Charitable Split-Dollar Insurance Plan

This thing is basically like naming a charity as your life insurance beneficiary. So...why wouldn’t you just do that?

Well, these plans knock out any tax obligations, so when the billionaire croaks, the Children’s Hospital or Humane Society or whatever charity he fancied rakes in all of it. [Insert heart eyes emoji]

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