10/09/2020
Tax Savings withHigh cash surrender value:
Immediate Financing Arrangements (IFA) let investors capitalize heavily on an insurance contract by paying premiums that exceed the insurance cost. “The IFA is a strategy involving a life insurance policy with high cash surrender value. Holders can offer the policy as collateral for a bank loan.
In a marketing document, the insurer explains that customers purchase a policy in which they deposit sufficient funds to accumulate major cash surrender value. They then use the policy as collateral for a line of credit at a bank. Customers can invest the amounts borrowed in a company or in an income-producing asset.
The immediate financing arrangement offers tax advantages. “Transactions are generally structured such that interest and a portion of the premium are deductible in income calculation. The loan need not be repaid until death. The dividend account will be credited for the death benefit (portion of the death benefit that exceeds the adjusted cost base of the policy), and the company will have access to the insured capital that exceeds the loan balance