Triage Assessment
High level risk screening across investor documentation and public filings. A baseline scorecard to determine if your offshore holdings risk triggering immediate U.S. tax exposure.
How It Works
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Step 1
Tell me about your investment. A short intake describing your fund, subscription date, amount, holding period, and any redemptions or distributions.
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Step 2
Share what you have. Upload whatever fund documents you've received: marketing decks, PFIC Annual Information Statements, portfolio schedules, subscription agreements, financial reports, correspondence.
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Step 3
Receive your Triage Assessment. A risk scorecard across multiple points of U.S. tax exposure: PFIC/QEF, Foreign Trust, ERISA, IRA, FATCA, FBAR. U.S. securities law red flags. Each risk area is classified by severity with a brief summary finding.
What We’ll Examine
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1. PFIC Status
Does the fund appear to be a Passive Foreign Investment Company? Do any of the fund’s portfolio assets risk being PFICs?
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2. PFIC AIS
If the fund’s PFIC Annual Information Statement is available, we’ll examine whether it appears to meet the statutory requirements based on available data.
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3. QEF Viability
If the fund is a PFIC, and the AIS is available, we’ll examine whether it appears probable or improbable that a U.S. investor can defensibly make and maintain a QEF election.
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4. Custody Arrangements
If the investor has elected fund manager omnibus account custody, we will review the corresponding paperwork for hallmarks of a foreign trust.
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5. IRA / ERISA Compliance
If the investor funded the investment with tax advantaged U.S. retirement savings, we’ll share what the consequences of a prohibited transaction might be.
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6. U.S. Securities Law Compliance
Most Golden Visa funds are non-compliant with U.S. law. We’ll test your fund for U.S. regulatory compliance and detail your relevant rights and risks.
The price of the Triage Assessment is applied to a Forensic Diagnostic if you proceed within 30 days of delivery.
U.S. investors deserve clarity, competence, care, and compliance.
You didn’t create this problem. Misleading marketing practices, fund structure, gaps in reporting, and the professional infrastructure around it created this problem. But under U.S. tax law, the consequences land on you unless you act. The window to mitigate them is limited.