May 12, 2021
Tax Efficient Income Strategy
+ Executive has substantial retained cash inside of his C-Corp and wants to access cash without being double taxed.
+ Split dollar recommendation allows the following:
» Business uses retained cash to fund insurance for benefit of Executive and gets repaid at death or policy surrender.
» Executive receives lifetime access to cash income tax-free and estate-tax free death benefit for a relatively small annual economic benefit tax cost.
The Result
We looked at two different ways to fund the policy. Here are the results:
15 Year Funding:
+ $50,000/year for 15 years ($750,000 total)
+ Tax-free income totaling $1,760,000 from ages 65-85
+ Death benefit of $1,313,000 at age 100 payable to family
+ Gross interest rate needed on hypothetical taxable investment to match results - 43.02%
4 Year Funding:
+ $250,000/year for 4 years ($1,000,000 total)
+ Tax-free income totaling $3,190,000 from ages 65-85
+ Death benefit of $1,843,000 at age 100 payable to family
+ Gross interest rate needed on hypothetical taxable investment to match results - 34.82%
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