In this case, however, it is important to keep in mind that you should keep
the ownership of the life insurance policy out of your personal name.
By moving
ownership of the life insurance policy out of the insured's ownership and into the ownership of a trust, for instance, the value of the policy's proceeds will not be included in the insured's total estate — and he or she will therefore not owe taxes on this amount.
Not exact matches
An easy way to dodge the estate tax with regards to your
policy is to transfer
ownership of the
policy to a family member you trust to dole
out the
life insurance proceeds.
It is common amongst business partners to take
out «key man»
life insurance policies on each other to both ease the burden
of loss on the company, and to help cover the taxes on transfer
of ownership to the remaining partner or partners.