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Ask These Questions Before Buying Life Insurance

November 13, 2017 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Lawyer Leave a Comment

The fourth quarter of the year is when life insurance sales kick into high gear. In many cases, life insurance is often sold as a tax savings plan, here are the questions you must ask before purchasing this important asset. The majority of this discussion involves the use of some form of “whole life” insurance […]

Filed Under: Due Dilligence, estate planning, estate tax, Ike Devji, ILIT, Life Insurance Tagged With: CPA, Doctors, Due Diligence, entrepreneurs, financial advisors, Ike Devji, investing, life insurance, scams, tax planning, taxes

Year-End Tax Plan Sales Targeting Doctors, Business Owners

October 27, 2015 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Lawyer Leave a Comment

The last quarter of the year is historically an active time for physicians and business owners and their tax, legal and financial advisors. Given increased regulatory issues, I.R.S. scrutiny and increased fraud, it’s vital that you do some basic due diligence before you pull out your checkbook. Doctors are heavily solicited for a variety of tax and […]

Filed Under: business legal planning, business owner and entrepreneur, Business Owners, captive insurance company, closely held business, cpa, Due Dilligence, finacial advisors, Finance, FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR DOCTORS, financial literacy, Life Insurance, scams, tax deductions, taxes Tagged With: captive insurance, Doctors, entrepreneurs, Ike Devji, life insurance, tax planning

The “C” Word in business: Vital Issues To Consider With C-Corporations

April 19, 2013 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Lawyer Leave a Comment

The article linked below contains some simple and important issues to consider regarding the taxation of C-corps. As an asset protection attorney I’ve never been a fan of them because they are weak , if not defective from a creditor perspective as the shares can actually be taken from you as an asset and handed […]

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Tax Scams: I.R.S Dirty Dozen Targets Doctors and Business Owners

March 25, 2013 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Lawyer Leave a Comment

  With fewer than 60 days until tax time the annual 11th-hour tax planning rush by doctors is in full swing. The Dirty Dozen listing, compiled by the IRS each year, lists a variety of common scams taxpayers can encounter. “Taxpayers should be careful and avoid falling into a trap with the Dirty Dozen,” IRS Commissioner […]

Filed Under: CEO, chiropractors, cpa, dentists, Doctors, Due Dilligence, FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR DOCTORS, financial literacy, IRS, liability, Medical Practice Management

Ex-Dallas Cowboy Football Player Sentenced in $20MM Mortgage Fraud

December 13, 2012 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Lawyer Leave a Comment

“Mean Gene the Hitting Machine,” Lockhart was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison this week for his role in an affinity fraud scam involving mortgage fraud and trading on the name of the Dallas Cowboys. Usually we are protecting the NFL, MLB and NBA players we deal with from outside scams, sometimes the snake is […]

Filed Under: Due Dilligence, fraud, professional athletes, professional entertainers Tagged With: Asset Protection, Due Diligence, Ike Devji, mortgage fraud, NFL, Professional Athletes

Questions to ask Captive Insurance Provider – Asset Protection – Due Dilligence

August 1, 2012 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Lawyer Leave a Comment

We continue last week’s look at captive insurance companies as an asset protection, risk management, and wealth accumulation vehicle for physicians by providing some basic due diligence questions. I am frequently called upon by clients to provide an opinion or sit in on a call or meeting with a prospective captive provider. Sometimes I am […]

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A Physician’s Start-Up Guide: Picking the Best Real Estate for Your Medical Practice

May 30, 2012 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Lawyer Leave a Comment

Buying the perfect building for your medical practice requires you to consider much more than “location, location, location.”  In our first two discussions on starting a new practice we’ve examined both the fine points of doctors’ serious liability for debt involved with buying a building or financing a medical practice start-up and common issues physicians […]

Filed Under: chiropractors, closely held business, dentists, Doctors, Due Dilligence, FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR DOCTORS, financial literacy, real estate investing, start-ups Tagged With: buying a building, commercial real estate, Doctors, medical practice, real estate

How to Pick an Asset Protection Lawyer – Key Due Diligence Questions and Caveats

June 13, 2011 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Lawyer 2 Comments

By Ike Devji, J.D. The last 8 years has created an explosion in the Asset Protection planning field due to both the large number of people who have finally realized that their wealth is more finite and fragile than they ever imagined and the litigation boom that inevitably follows tough times. Unfortunately, this new found […]

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Due Dilligence and Why the Background Check You Used Won’t Work

March 11, 2011 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Lawyer Leave a Comment

    Due Diligence is a commonly overlooked or underestimated  tool, and a an essential plan of any business venture or financial entanglement, especially now in the golden age of fraud. One of my top resources for clients is Greg George of GTI Advisors, he shares some exeprt insight on the false comfort of commercially available background […]

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Protecting the innocent – Due Dilligence & Investment Fraud

December 8, 2010 by Ike Devji, Asset Protection Attorney Leave a Comment

Insider threats cost business $4bn each year Hacker skims 35,000 customer credit card numbers 14 Business bank accounts wiped out by phishing scheme Investors scammed out of $14mm in ponzi scheme Man with history of fraud hired as CFO ‘disappears’ Taking $2mm From Company Vendor employees steal client’s proprietary data; sells to foreign government All […]

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