I just landed one too.  He won 10M.  Unfortunately there's only 500k left to invest and he'll likely run out in retirement...  There's a horror story of want not to do.

Be prepared for a client that constantly withdraws money, acts foolishly. I worked at a very large bank before, and virtually every colleague had one of these. Me, I had a guy that won a couple hundred thousand...

I'd say this for sure, make sure you set the account up so that you get paid not totally front loaded. Otherwise, you'll have one really great month, then 36-48 months of misery servicing the account.

The big gift, knee jerk reaction, ....person is already doing their best to f things up.

If you REALLY, care, you might contact the lottery commission in the state, and get some educational material for the client, to help protect their winnings. My State has stuff like that...

Remember too, a person like this probably has a higher potential of becoming a compliance problem to you in the future, might try to blame you for fees, losses, lack of advice. So, document, be careful, yada yada....

Is there any way to gift money to a son or family member without incurring the gift tax. We've sat down with a tax attorney and explained the 13k limit and the ability to backdate it 5 years, but I suspect she wants to do more.  The son has been joining her at meetings, saying the right things but probably is a knucklehead.

If she put the son on an account as a joint or co-owner -- let's say an annuity -- would that scratch this itech without causing problems with the IRS?

She could just pay some of his bills for him, etc. 

Get ready for that new Escalade she or her son will soon need!!!

How bout college for grandkids. Or a set of DUB spinners.

the double entendre of the month. unbelievable. http://bit.ly/dViFkY

I just landed one too.  He won 10M.  Unfortunately there's only 500k left to invest and he'll likely run out in retirement...  There's a horror story of want not to do.