Asset Protection 2025 - 2 CPE

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Mini-Course Description & Study Guide

The current litigation explosion has created tremendous Interest in asset protection. Not only does this area have financial and estate aspects but it directly impacts tax planning.

This mini-course is designed to survey opportunities for asset protection that can arise during tax planning and to determine how to properly report such transactions.

Completion Deadline & Exam: This course, including the examination, must be completed within one year of the date of purchase. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, no correct or incorrect feedback for any exam question will be provided.

Course Level: Overview. This program is appropriate for professionals at all organizational levels.

Field of Study: Taxes

Prerequisite: General understanding of federal income taxation.

Advanced Preparation: None

Learning Assignment & Objectives

As a result of studying the assigned materials, you should be able to meet the objectives listed below.

ASSIGNMENT

At the start of the materials, participants should identify the following topics for study:

* Basic protection concepts & fraudulent transfers

* Insurance

* Individual titles and sole proprietorship

* Corporations

* Trusts

* Co-tenancies

* Partnerships

* Limited liability companies

* Marital property & separate property

* Premarital & post-nuptial agreements

Learning Objectives

After reading the materials, participants will be able to:

1. Identify ethical considerations and misconceptions about and the reasons for asset protection, and determine fraudulent transfers such as transactions intended hinder the collection of debt

2. Recognize how the various types of entities relate to asset protection and how the various types of joint ownership of property and various trusts directly impact asset protection and tax liability.

3. Determine the concepts of common law property, community property, and equitable ownership, specify asset division principles, and recognize premarital and post-nuptial agreements and how they can be used to advise clients in individual asset protection.

After studying the materials, answer exam questions 1 to 10.