Can You Make Life Insurance Tax Deductible?

YES!!!

Purchasing life insurance within a qualified plan may offer business owners a practical and tax-efficient way to fund needed personal life insurance protection. Why a qualified plan?

* Tax-deductible premiums
* Pre-retirement death benefit
* Death proceeds in excess of cash value received potentially tax-free
* Increased diversification among plan assets
* Potential for added creditor protection

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Term life and whole life are two popular variations of life insurance policies. While the basic idea of providing much-needed cash in the event of your death is the same, there are some big differences between the costs and benefits of each one. Here’s a rundown https://fws.advisorprofiles.com/article/186629

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Earlier this year, Grace who is a recent widow and longtime client, found herself questioning the need of an old whole life policy. The policy had a cash value of $100,000 and a death benefit of $220,000. With the passing of her husband and her two grown children financially independent, she wondered if she still needed the policy.

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Insurance. One of the more boring products out there but also one of the most essential, especially in a privately-held business — even more importantly, in a business that is growing.

Here are five creative ways life insurance impacts a growing, closely-held enterprise.

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Skydivers, cancer survivors and people convicted of drunken driving have something in common: They all might find an extra charge in their life insurance.

Your age, health and smoking status are the factors that most affect your life insurance rates. But other factors that raise your risk of death can spur insurers to impose a “flat extra” on your life insurance policy. The charge might be temporary, or it might last as long as your policy does.

Here are three common scenarios in which life insurance companies might charge flat extras. 

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New Tax Deductions for Qualified Business Income

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Life Insurance in a
Qualified Retirement Plan

Small businesses sometimes choose to purchase life insurance as a funding option for their qualified retirement plan.  There are a number of advantages in doing so:

     ~  Tax-Deductible Premiums
     ~  Income Tax Advantage at Death
     ~  Reduced Personal Expense
     ~  Pre-Retirement Death Benefit
     ~  Easily Understood Benefit
     ~  Conservative Plan Funding
     ~  Guaranteed Issue and Simplified Issue

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Advantages in a
Qualified Retirement Plan

To purchase life insurance outside the plan, an individual bears the entire cost of the premium.  Purchasing life insurance through a qualified plan can be cost effective for the business as well as an added benefit to eligible employees.

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Your Future Retirement
Your Current Tax Liability

Are you concerned about your retirement?  Do you need tax deductions for your business?

One Solution:  A 412(e)(3) Fully Insured Defined Benefit (DB) Plan

It may surprise you to know that 412(e)(3) fully insured DB plans have been around for over 50 years and there are several factors that have contributed to the current interest in them, such as:

     ~  Market risk associated with the stock market
          compared to a guaranteed annuity contract
     ~  Demographics;  retirement is rapidly approaching
         for the “baby boomers”

Why a 412(e)(3) Fully Insured DB Plan?

     ~  Guaranteed benefits
     ~  Tax deductions
     ~  Larger contributions for older
         participants
     ~  Life insurance with tax-deductible
         premiums available

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The Advantages We Offer Are:

>   One service provider for the plan document, funding, annual valuation and federal filing.
>   Consultation and evaluation by an experienced pension staff.
>   Your local FWS representative services your account.

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Isn’t it About Time?

Most small business owners would like more options in the amount of their contribution to employees.  Flexibility is now available.  Section 401(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code allows profit sharing allocations to be divided differently among employees based upon identifiable classification groups.  Not only is the amount of contribution flexible, but there is flexibility in the way it is divided among the employees. 

This type of profit sharing plan is referred to as a cross-tested profit sharing plan.  There are two formulas:

     ~  Age-weighted plans, in which older employees
         are favored.
     ~  Classification groups, in which employees are
         divided into groups, which each group receiving
          a different share of the contribution.

The cross-tested profit sharing plan allows the owner to decide who will benefit more from the firm’s profit sharing contributions based upon objective criteria.  The options for classification groups and contribution amounts maximize the effectiveness of the firm’s retirement plan using a cross-tested plan design.

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The Advantages We Offer Are:

>   One service provider for the plan document, funding, annual valuation and federal filing.

>   Consultation and evaluation by an experienced pension staff.

>   You local FWS representative services your account.

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Find a Powerful Solution

Many business owners wish they could have the best of both worlds with their retirement plan, combining the large benefit and tax deduction provided by a defined benefit plan with the flexibility of a defined contribution plan.  The solution may be a type of defined benefit plan referred to as a cash balance plan. 

A cash balance plan is a hybrid plan that allows greater contributions than a 401 (k) or profit sharing plan while still maintaining the look of a defined contribution plan.

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An Attractive Benefit

A cash balance plan can be a centerpiece for attracting and retaining employees, while providing a large contribution for the owner and a sizable tax deduction for the business.  Since benefits are expressed as a hypothetical account balance, it’s easier for employees to understand the true value of the benefit being provided.  The cash balance plan provides an attractive benefit to owners in a mobile workforce, encouraging stability in a business’s workforce.

Small Business Solutions

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Five Questions to Consider 
for Your Clients

The Number 1 enemy of your client’s wealth creation besides procrastination is TAXATION!  Don’t let their liefelong success be erased by taxes and unintended inheritors.

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