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The Johnny Doe IBKR portfolio

It seems you invest via an IBKR individual account and hold US situs assets. If you have heirs, are you not concerned about US estate tax? How do you handle it?
id be also pretty concerned about usa overall state and the loss of the reserve currency status.
Looking at this erratic behavior, Id say capital controls are also in the cards.
I hence am making plans to reduce holdings at ibkr to a minimum.
 
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I see. Should then be a multi-member LLC since "U.S. source assets held through a single member limited liability company that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. tax purposes (i.e., NOT taxable as a corporation), are also subject to U.S. estate tax." (Charles Schwab).
well the common fix for this is having a hold co owning the llc like bvi or smth.
But that wont help much with the incoming capital controls.
 
I see. Should then be a multi-member LLC since "U.S. source assets held through a single member limited liability company that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. tax purposes (i.e., NOT taxable as a corporation), are also subject to U.S. estate tax." (Charles Schwab).
This is not the appropriate place to speculate about my setup and discuss about LLC taxes. The thread is about investments.
 
Why do you guys love dividends so much? You are forced to pay tax on them and account for them in reports every time you receive them.
Dividends are not magic money out of the sky. When you don't get a dividend, you get that money accumulated in share appreciation which is more beneficial long term. There is a reason Berkshire doesn't pay a dividend. It's not tax efficient.
 
Why do you guys love dividends so much?
It’s a way of investing. One of the benefits is that you don’t have to time the market and you have regular cash flow to be allocated for other purposes (for example buying btc).
You are forced to pay tax on them and account for them in reports every time you receive them.
What’s the problem with that?
Dividends are not magic money out of the sky.
I always pay dividends out of the companies I control, and I like when the companies I own do the same (instead of wasting all their cash on salaries, expenses and t&e).
When you don't get a dividend, you get that money accumulated in share appreciation
In theory yes, which doesn’t make any practical difference.
which is more beneficial long term.
If you time the market correctly, perhaps. But you are not comparing apples to apples.
There is a reason Berkshire doesn't pay a dividend. It's not tax efficient.
This might work for some, not for everyone.
 
It’s a way of investing. One of the benefits is that you don’t have to time the market and you have regular cash flow to be allocated for other purposes (for example buying btc).
But how is selling a portion of stock any different?
You can also borrow against the stock you hold for daily expenses (what most HNW individuals do).
As I said, dividends are NOT magic. What you get in dividend gets excluded from stock appreciation and you are forced to essentially SELL that portion and pay tax right there and then.

What’s the problem with that?
Problem is with dividends you are FORCED to pay tax each time you get dividend. But as you hold stock, you are not forced to pay tax. If you decide to sell stock 20 years down the line, you can find a stock efficient mechanism to do so and pay less tax.
In theory yes, which doesn’t make any practical difference.
It does when it comes to accounting and taxing.
This might work for some, not for everyone.
Ok, fair.
 
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