As mentioned above under the «common life insurance misconception» header almost all life insurance death benefit proceeds are included in the federal
gross estate of the insured.
Not exact matches
If you are both the owner and
insured of a life insurance policy, the death benefit will be included in your
gross taxable
estate.
However — If the owner
of the policy was also the primary
insured, the amount
of life insurance will be included in the
gross estate for
estate tax purposes.
If you are both the owner and
insured of a life insurance policy, the death benefit will be included in your
gross taxable
estate.
But, because the
insured has an incident
of ownership through the revocable trust, the death benefit is includable in the
insured's
gross estate and could be accessible to the
estate's creditors.
However, when life insurance is owned by an ILIT, the proceeds from the death benefit are not part
of the
insured's
gross estate and thus not subject to state and federal
estate taxation.
If the policy is instead owned by an irrevocable trust as mentioned above, there is no inclusion in the
gross estate, and there is an embedded mechanism via the trust language for continuation
of the policy if the
insured becomes incompetent.
If you are the owner and
insured, then the death benefit
of a life insurance policy will be included in your
gross estate.