Wealth Structuring and Estate Planning. Your vision and your legacy. Life s better when we re connected
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1 Wealth Structuring and Estate Planning Your vision and your legacy Life s better when we re connected
2 Inside 1 Helping you shape the future 2 The elements of wealth structuring 4 The power and flexibility of trusts 6 The strategy and satisfaction of gifting 8 Life insurance as a wealth transfer tool 10 Fulfilling aspirations and passing on values 12 Comprehensive, integrated personal solutions Merrill Lynch, U.S. Trust and their affiliates do not provide legal, tax or accounting advice. You should consult your legal and/or tax advisors before making any financial decisions. Merrill Lynch Wealth Management makes available products and services offered by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a registered broker-dealer, Member SIPC, and other subsidiaries of Bank of America Corporation ( BofA Corp. ). Investment, insurance and annuity products: Are Not FDIC Insured Are Not Bank Guaranteed May Lose Value Are Not Covered by Any Are Not a Condition to Any Are Not Deposits Federal Government Agency Banking Service or Activity
3 Helping you shape the future The wealth transfer plan you put in place now can create enduring benefits for the people and philanthropic causes that matter most to you. One of the most important facets of planning is wealth structuring, the process of aligning your assets with your most appropriate estate planning goals. Through the wealth structuring process, your Merrill Lynch Advisor, 1 working together with Specialists from our Wealth Structuring Group and your estate planning attorney, can help you: Achieve long-held family goals while maintaining control of assets that have special importance to you and your family Pass on both your wealth and your values Protect and preserve assets while ensuring they are distributed in the way you envision Support the philanthropic causes that may be significant to you Minimize taxes on assets passed to your heirs Building on the knowledge of your values and commitments, your Merrill Lynch Advisor, together with a Wealth Structuring Specialist and your estate planning attorney, can help ensure that your wealth transfer strategy and the estate plan that embodies it will reflect your vision and enhance your legacy. 1 Your Merrill Lynch Advisor may be a financial advisor within Merrill Lynch or a Private Wealth Advisor within the Private Banking and Investment Group. 1
4 The elements of wealth structuring Wealth structuring is at once technical and highly personal. Meeting your specific needs and achieving your objectives may involve a range of financial strategies and structures, combined in a single holistic, integrated strategy. Integrating the personal and financial Managing your portfolio typically focuses on short- and long-term investment objectives. Wealth structuring and estate planning, however, are likely to affect future family members you may never meet and influence events that may be difficult to anticipate. Wealth structuring is about an emotional and financial investment to position the assets in your estate to achieve your aspirations. The components of your estate It is easy to underestimate the importance of planning without a full understanding of what may be included in your estate. In addition to financial assets such as bank accounts and investments, your estate will include: Retirement assets Insurance and annuities Business interests and investment real estate Personal assets, such as your home, boat or art collection With an inventory of your assets, you may discover that wealth structuring and estate planning have a greater role to play than you had realized. Minimizing transfer taxes Estate planning can accomplish many personal and financial goals, but one of the most significant is minimizing the taxes that are imposed as a result of assets being transferred to others. By undertaking the planning process now, you can maximize the amount that is available to heirs and causes that are important to you. The federal tax system imposes three types of taxes that are directly related to wealth transfer planning: Estate tax This tax is paid on the amount of your estate after taking into account any unused estate tax exemption and certain other deductions. Gift tax Gift tax exists so that you cannot avoid all estate tax by simply giving away the majority of your assets during your lifetime. Amounts gifted that exceed the annual and lifetime exemption amounts are subject to gift tax. Generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax This tax applies to assets that pass to grandchildren and others who are more than one generation away from you and they can apply in addition to regular gift and estate tax. 2
5 Estate and gift tax exemptions are unified, which means that each dollar you make in taxable gifts during your lifetime that is sheltered by the unified exemption amount reduces your available estate tax exemption by one dollar. U.S. citizen spouses may receive an unlimited amount of assets from one another, in either lifetime gifts or through their estates, without incurring gift or estate tax. Keeping your plan up to date It is important to review your estate plan regularly to make certain it continues to address your goals, reflects your financial situation and takes advantage of any changes in tax laws. An important part of this review is analyzing asset titling and beneficiary designations along with your formal estate planning documents. If you already have an estate plan, a Wealth Structuring Specialist working with your attorney can review it with an eye to your current goals and any changes in tax rules, so you can be confident your objectives will be met. Shaping your wealth transfer plan to help minimize transfer taxes Your spouse Marital deduction Unlimited taxfree transfers to spouses who are U.S. citizens Beneficiaries Annual exclusion $14,000 per recipient per year Lifetime gift exemption Allows aggregate lifetime gifts up to $5.43 million in 2015 free of federal gift tax Taxable transfers At gift tax rates YOU Education/ Health care Payments made directly to a provider (such as a school or physician) for qualified tuition or health care expenses are not considered taxable gifts Charitable entities Charitable deduction Unlimited taxfree transfers to qualified charities 1 (Income tax deductions may be limited in certain situations) Federal gift, estate and GST tax exemption amounts and highest tax rates Exemption Amount Highest Gift, Calendar Year Gift Tax 2 Estate Tax 2 GST Tax 2 Estate, and GST Tax Rate 2011 $5 million $5 million $5 million 35% 2012 $5.12 million $5.12 million $5.12 million 35% 2013 $5.25 million $5.25 million $5.25 million 40% 2014 $5.34 million $5.34 million $5.34 million 40% 2015 $5.43 million $5.43 million $5.43 million 40% 1 Applies to gifts to private foundations as well as to public charities. 