Asset Protection Makes Sense
High net worth business owners should be considering an asset protection plan. It just makes sense. It supports a plan to pass assets to your children and spouse upon your death, potentially saving enormous tax bites. It arranges your assets in a way that can be effectively managed either professionally or by yourself, and it protects your assets against claims of any sort. That makes sense.
How much value must you be holding to warrant an asset protection plan? That depends upon many factors, however, it is not so expensive that you must be extremely well-off to afford it and once in play, it is not expensive to maintain. It really depends more on what your desire is for protection, not so much on how large your estate may be. Certainly, it must be reasonably substantial, but this is all relative.
An estate worth a few hundred thousand can be reasonably protected as can an estate worth a few million. Some plans may be more expensive and complicated while others are quite simple and manageable. We work with one of the best in the country and often recommend our high net worth clients to them for some creative and outstanding work.
There are many options available and many ways to accomplish your goals. It is worth considering. This is a very litigious and risky world we live in and we all work very hard to build our asset base up; we should take the extra precautions to protect it.