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Protecting your estate from creditors, predators, in-laws, and outlaws. That is a key reason for clients with larger estates to consider establishing an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust, or ILIT.

Death and taxes may be certainties of life, but how much tax your family pays upon your death is still within your control to a certain degree. The federal estate tax exemption under current law is ...

This post has been updated as of March 28, 2024, to reflect changes to the Massachusetts estate tax exemption. There is a common misconception that life insurance benefits are not subject to estate ...