November 2002
(Vol. 2 / No. 1)

In this issue:

• Welcome - Readers to Get More Frequent Information  Beginning in November 2002, subscribers of The Riser Report will receive the in-depth online periodical (like this one, i.e., with in-depth feature stories) and weekly e-mail news briefs and tips related to tax and asset protection planning.  If you are familiar with past editions of The Riser Report, the new weekly e-mail briefs will contain information and stories such as were formerly covered in the "Briefly Noted" section of The Riser Report.  Additionally, the new weekly e-mail briefs will contain asset protection and tax planning tips and information.

• Section 412(i) Plans for Tax and Asset Protection Planning  The future for tax planning and asset protection planning with tax-qualified retirement plans looks bright.  I provide an overview of the Section 412(i) defined benefit plan, a particularly useful tax and asset protection planning tool.

• IRS Issues Ruling on Private Placement Life Insurance.  The IRS has issued Private Letter Ruling 200244001 dealing with private placement variable life insurance.  The ruling may require a change of plans for some insurers and policyowners. 

• Second Citizenship: Dominica's Economic Citizenship Program   More and more people from around the world, whether driven by tax motives, privacy motives or otherwise, are seeking second passports.  Read on as I review the second citizenship program offered by the Caribbean country of Dominica.  In the next issue of the Riser Report, I will review the economic citizenship program in St. Kitts & Nevis.

• Book Review: F'd Companies: Spectacular Dot-Com Flameouts   Reading F'd Companies is sort of the businessperson's equivalent of watching the Jerry Springer Show, but it's such a wickedly fun, quick and entertaining read about the spectacular greed and audacity of a hundred internet Dot-Bombs.

• Future Offshore Planner Arrives  Everett Riser arrives on February 26th, 2002 and soon afterward begins his tour of the finest offshore jurisdictions.  Pictures included!

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The Riser Report is a periodic publication with articles and opinions on asset protection and estate and tax planning topics authored by Christopher M. Riser, J.D., LL.M., of Axius Risk Consulting LLC in Atlanta and London and The Riser Law Firm PLLC in Highlands, North Carolina and Atlanta.   Mr. Riser is a North Carolina Attorney and an English Solicitor. The Riser Report is available for free and is posted on this Web site in HTML format with e-mail notices sent to its own subscribers and to subscribers of The Adkisson Analysis.

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