For most people — especially now that
the individual estate tax threshold is so high — life insurance should be a temporary stopgap, to be used during that period of your life when you have family and financial obligations but haven't yet built up enough savings to self - insure.
Not exact matches
For those who are really motivated, the
estate tax threshold rises to $ 11 million per
individual, $ 22 million per married couple.
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tax years beginning in 2013 and later, a 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) applies to individuals, estates and trusts that have net investment income above applicable threshold amoun
tax years beginning in 2013 and later, a 3.8 percent Net Investment Income
Tax (NIIT) applies to individuals, estates and trusts that have net investment income above applicable threshold amoun
Tax (NIIT) applies to
individuals,
estates and trusts that have net investment income above applicable
threshold amounts.
An additional 3.8 % Medicare
tax is imposed on certain net investment income (including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from the fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of fund shares) of U.S.
individuals,
estates and trusts to the extent that such person's «modified adjusted gross income» (in the case of an
individual) or «adjusted gross income» (in the case of an
estate or trust) exceeds a
threshold amount.
For 2013, the
estate -
tax exemption will be $ 5.25 million for
individuals and $ 10.5 million for married couples, which means an
estate has to be worth more than the
threshold for the
tax to kick in.
While life insurance agents will try to sell you on the benefits of permanent life insurance that accumulates cash value, such policies usually only make sense for
individuals with a net worth of at least $ 5.6 million, the
threshold (as of 2018) where
estate taxes kick in after death.
Finally, wealthy
individuals who have
estates that exceed the federal
estate tax threshold or who live in states that subject their
estates to additional
taxes should consider permanent life insurance.
The proceeds of a large life insurance policy can be used by the heirs to pay a
tax bill for those wealthy
individuals whose
estate surpasses the
estate tax exempt
threshold.