critical lesson on how to understand "your own personal economy." What many people don’t realize is that the state of their "personal economy" is the single most important factor to building their financial fortress. Unfortunately, many people are obsessed with the world’s economic indicators. As a result, since no one person can change the economy, many people feel helpless in their planning.

How does Wealth Protection allow you to take control of your "personal economy?" This book includes the proprietary Risk Factor Analysis (RFA), a questionnaire designed to tailor recommendations directly to you. These eighty-five questions include:

  • Do you own property jointly? (a huge Wealth Protection mistake)
  • Do you know why your pension, 401(k), or IRA is a looming 80%+ tax trap?
  • Do you own life insurance in your name? (a potential Wealth Protection mistake)

Based on your answers to these RFA questions, you will be directed to the appropriate chapter in the book’s next section, which contains over sixty chapters, each with its own distinct Wealth Protection strategy. These self-contained chapters will allow you to use this invaluable resource as your personal financial advisor time and again. Everything from how to reduce taxes on your income to avoiding the most prevalent investment mistakes are addressed in full detail.

These issues and many more are discussed in the following seven sections:

  • Tax Planning
  • Investing
  • Asset Protection
  • Insurance Planning
  • Retirement Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Business Planning

Filled with proven techniques and expert guidance, Wealth Protection offers you access to the secrets and strategies of two top financial advisors.

Take this opportunity to understand why a Wealth Protection Plan is so important and learn how to put your personal Wealth Protection Plan into action.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why We Wrote This BookXIX
Part IThe System/the Book
Chapter 1Why This Book Should Cost $5,0003
Chapter 2What Is Wealth Protection?9
Chapter 3Finding Your Personal Economy17
Part IICustomizing This Book for You
Chapter 4Introducing the Risk Factor Analysis23
Chapter 5The Questions25
Chapter 6The Interpretation of Your Answers33
Part IIITax Planning
Chapter 7Make Sure You Don't Give Away More Than Necessary51
Chapter 8Uncle Sam's Pieces of Your Pie53
Chapter 9Retirement Plans58
Chapter 10Getting Deductions for Buying Insurance--Welfare Benefit Plans (419s)60
Chapter 11How to Borrow Your Children's Lower Tax Rates with FLPs/LLCs62
Chapter 12Deducting Long-Term-Care Insurance66
Chapter 13Using Charitable Giving to Reduce Income Taxes69
Chapter 14The Tax-Advantaged Tool for College Savings--529 Plans76
Chapter 15Income in Respect of a Decedent83
Chapter 16Is Your Tax Advisor Helping You or Hurting You?85
Part IVInvesting
Chapter 17Your Money Doesn't Come with Instructions91
Chapter 18Understanding Investing93
Chapter 19Taxes, Inflation, and Your Investments99
Chapter 20When (and How) to Get Back into the Market103
Chapter 21Variable Annuities107
Chapter 22Life Insurance as an Investment112
Chapter 23Have You Outgrown Mutual Funds?113
Chapter 24Convertible Bonds121
Part VAsset Protection
Chapter 25Why Asset Protection Is So Important Today131
Chapter 26Ownership Forms You Must Avoid: Your Own Name, Joint Ownership, and General Partnerships136
Chapter 27Using Insurance as an Asset Protector: A Mixed Blessing144
Chapter 28Insurance and Annuities: Protected Investments149
Chapter 29Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies: Twin Asset Protection Powerhouses153
Chapter 30Using Trusts to Shield Wealth: Flexible Tools for Excellent Asset Protection163
Chapter 31Using Offshore Planning to Protect Assets171
Chapter 32Offshore LLCs and Trusts: The Dynamic Duo of Offshore Planning180
Chapter 33How to Protect Your Home: Turning Your Castle into a Lawsuit-Proof Fortress186
Chapter 34Protecting Wealth from Divorce193
Part VIInsurance Planning
Chapter 35Avoid the Biggest Pitfalls, Help Yourself and Your Family, and Save Money in the Process205
Chapter 36Life Insurance: The Backbone of Wealth Protection Planning207
Chapter 37Disability Insurance: Inadequate Coverage Can Be More Costly Than Death, Divorce, or a Lawsuit213
Chapter 38Long-Term Care: Protect Yourselves, Your Children, and Your Parents224
Chapter 39How to Buy Insurance Even If You're Uninsurable229
Chapter 40"Free" Insurance: Using Other People's Money to Pay for Your Estate Planning234
Part VIIRetirement Planning
Chapter 41We Don't Know Where We're Going, but We All Want to Get There239
Chapter 42Defined-Contribution Plans: The Truth about Your 401(k), Pension, and IRAs241
Chapter 43Defined-Benefit Plans: Catch Up in Your Retirement Planning244
Chapter 44The Perfect Retirement Plan If You Are Over Age 50: The 412(1) Plan247
Chapter 45Variable Annuities: Asset Protection, Tax Deferral, and Capital Preservation for Your Retirement Plan251
Chapter 46Life Insurance as a Retirement Tool254
Chapter 47Don't Run Out of Money (or Pay Too Much in Taxes) in Retirement: Life Annuities259
Chapter 48Avoiding Outrageous Taxes on Retirement Plan Withdrawals263
Chapter 49Don't Let Medical Conditions Ruin Your Retirement: Take Advantage of Long-Term-Care Insurance266
Part VIIIEstate Planning
Chapter 50Making Sure Family Assets Aren't Lost to Disinheritance, Courts, or the IRS271
Chapter 51The Truth about the Estate Tax "Repeal"273
Chapter 52Wills and Living Trusts: The Building Blocks of Every Estate Plan278
Chapter 53The A-B Living Trust: How to Save over $400,000 in Estate Taxes for Under $3,000284
Chapter 54Avoiding Joint Ownership and the Disinheritance Risk289
Chapter 55Keep the Value of Your Life Insurance by Using an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust292
Chapter 56FLPs and LLCs: Triple-Play Tools for Estate Planning298
Chapter 57Why Your Pension, 401(k), or IRA May Be an 80 Percent Tax Trap303
Chapter 58Avoiding the 80 Percent Retirement Plan Tax Trap311
Chapter 59Getting Life Insurance for Half the Cost321
Chapter 60Long-Term-Care Insurance for Estate Planning: Protect Your Estate from Rising Medical Costs322
Chapter 61Charitable Estate Planning: How to Get More to Your Family and Benefit a Charity324
Part IXBusiness Planning
Chapter 62Turning Your Company into a Financial Powerhouse331
Chapter 63Welfare Benefit Plans: Asset Protection, Tax Reduction, and Estate Planning All in One333
Chapter 64Why You Should Consider a Captive Insurance Company338
Chapter 65Buy-Sell agreements Are Essential346
Chapter 66Corporations: The Standard Business Entity352
Chapter 67Advanced Asset Protection for Your Business: Turning Your Business into a Creditor-Proof Fortress358
Chapter 68Remove Headaches and Costs with PEOs365
Appendix 1The 10 Commandments of Offshore369
Appendix 2Preventing Fraudulent Transfer372
How to avoid fraudulent transfer claims375
Why an asset protection expert is so important376
Appendix 3Intestacy: What Happens If You Die without a Will or Living Trust377
Intestacy Defined377
Sample intestacy law377
Appendix 42002 Income Tax Tables380
Appendix 5Asset Questionnaire381
Appendix 6Sample Employee Census for Retirement and Other Benefits Planning383
Index385

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