| Title: |
Practical Asset Protection Strategies for Older Clients and Their Families |
| Prerequisite: |
None |
| Advance Preparation: |
None |
| Knowledge Level: |
Basic |
| Subject Matter Area: |
Taxation |
| Date of Publication: |
January 2010 |
| Copyright © |
2010 by Bisk Education, Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Recommended CPE Credits: |
6 QAS/Registry (50-minute hour) |
| Expiration Date: |
One year from date of receipt to complete program and submit quizzer to obtain credit |
| Passing Grade for Quizzer: |
70 percent or higher |
This course is intended to increase the awareness of accounting practitioners of the asset protection planning problems faced by older clients and to introduce techniques and tools that might be effective in the development of solutions to these problems. CPA practitioners should be able to leverage this course material into ways that they can develop unique, value added services for older clients and their families based on their existing tax and financial knowledge.
This program is divided into nine (9) chapters.
Chapter 1 considers a definition of the field of asset protection and examines its history.
Chapter 2 explains certain important benefits such as Social Security and Medicare and how those programs may be effective components in an overall strategy.
Chapter 3 examines traditional asset protection topics regarding statutory protection and insurance.
Chapter 4 focuses on using joint tenancy and other entities to optimize asset protection.
Chapter 5 considers how to properly use gifts and trusts as part of an overall plan.
Chapter 6 provides Medicaid and possible strategies to protect assets in the face of catastrophic illness, including possible asset transfer strategies.
Chapter 7 offers a look at several income tax issues specific to an older population, including some tax benefits for children who are caring for their parents.
Chapter 8 addresses the interconnections between estate planning and Medicaid planning and adds a look at estate administration.
Chapter 9 explores the point in time when a person is no longer able to make decisions on their own and needs a substitute decision maker. It includes the tools and techniques that offer the greatest protection.
David H. McReynolds, MS, CPA, FHFMA, has more than thirty years experience as a healthcare administrator. He is currently Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has previously held senior administrative positions in both for-profit and not-for-profit acute care and behavioral health hospitals in Tennessee, Florida and Nebraska.
Mr. McReynolds received his undergraduate education in Accounting at the University of Tennessee and holds a Master of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of South Carolina. He is a licensed certified public accountant in the state of Tennessee, a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and a certified managed care professional.
With a keen interest in the development of services for older people and their families, Mr. McReynolds has authored a number of courses on related topics and advises CPAs on issues related to the start-up of Eldercare practices. He regularly teaches and lectures on a variety of Eldercare topics including pre- and post-retirement financial planning, Medicare and financing long-term care.
Mr. McReynolds has served for many years as a technical manuscript reviewer for the journal, Healthcare Financial Management, and is a two-time participant in the United States/United Kingdom Healthcare Financial Management Exchange Program. He received an Innovation Award from the Institute for Behavioral Health and was a finalist for the Diamond Award presented by the Mental Health Association of Greater Knoxville. He has also received numerous awards of recognition in the field of healthcare finance and accounting. (Author)