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Tax solutions for shareholders

Keep more of your gains with strategies including QSBS stacking, stock sale solutions, and plans for ordinary income and carried interest

WHAT WE OFFER

Preserve your earnings

You work hard. You want to see more of the fruits of your labor. Here’s how we can help

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Tailored solutions for employees & investors

Every startup is unique, but we’ve seen it all and can help with issues,
from common to one off.

Capital Gains

Defer the tax when you sell taxable shares and earn as much as 4x the after-tax returns
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QSBS

Multiply your $10 million Qualified Small Business Stock exemption while providing more for your family
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Ordinary income

Reduce your W-2, business or RSU income tax by as much as 75% by taking advantage of Federal Investment Tax Credits
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Our approach

Choose your path and  take action

You focus on what you do best. We handle everything else, from strategy identification to quantitative modeling, legal setup, and ongoing management.

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Find the right strategy

Use our guided planner to discover the best tax-advantaged vehicles
for your unique situation.

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EVALUATE

Calculate the gains

Work with our team and cutting-edge tools to quantify the potential gains and craft a tailored tax plan that maximizes your savings and meets your financial goals.

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Get back to work

Trust Valur to administer your strategy with precision. We replace traditional trust companies, providing continuous support and optimization to ensure that your plan delivers results, so you can focus on what matters.

Planning possibilities for employees & investors

These are the strategies that can help you make the most of your wealth, whether you're navigating equity, bonuses, long-term incentives or investments

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Charitable Remainder Trust

A CRUT is a tax-exempt structure that is well suited for individuals with high appreciated assets they have not yet sold. It allows you to defer the taxes you would otherwise pay when selling an asset, reinvest and grow those assets pre-tax inside a trust until you pull out money from the trust. At the end of the trust term, a portion is donated to a charitable organization.

Sell appreciated assets tax-deferred, receive income for life, and donate what’s left to charity at the end of the trust term.

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Qualified Small Business Stock

QSBS refers to equity in a company that meets specific criteria under the tax code, allowing startup founders, employees, investors and business owners to exclude up to $10 million or 10x the cost basis of an asset of capital gains from federal (and most state) taxes.

Stock that may qualify for up to $10M in capital gains exclusions—ideal for startup founders, employees, and early investors.

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Solar Investment Tax Credits

Purchasing solar projects offer significant benefits for high income individuals looking to reduce their taxes. The government provides different incentives including tax credits and depreciation that can help to reduce your taxable ordinary income by up to 90%.

Invest in solar to access federal tax credits and depreciation, potentially offsetting up to 90% of your taxable income.

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Oil & Gas Investments

Oil & Gas Drilling offers an opportunity for individuals to leverage tax incentives to reduce their ordinary income taxes with minimal effort through Oil and Gas investments, which are designed to generate significant tax savings and returns of between 1.5 and 2 times the initial investment, with most income front-loaded and 15% of it tax-free.

Invest in oil & gas drilling to claim deductions and earn mostly front-loaded returns, with 15% of the income tax-free.

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Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust

An IDGT is a type of irrevocable trust that is optimized for estate tax savings popular for individuals who either expect to be significantly over the lifetime exemption amount, or live in a low-tax state and expect to be at least somewhat over the lifetime exemption amount. The key feature of IDGTs is that they are disregarded for income-tax purposes but not for gift and estate tax purposes.

An irrevocable trust used to reduce estate taxes, where the grantor pays income tax but the assets are removed from their estate.

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Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust

ILITs are an efficient way of leveraging the power of life insurance to grow your wealth tax-free and pass it on to your heirs seamlessly. When you hold a life insurance policy inside one of these trusts, you can shelter the proceeds from estate taxes, protect assets from creditors, and provide long-term financial security for your loved ones.

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