If your estate's value exceeds
the annual estate tax exemption of $ 5,450,000, creating a charitable remainder trust will also separate the value of these assets from the value of your estate, reducing your future estate tax liabilities.
Not exact matches
However, gifts in excess of the
annual exclusion also reduce your
estate tax exemption.
There is a lifetime
exemption that is the same as the
estate tax as well as an
annual exemption ($ 15,000 as of 2018).
The federal
estate and gift
tax exemption is doubled to about $ 11.2 million ($ 22.4 million for married couples) in 2018, with
annual inflation adjustments.
There is a lifetime
exemption that is the same as the
estate tax as well as an
annual exemption ($ 15,000 as of 2018).
After all, the insurance death benefit isn't needed now that the
estate tax exemption has jumped from $ 675,000 (when the policy was purchased) to $ 5.25 M (far in excess of Barbara's net worth), and Barbara would rather try to invest the money elsewhere where it has a chance to grow — not to mention stopping
annual sales from her investment portfolio to plow into an insurance policy where costs exceed any growth potential.