Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Estate Planning Mistakes - Number Twenty-Six


It is important to know that face value of your life insurance is counted towards the value of your estate for Federal Estate Tax purposes. Therefore, the value of your estate could be subject to federal estate tax because your insurance policy increases the value of your estate.

An easy way to eliminate this problem is not to own the life insurance policy in your name. Instead, have the policy owned in the name of a trust. Such trust is known as an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust. It can save your estate significantly on taxes.

Contact our office at http://www.ythlaw.com/ for all your Probate and estate planning needs.

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