2 The gift, estate and GST exemption is set at $5 million and adjusted annually for inflation. 3
6 The power and flexibility of trusts Trusts remain one of the fundamental and most powerful wealth structuring tools, and can be used to achieve many estate planning objectives, from protecting and managing wealth during your lifetime to ensuring that your assets are distributed and used as you intend. Trusts during your lifetime Trusts are an effective way to transfer ownership of assets to others through gifting in the process, removing assets from your estate to reduce estate taxes. They can also help you avoid probate and maintain privacy. But they can do much more and may hold significant additional benefits during your lifetime. For example, using a living trust, you can help ensure continuity of investment management and attention to the financial needs of you and your family if you become incapacitated removing a significant burden from your spouse and children during a particularly difficult time. Your Merrill Lynch Advisor can help you determine which types of trusts may be appropriate for your goals and call in an experienced Wealth Structuring Specialist to analyze and suggest trust structures to address your most complex needs. If a trust is needed, experienced professionals from U.S. Trust 1 will join the team, working with your attorney and tax advisor to make the transition from concept to implementation seamless. 1 U.S. Trust is a division of Bank of America, N.A. 4
7 Passing on and protecting assets You can arrange for one or more trusts called testamentary trusts to be created effective upon your death. Not only can these trusts transfer assets to your designated beneficiaries, but they can also be structured to protect the assets from creditors and the effects of divorce, and to achieve specific personal objectives. How trusts can help you achieve special goals The variety and flexibility of trust structures mean that you can use them to achieve a wide range of very specific objectives. For example, with a spendthrift trust, you can give a trustee complete discretion over distributions to a beneficiary who may make poor financial decisions, and at the same time protect assets from the beneficiary s creditors. Or a family member may need assistance managing money. You can establish a trust to achieve these goals and, if appropriate, incorporate life insurance into the strategy, to meet a targeted inheritance amount or provide liquidity to offset taxes and other expenses. Case study: The benefits of lifetime funding Now 30 years Spouse A s death Spouse B s death Credit Shelter Trust $2,000,000 Credit Shelter Trust $8,643,885 Credit Shelter Trust $8,643,885 Estate taxes $0 SPOUSE A $4,000,000 5% annual after-tax return Remaining assets $2,000,000 Spouse A s assets $8,643,885 Beneficiaries $28,681,712 SPOUSE B $3,000,000 Spouse B s assets $12,965,827 Spouse B s taxable estate $21,609,712 Estate taxes $1,571,885 3 Estate tax savings from lifetime funding of a credit shelter trust: $2,657,554 A credit shelter or bypass trust removes assets and appreciation on them from an individual s taxable estate, and enables the trustee to distribute principal and income to the spouse if needed. In this example, placing $2 million of Spouse A s assets in a trust now removes not only the original $2 million, but more than $6.6 million in appreciation from the couple s taxable estate. As a result, they realize estate tax savings of more than $2.6 million. 3 Assuming the current $5.43 million estate tax exemption amount is increased 2% annually for inflation. 5
8 The strategy and satisfaction of gifting Gifting is one of the most effective ways to reduce the value of your taxable estate. You remove not only the asset from your estate, but also any appreciation. By making gifts during your lifetime whether to a charity or to an heir or beneficiary you also have the opportunity to observe the impact of your gifts firsthand. Balancing current benefits and long-term needs Gifting usually has an emotional dimension, but to have the greatest benefit, it should be based on a well-considered strategy. Remember that gifting is a balancing act between assets you will need to sustain your own lifestyle and amounts you may gift now to reduce future estate taxes. It is important to discuss your gifting goals with your Merrill Lynch Advisor and a Wealth Structuring Specialist. In helping you create an overall plan that anticipates your needs, they can work with your attorney to protect against major unknowns, such as the cost of long-term care, and work with you to help you determine how much you can comfortably afford to give. 6
