by Ethan Okura | Mar 29, 2018 | Articles, Asset Protection, Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs, Powers of Attorney and Health Care Directives, Trusts and Wills
We often have clients who raised their families here in Hawaii, and then sent their children off to the mainland or elsewhere in the world to pursue their educations, careers, military service, or raising families of their own. Although the children try to get...
by Ethan Okura | Aug 10, 2015 | Articles, Asset Protection
WHY YOU SHOULD START A BUSINESS When you are starting a new business there are so many things to think about and so much varied advice that comes from different sources. Some people think the first thing you have to do is register a business entity like a...
by Ethan Okura | Apr 10, 2015 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Taxes and Gift Taxes
Last year at this time I wrote an article about tax deadlines and the penalties for not filing or not paying on time. This year I want to talk in detail about one of our most innovative and useful strategies that can help clients to save on their taxes. This strategy...
by Ethan Okura | Feb 24, 2015 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Taxes and Gift Taxes, Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs
Most of my clients have heard that you can give away $10,000 per year to any other person without consequences. That’s not exactly correct. Some have heard that you should consider...
by Ethan Okura | Apr 7, 2014 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Taxes and Gift Taxes
“’Tis impossible to be sure of anything but Death and Taxes.” – Christopher Bullock (Cobbler of Preston) Last month I addressed the serious topic of Death and the disposition of your remains. On an only slightly brighter note, this month’s article is focused on...
by michelle | Apr 19, 2013 | Asset Protection
ASSET PROTECTION – Part 2 By Ethan R. Okura Last month, we started talking about asset protection. We discussed what it is, why it’s necessary to protect ourselves in our country, and how having multiple layers of defense is the best approach. ...