Gift Tax and Life Insurance: Premium Gifts, Crummey Notices, and Reporting
How premium funding gifts are treated and where annual exclusion strategy can fail operationally.
Planning Basics
- Premium payments made for another owner or trust may be treated as gifts.
- Annual exclusion strategy often requires proper notice mechanics in trust planning.
- Documentation discipline matters as much as tax theory.
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