It may also be a way to pull settlement money directly into state coffers and bypass taxing authorities.

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Some way would have to be found to bypass an Argentinian law that mandates open bidding for state contracts.

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That means that if you have a cookie-cutter plan that automatically funds a bypass trust for the full federal exemption at the death of the first spouse, you could incur unnecessary state taxes.

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