9 Gifted property versus inherited property While making lifetime gifts can be a powerful strategy for reducing estate tax, potential capital gains tax should be analyzed. When you gift assets, your tax basis (normally the price you paid) typically is transferred to the recipient whether that s an individual or a trust. If the recipient later sells the gifted property, capital gains taxes will be triggered based on the difference between the sales price and the tax basis. As a result, the gift recipient/seller will recognize a taxable capital gain that includes the property s appreciation arising both before and after you made the gift. Depending on the recipient s income level, the gain may also be subject to the 3.8% surtax on investment income. Inherited property, except for taxdeferred assets such as IRAs, is afforded different treatment. For capital gains purposes, the tax basis of the property generally is stepped up to its fair market value at the time of the owner s death. So if you leave property to a child who later sells it, he or she will be responsible for capital gains tax only on any appreciation generated after your death. Case study: Dynasty trusts passing more to future generations Earnings accumulate in trust Child Grandchild Greatgrandchild Future generations YOU Dynasty Trust Transfer tax benefits of a dynasty trust Assuming an initial transfer of $5,430,000 Value of a dynasty trust End of year 20 $14,407,407 $14,407,407 End of year 40 (transfer to next generation) End of year 70 (transfer to next generation) End of year 100 (transfer to next generation) Gift/GST tax on amounts over $5.43/ $10.86 million Single, up-front payment of tax on amounts in excess of gift and/or GST exemption Dynasty trusts help minimize future gift and estate taxes and usually benefit multiple generations. They typically last as long as state law allows and undistributed assets remain in the trust. Although taxes are payable when amounts in excess of the gift or GST exemption are contributed, distributions of principal and accumulated earnings are tax free. You may find it beneficial to integrate life insurance into a dynasty trust, using all or a portion of the funds gifted to the trust to purchase a life insurance policy. $38,227,139 $165,215,491 $714,051,830 Value of an outright gift $22,936,283 (after transfer tax) $59,477,577 (after transfer tax) $154,235,195 (after transfer tax) * $5.43 million lifetime gift/gst tax exemption for an individual; $10.86 million combined lifetime gift/gst tax exemption for a married couple. Calculations assume a 5% rate of return after taxes and fees and an estate tax rate of 40% upon every subsequent transfer to the next generation. The calculations also assume that no distributions are made over the term of the trust. 7
10 Life insurance as a wealth transfer tool Life insurance, used strategically, is a key tool in wealth structuring. Life insurance benefits are not subject to income tax and, of equal importance, are free of estate taxes if the life insurance is properly incorporated into a trust. Your Merrill Lynch Advisor, working together with a Wealth Structuring Specialist and your attorney, can help you explore how life insurance can help you achieve a broad range of planning objectives. Creating a tax-free estate One of the most common ways of using life insurance in estate planning is through the creation of an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT). Properly structured by your attorney, the ILIT becomes the owner and beneficiary of a life insurance policy on your life. All the assets owned by the trust, including the life insurance death benefit, are excluded from your taxable estate. Combining life insurance and trusts Life insurance can work with trusts in your estate plan to achieve a range of other objectives. For example, you can create a dynasty trust as an ILIT to provide a legacy for children, grandchildren and future generations. You can also use life insurance in conjunction with a credit shelter or spousal access trust to provide for your spouse and create an estate for your children. If you have several children and plan to leave business interests or other highvalue assets to one child, you may want to consider using life insurance to equalize your estate. By making your other children beneficiaries of an ILIT, you can ensure that all your children receive assets of comparable financial value. This approach can also be useful if you have a blended family that includes older and younger children from two different relationships. Assets such as a home and income source can be used to support younger children, while life insurance equalizes the inheritance received by older children. Providing liquidity to offset taxes The ILIT can also perform another important role: providing funds to offset estate taxes. For example, the death benefit can be used by the trustee to purchase assets from your taxable estate or to lend money to the estate in both cases providing liquidity to pay taxes and avoid forced sales of assets. 8
11 Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust When you establish an ILIT to be the owner and beneficiary of a life insurance policy insuring your life, you transfer cash to the ILIT for the trustee to pay life insurance premiums. Depending on your current financial situation, there are several ways to use gifts to pay the premiums. These include annual exclusion gifts or a single, large gift that uses all or a portion of your lifetime gift tax exemption. The benefits of an ILIT can be even greater if a married couple funds the trust with a second-to-die life insurance policy. Generally, the cost will be less than a single-life policy, so for the same premium, you may be able to purchase a larger amount of coverage. In addition to life insurance, an ILIT can own almost any kind of asset: cash, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and real estate. It is important to remember that an ILIT is irrevocable, and you will not be able to change its terms after the ILIT has been established. Also, the assets that you transfer to the ILIT are no longer your assets. The trustee will manage the ILIT assets, and the individuals who have been named as beneficiaries will receive those assets pursuant to the terms of the ILIT. Case study: Leveraging gifts with life insurance Gift of $1 million Estate and income tax-free payment YOU $25,421 annual insurance premium Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Children or grandchildren Death benefit $2,000,000 Life Insurance Policy On both husband and wife Using an ILIT to invest in life insurance can produce significant returns. Assume you are a 65-year-old man and that your spouse is 60, and both of you are in good health and don t smoke. You create an ILIT and fund it with a onetime $1 million gift. If the trustee uses a portion of the income generated by the investment of those funds to purchase a second-to-die life insurance policy, the trustee will be able to purchase a $2,000,000 policy with an annual premium of $25,421. The result: The $2,000,000 death benefit, together with the remaining assets in the trust, passes to your heirs free of estate taxes. 9
