Professionals Have Unique Needs. And Unique Risks.
Professionals have a unique set of needs
They have invested many years in undergraduate and post-graduate education, so they typically are older when they finally enter their profession. They are generally well compensated, but that compensation comes at the price of long hours and weekends spent at work and away from families.
Professionals have unique risks
Licensed professionals are not permitted to limit their professional liability within a business entity. Couple that with an increasing societal belief that every bad outcome or result deserves compensation.Professionals put their entire life’s work and savings on the line every day they go to work. Our mission is to help our professional clients structure their business and professional life so that they can have the confidence that what they have saved will always be there to provide for their financial security and the security of their family.
- Exit Planning
Most Professionals Lack Leverage
Unlike business owners, the value a professional creates is almost entirely in his or her own skill set. That creates pressure on the professional to maximize productivity every working day. When the professional takes a vacation, their support staff is usually reduced to idle even though the expense of payroll remains. So the cost of being away from the practice is far more than the cost of the vacation. In addition, there is little opportunity to leverage professional skills into a business that can be monetized later. As a result, almost all the income a professional creates is ordinary income taxed at the highest possible rates rather than at capital gains rates. This unique feature of professional life elevates the importance of maximizing tax planning opportunities. It also means that a professional has the urgent need for asset protection for the assets owned outside the professional practice to make certain those assets are available in the event of disability and to provide income for retirement.
You Need an Exit Strategy for Your Practice
You may be years away from retirement, but that is the best time to start thinking about how to exit. There will be a time when you will want to retire. When that time comes, you will want to monetize your practice for its maximum value. Accomplishing that requires some advanced planning. We are planners. Thinking ahead is what we do. When you’re ready, lets sit down together and get an exit plan in place.
We Bring Unique Resources & Expertise to Professionals
As Arkansas asset protection lawyers, we are particularly knowledgeable in the tools and techniques that maximize asset protection. One of our lawyers, Stan Miller, is the co-author of the Limited Partnership Drafting System published by WealthCounsel.com and has published numerous articles and spoken widely to professional groups on the use of limited partnerships and limited liability companies for asset protection and estate planning applications. As Arkansas tax lawyers, we understand the strategies that reduce the impact of income taxation during the productive years. Two of our lawyers George Plastiras and Patrick Murphy have graduate degrees in taxation. Mr. Plastiras obtained his LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.; Mr. Murphy obtained his LLM in Taxation from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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ILP + The Book
It is possible to protect yourself, your family and your business or professional practice from the real threats that keep you up at night. The law provides more and better solutions than ever before in history. In this book, Stan explains in clear, understandable language how these powerful solutions can be deployed to protect what you have earned and built.
Available Early Summer 2015
ILP + The Webinar
In this hour-long webinar, Stan explains how to avoid probate and protect your heirs with a revocable living trust. You will learn how to protect your loved ones what many consider to be an expensive, lengthy, and unnecessary court process. You will also learn what a living trust is and why having a living trust will protect your children, grandchildren and other heirs. Available Now