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The Moneyist: We get hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties: My late father left his investments to me and my...

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By Quentin Fottrell

Dear Quentin,

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My sister is two years older than me.

We both are married and have incomes in the low six figures, and our husbands have similar earnings.

When she was in her 20s, my sister and her husband accumulated a lot of credit-card debt, which my parents paid off (twice). I think it was around $50,000 each time. I have always been fiscally responsible and never needed my parents to bail me out.

My father, may his memory be a blessing, invested in oil and gas partnerships around that time, and created a corporation with me and my sister as shareholders. In consideration of the fact that they had paid off my sisters credit-card debt, my parents set up the company so that I had a slight majority of the shares.

We get hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties. So, the slight difference in our percentages of the company means that I have received more dividends than her. I have not done the math, but I imagine its in the tens of thousands of dollars ($100,000 or more).

“I am the president of the company with the majority of shares. I can make all of the decisions for the entity. I oversee a bookkeeper and keep abreast of necessary correspondence.”

My father passed away several years ago and my mom no longer wanted to be involved in the company. At this point, I am the president of the company with the majority of shares. I can make all of the decisions for the entity.

I oversee a bookkeeper and keep abreast of necessary correspondence with the producers and generally make sure everything is in order. I dont charge the company for my time, though my billing rate as an attorney is over $400 per hour. It takes five to 10 hours each month to deal with all of this.

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