In this webcast we will look at two private business owner clients who followed our recommendation to recap their company stock and sell to a GDOT (defective trust).
Then promptly asked, "How do we decide how much stock should we sell/gift to our new trust?"
Cash flow, income tax, long term comfort are all issues that come into play. We will discuss our custom methodology for helping these successful business owners make the right choice.
Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
InKnowVision January 2014 HNW Technical PPT - GDOTs
1. GDOTs
Grantor Deemed Owned Trusts
SCOTT HAMILTON, CEO
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WWW.INKNOWVISION.COM
630-596-5090 X80
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2. Grantor Deemed Owned Trusts
Overview
Benefits
Issues
Technical
How they are used
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3. Typical Scenario
Goal: pass assets to heirs
Client’s Estate
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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4. Typical Scenario
We add an intermediate entity to serve valid business purposes.
Client’s Estate
LLC or FLP
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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5. Valid Business Purposes
Protect your family’s future
Saving gift taxes
Asset protection
Centralized management
Flexible business planning
Make family loans easier
Maintain privacy
Facilitate annual gifting
Restrict non-partners from ownership
Dead Hand Control
Reduce estate taxes
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6. Typical Scenario
We add a GDOT
Client’s Estate
LLC or FLP
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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7. Typical Scenario
The Client funds the entity and receives membership interests in return
Client’s Estate
LLC or FLP
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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8. Typical Scenario
The Client sells membership interests to GDOT
Client’s Estate
LLC or FLP
Units
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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9. Typical Scenario
The Client sells membership interests to GDOT for FMV consideration
Client’s Estate
Cash/Notes/Other Assets of equal value
LLC or FLP
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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10. Variation on a 2011 Theme
The Client gifts membership interests to GDOT and uses exemption
Client’s Estate
Outright Gift
LLC or FLP
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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11. Typical Scenario
The LLC makes distributions to the GDOT
Client’s Estate
LLC or FLP
Income
Distributions
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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12. Typical Scenario
The GDOT makes payments on the notes
Client’s Estate
Promissory Note Payments
LLC or FLP
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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13. Typical Scenario
Net Equity/Appreciation Goes to beneficiaries
Client’s Estate
LLC or FLP
Net Equity/Appreciation
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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14. GDOT-BENEFITS
Grantor pays taxes on income of GDOT
Grantor pays taxes on income of GDOT
Allows income tax free transactions between grantor & GDOT
GDOT is a qualified S corporation shareholder/LLC Member
Overcome Transfer-For-Value Rules - Old ILIT to New
Appreciation out of estate
Insurance Funding Application
Distributions can fund beneficiary’s inheritance
Distributions can fund charitable giving
Asset Protection
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15. BENEFITS
Grantor pays taxes on income of GDOT
LLC or FLP
Taxable Income
Grantor
K-1 to GDOT
Taxable income
attributed to Grantor
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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16. BENEFITS
Grantor pays taxes on income of GDOT
Grantor
LLC or FLP
GDOT
Additional Gift Equal to Taxes Paid
Tax Free Build Up
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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17. BENEFITS
Allows income tax free transactions between grantor & GDOT
Grantor
LLC or FLP
Low or High
Basis Units
No Gain or Loss Recognized
• Sale of Units
• Transfer of Units
• Interest payments on notes
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GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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18. BENEFITS
GDOT is a qualified S corporation shareholder/LLC Member
Grantor
LLC /CORP
S Election
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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19. BENEFITS
Overcome Transfer-For-Value Problem - Old ILIT to New
LLC /CORP
Grantor
Old ILIT
Insured=Grantor
Transfer for value exception
“Transfer to the Insured”
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S Election
Sale of policy
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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20. BENEFITS
Appreciation of assets should be on the other side of the tax wall
Grantor
LLC or FLP
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Appreciation happens on
the other side of the tax wall
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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21. ISSUE
Caution: 2036 can create a hole in the wall!
