Creditor Protection for the company. Both corporations and LLCs provide creditor protection for the owner. That is, if the company gets sued, the shareholders should be protected from that lawsuit through the limited liability concept for corporations and LLCs. However, if an owner of corporate stock is sued personally (a …
In Clark v. Rameker, a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 12, 2014, the Court ruled that an inherited IRA did not constitute “retirement funds” under the Federal Bankruptcy Code and, therefore, those funds were not exempt assets of the bankrupt estate and were subject to the …
Filing a gift tax return for an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT), even if not technically required because all gifts are below the annual exclusion, is a good idea. Benefits: Filing starts the statute of limitations running on the IRS to audit the gift. Filing allows you to decide affirmatively …
People with potential taxable estates should consider maximum utilization of the Annual Exclusion. The Annual Exclusion is an amount a person (the Donor) can give to another person (the Donee) without any gift tax consequences. The current Annual Exclusion amount is $14,000 per Donee. So you could give 10 people …
An ILIT is just an irrevocable trust that holds life insurance. An ILIT is used to make the death benefit escape estate tax. Life insurance already escapes income tax. Avoiding both tax systems can make life insurance a very attractive investment for the future of your family. With the estate …