Wealth protection

Estate attorneys are creating revival trusts aimed at extending wealth until people who get cryonically preserved can be revived, even if it's hundreds of years later.

U.S. prosecutors and IRS agents are looking to build cases against individuals suspected of illegally taking advantage of breaks that lured crypto traders and fund managers.

The most important quality of the so-called 501(c)(4) organization boils down to one word: control.

Private foundations are using donor-advised funds to sidestep federal laws designed to make sure the wealthy donate money to the needy in a timely fashion, not defer the gifts for generations.

The twins previously lived together in a castle in the Channel Islands known for its tax-haven status.

A combination of high valuations on companies and potentially higher taxes in the future is proving to be a potent motivator for selling private companies.

Any changes to inheritance tax would feed into the broader upheaval that is coming to taxation in the world’s major economies.

It’s all but inevitable that the Biden administration, as well as lawmakers at the state level, will target millionaires and billionaires for more levies.

The pandemic has fueled a dramatic new wave of high-profile migration, sending tech workers to Texas, Wall Street types to Florida — and now YouTube provocateur Logan Paul to Puerto Rico.

A New York Times story based on Donald Trump’s long-sought-after tax data shows he avoided paying income taxes for most of the past two decades and paid only $750 the year he was elected president.

Ratcliffe and other senior Ineos executives caused tension with the company’s auditor, PwC.

Hedge funds are planning to expand their presence in Florida, adding to a migratory trend as wealthy residents of northern states face the threat of higher taxes.

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax could be a gift to an industry she has accused of looting Americans — private equity.

Billionaires such as Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett could have collectively lost hundreds of billions of dollars in net worth over decades.

The world’s wealthy are increasingly on the move.

Speak to a few family office experts, and you’ll hear the phrase, “When you’ve seen one family office, you’ve seen one family office.” But press them on common errors, and they have a lot to say.

Prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the tax code was full of loopholes that individuals could take advantage of, especially movie stars.

If Democrats want the wealthy to pay more into the U.S. Treasury, they’ll need to contend with one fact: the rich are very good at dodging taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service’s recent proposal to extend gift and estate tax exemptions beyond 2025 could spur some large transfers of wealth.

Austria is trying to free about 70 billion euros ($80 billion) of capital locked in a “golden cage” the country created a few decades ago.