Grantor
2036
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LLC or FLP
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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22. BENEFITS
Insurance Funding Application
Grantor
Distributions from LLC
can fund premium payments
LLC /CORP
S Election
GDOT
Owns Life Insurance
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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23. BENEFITS
Early Inheritance
Grantor
LLC /CORP
S Election
GDOT
Distributions from LLC
can fund inheritance or
make loans
Owns Life Insurance
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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24. BENEFITS
Charitable Giving
LLC /CORP
Grantor
S Election
Tax
Deduction
Distributions from LLC
can fund charitable giving
GDOT
Owns Life Insurance
Charities of Choice
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25. BENEFITS
Asset Protection
Grantor
Grantor’s creditors should
not be able to pierce
protection wall
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LLC or FLP
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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26. ISSUE
Caution: Promissory Note May Not Be Protected
Grantor
Creditor’s may be able to
get note and payments
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LLC or FLP
GDOT
Children
Grandchildren
Other Loved Ones
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27. GDOT-ISSUES
Phantom income drives grantor to the poor house
Grantor gives away future upside
Grantor loses free use of assets
Irrevocable
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28. GDOT-ISSUES
Phantom income drives grantor to the poor house
Software valued at $1M
Grantors cash on hand = $5M
Grantors other (illiquid) assets = $20M
Plan-transfer software to GDOT
5 years later software valued at $20M and sold
Capital Gains taxes = $4M
All taxed to grantor
Cash on hand to pay taxes = $1M
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29. GDOT-ISSUES
Grantor gives away future upside and use of asset
Software valued at $1M
Plan-transfer software to GDOT
5 years later software valued at $20M and sold
All proceeds owned by GDOT
Use of proceeds controlled by GDOT
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30. GDOT-ISSUES
GDOT is an irrevocable trust
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31. GDOT-NEXT SESSION
Solutions to issues
Drill down on the formation issues
Creating “Grantor” trust status
Choice of trustees
Choice of beneficiaries
Trust Protector
Coverage
Reporting
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32. GDOT-NEXT SESSION
Solutions to issues
Drill down on the formation issues
Creating “Grantor” trust status
Choice of trustees
Choice of beneficiaries
Trust Protector
Coverage
Reporting
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33. Issues
Phantom income drives grantor to the poor house
Revoke Grantor Status
Return asset to grantor
Prepay
note
exchange
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34. Issues
Grantor gives away future upside
Keep part of asset
Sell/gift the other part
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35. Issues
Grantor loses free use of assets
If free control-use entity planning
If needed for lifestyle-poor planning
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36. Issues
Irrevocable
Trustees – of you can’t trust them, who can you trust?
Trust protector
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37. Creating “Grantor” trust status
IRC § 675(4)(C)
Someone holds a non-fiduciary right to reacquire the
trust corpus by substituting other property of
equivalent value
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38. Creating “Grantor” trust status
IRC § 675(2)
Any non-adverse party can enable the grantor to
borrow trust corpus for income without adequate
interest or without adequate security,
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39. Creating “Grantor” trust status
IRC § 674
A non-adverse party has the power to add a
beneficiary, other than after-born or after-adopted
children
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40. Creating “Grantor” trust status
IRC § 677(a)
The income of the trust may be used to pay
premiums on a policy of insurance on the grantor's
life or that of the grantor's spouse.
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41. Choice of Trustees
CPAs
Attorneys
Trust Companies
Friends
Relatives
Beneficiaries
Grantor’s spouse
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42. Choice of Beneficiaries
Spouse
Children
Grandchildren
Dynasty Provisions
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43. Trust Protector
What is a trust protector
Duties-usually none
Powers
Simple
Complex
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44. Coverage
History
Current thinking
Old and cold
10% or more
Guaranties
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45. Reporting
Separate return vs Statement Reporting
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46. Putting The Tools To Work
GST Planning
Family Bank
Divorce Protection
Income Tax Neutral
Special Needs Planning
Incentive Provisions
Funding Other Trusts
Charitable Flexibility
Business Transfer
Asset Protection
Supercharge Life Insurance
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