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Defer Income Taxes: Deferred Compensation Planning

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Defer Income Taxes and other “Earned Income Streams

 

 

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Originally engineered for “Nat King Cole.” Mr. Cole said to the IRS, “it’s extremely unfair that you take 84% of my money.” (70% Federal, 14% California piggy-back)
 
Affluent brokers, investors, entertainers, personalities, physicians, entrepreneurs, industrialists, key employees, senior executives…Deferred Compensation Planning is under the jurisdiction of an International Tax Treaty. The only thing higher than an International Tax Treaty, is the Constitution of the United States.
 
This deferred compensation planning is strictly for U.S. Citizens who spend less money than they make. It’s extremely attractive to affluent brokers, investors, entertainers, personalities, physicians, entrepreneurs, industrialists, key employees, senior executives, …any highly compensated individuals or with commercial rights to income streams such as patents, royalties, rents, day trading, etc. any income stream.
 
The downside is that, you must have surplus income, greater than US$150,000 over your living expenses.
 
The objective is to defer Income Taxes on your “earned excess cash” over your requirements to live on. This planning when properly implemented by a qualified competent professional, will reduce your tax burden from 50% down to less than 10%. Once implemented, your plan will be able to utilize it’s strategic tax treaty position to achieve certain other financial goals, all under the (legal) jurisdiction of the International Tax Treaty.
 
This Deferred Compensation Planning may be equated to your self directed IRA (Individual Retirement Account) or Self Employment Plan (SEP) or (KEOGH):
  • Contributions are Tax-Deferred (postponed)
  • Investment earnings are Tax-Deferred (postponed)
  • Withdrawals are Taxable
  • There are NO legal requirements for withdrawals thus, deferred
The objective of your Foreign Deferred Compensation Program is to defer Income Taxes on your “earned excess cash” over your requirements to live on.Depending on your life expectancy tables supplied by the IRS and your financial goals, this money may be Tax-Deferred over your life-time. If your “Income-Stream” qualifies, contact us directly. It requires careful drafting, attention and professional implementation. It’s a legitimate, logical, and suitable method of tax deferral. Ultimately, these transactions are complex – one size does not fit all, not done over the internet, telephone, fax, Email, or snail-mail.

Helpful resources: For added perspective, readers often compare QPRT Trust Guide, BDIT Trust Guide, and official IRS estate and gift tax guidance when comparing planning options.

What readers usually compare next

Readers looking at Defer Income Taxes: Deferred Compensation Planning usually compare timing, control, and exposure before deciding what to do next.

Three practical points to keep in mind

  • Timing matters because tax planning usually works best before a crisis or audit pressure appears.
  • Control matters because retained powers can change how the IRS views a trust or transfer.
  • Funding matters because moving the right asset, in the right way, often matters more than the label on the document.

Helpful next steps

Readers often continue with Irrevocable Trust, Asset Protection Trust, and What Is a Grantor. When government rules shape the decision, many readers also review official IRS estate and gift tax guidance.

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Common questions about this article

These answers summarize the topic in plain English so readers can move from the article into the next practical planning page.

What is the main takeaway from "Defer Income Taxes: Deferred Compensation Planning"?

  Defer Income Taxes and other "Earned Income Streams      Watch the video on Defer Income Taxes: Deferred Compensation Planning   Like this video? Subscribe to… The article is meant to give readers a practical understanding of the issue so they can connect the topic to planning decisions instead of treating it as an isolated legal phrase.

Who should read this article?

This article is usually most useful for readers who are trying to understand defer income taxes deferred compensation planning before making a trust, ownership, or asset protection decision and want a clearer explanation in everyday language.

Why does this topic matter in broader planning?

Topics like this matter because one misunderstood issue can change how readers think about timing, control, funding, or exposure. Articles like this help turn a broad concern into a more focused next step.

What should readers compare after finishing this article?

Most readers go next to a related trust page, a comparison page, or another article in the same category so they can test the idea against a larger planning framework before deciding what to do next.

Related resources

Readers focused on IRS and tax questions usually want clearer answers around compliance, control, reporting, and whether a structure stays practical while still respecting legal boundaries.

What readers usually test first

The real question is rarely whether taxes matter. It is how planning stays compliant while still serving the larger protection goal.

What changes the answer

Funding, retained control, reporting, and distribution design usually shape the answer more than the trust label alone.

What people compare next

Most readers next compare irrevocable planning, trust structure, and how the broader asset protection plan is administered.

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What people usually compare next

Most readers compare structure, timing, control, and the practical next step after narrowing the issue in the article above.

What usually makes the answer more specific

Actual ownership, funding, current exposure, and how much control someone wants to keep usually matter more than labels in isolation.

When another step helps more than another article

Once timing, structure, and next steps start overlapping, it often helps to talk through the sequence instead of trying to compare everything mentally.

Questions readers usually ask next

Tax-focused readers usually compare compliance, control, reporting, and how broader protection planning stays workable over time.

Why do compliance and control get discussed together so often?

Because the practical question is not only whether a structure exists. It is whether the structure is administered in a way that matches the intended legal and tax treatment.

What do readers usually compare after an IRS-focused article?

Most compare irrevocable trust structure, funding steps, and how the broader asset protection plan is meant to work without creating avoidable reporting or control problems.

What usually makes a tax answer more specific?

Funding, retained powers, distribution design, and the actual assets involved usually make the answer more specific than general trust labels do.

When do readers usually move from tax questions to planning questions?

Usually as soon as the conversation shifts from isolated compliance questions to how the structure should be set up, funded, and coordinated with the larger protection strategy.

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