Of the various protective strategies that you mentioned for non-ERISA retirement accounts, which do you most generally use?
Posted on Feb 15, 2016 5:35am PST
Our own firm generally prefers the international LLC strategy. This protects
the IRA from any creditor. We also recommend that the international LLC
invest the IRA proceeds with a creditor protected investment portfolio
from a jurisdiction that shelters these accounts. We have other strategies
that can protect distributions from the IRA, such as distributions to
domestic LLCs and limited partnerships. What is important with any strategy
is that it be reviewed by a retirement account specialist to ascertain
that the plan remains fully tax-compliant.