12 Fulfilling aspirations and passing on values Many individuals find that one of the most gratifying aspects of success is the ability to provide financial support to help transform charitable goals into meaningful actions. You may want your estate plan to include institutions that have made a difference in your own life, as well as charitable organizations that can positively affect the lives of others. Helping you give back Merrill Lynch has a long commitment to helping individuals and families achieve their personal visions and create a tradition of giving. Your Merrill Lynch Advisor, together with a Wealth Structuring Specialist, will help you evaluate the range of philanthropic vehicles and integrate your philanthropic vision into your overall wealth management plan helping you to make your vision a reality. The power of philanthropy in families Including your children and grandchildren in philanthropic plans is an excellent way to demonstrate your family s values in action. Some families have found that working together to define and pursue shared charitable goals has helped to bridge the generations. And depending on the way you structure your giving, your children can become actively involved in analyzing potential recipients, evaluating impact and even managing assets. 10
13 Financial and tax dimensions of philanthropy Like gifts you make directly to family members or trusts, transferring assets to charitable organizations reduces the size of your estate and your estate tax liability. You may also receive an income tax deduction for charitable contributions made during your lifetime and simultaneously generate an income stream for yourself. Although tax law may limit the federal income tax charitable deduction you receive, these limits are generous, and there are even fewer limitations on charitable deductions for federal estate or gift tax purposes. You can fund your charitable contribution in a number of ways. If you donate appreciated securities rather than cash, you may eliminate payment of capital gains taxes on the sale of the securities a fact that often makes charitable contributions an attractive way to reduce the risk of a concentrated stock position. Moreover, you may be able to make a larger gift than if you had sold the securities and donated the after-tax proceeds. You may want to consider making a charitable gift of life insurance. You can do that in two ways: Donate an existing policy Purchase a new policy that names the charity as beneficiary You can also use life insurance to replace wealth that passes to charity under your estate plan. This approach allows you to fulfill your charitable goals while maintaining the value of the estate you pass to heirs. Philanthropic strategies and solutions What is an appropriate way to make gifts to benefit charitable causes? Your Merrill Lynch Advisor and Trust Specialist can help you evaluate alternatives, taking into consideration your charitable goals, the types of assets you wish to give, the broader goals for your estate, and your desire to receive income or provide for others. Among the options available to you are: Charitable remainder trusts, which enable you to leave assets to charity, but generate income for you or a designated individual. Charitable remainder trusts are particularly useful for individuals who have appreciated assets and want to diversify without triggering immediate capital gains taxes. Charitable lead trusts, which enable you to provide for a charity and pass assets on to heirs at a reduced value for gift and estate tax purposes. Donor-advised funds, which enable you to make a taxdeductible charitable contribution now but decide over time how you would like the funds distributed. Private foundations, which offer you the greatest control over the management and distribution of your assets but also involve greater complexity and cost. To help you implement your philanthropic strategy, an experienced professional from U.S. Trust will join the team, working with you, your Merrill Lynch Advisor and Trust Specialist and your attorney and tax advisor. As one of the nation s largest and oldest providers of personal trust services, U.S. Trust brings deep fiduciary knowledge and philanthropic experience. 11
14 Comprehensive, integrated personal solutions Through the wealth structuring process, your Merrill Lynch Advisor and Wealth Structuring Specialist will work with you, your family and your other advisors to help you analyze each facet of your financial life in the context of your long-term goals and aspirations. Ultimately, the strategies you choose to implement will encompass all the factors that play a part in achieving your vision for your family and your legacy: long-term goals for yourself and your children, unique opportunities for family members, investments, real estate, business interests, and other assets. The result is a holistic approach designed to provide comprehensive, integrated solutions of lasting value to you, your heirs and the charitable causes that are important to you. As your focus turns from concept to implementation, trust professionals from U.S. Trust will join the team, bringing deep fiduciary knowledge and experience. Working closely with your attorney and tax advisor, your team of Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust professionals will help bring your wealth transfer plans to life, creating a lasting and meaningful legacy. 12
15 Learn more today Contact your Advisor to learn more about the role that Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust can play in helping you structure your wealth and analyze your estate planning alternatives. 13
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