How To Effectively Position Life Insurance – March 2020
As a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in 2017, the estate tax exemption more than doubled from $5.49 million per individual in 2017 to $11.58 million in 2020. For many people, the primary reason to establish an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) was to make sure the proceeds of their life insurance policies would not be subjected to estate tax.