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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution. Estate Planning with Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Trust.

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Page 1: For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution. Estate Planning with Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Trust.

For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

Estate Planningwith Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Trust

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

• Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Trust (IDIT) Basics

• Sample IDIT Examples

• Generation Skipping Transfer Tax (GSTT) Planning

• Dynasty Trusts

This document is designed to provide introductory information on the subject matter. MetLife does not provide tax and legal advice. Clients should consult their attorney and /or tax advisor before making financial investment or planning decisions.

Overview

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

• IDIT is an irrevocable trust

• Trust income & deductions flow through to grantor

• Transactions between grantor and IDIT are generally ignored for income tax purposes (e.g. sale of assets by a grantor to his or her IDIT)

Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Trust Basics

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• Assets are generally intended to be sheltered from inclusion in a grantor’s estate

• May be used to purchase & own single life or survivorship coverage

Note: IDITs may be subject to increased scrutiny by IRS. Clients should speak with their own legal and tax advisor regarding further details.

IDIT Basics

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

• There are a number of different ways to make a trust “defective” for income tax purposes

• Sample trust provisions include:

– Ability to use trust income to pay life insurance premiums on the life of the grantor and/or the grantor’s spouse

– Ability to exchange property of equal value

• Death or termination of grantor trust status

IDIT Basics: Grantor Trust Rules

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

• Typically used for lifetime sales of grantor’s property (e.g. discounted property*)

• Installment notes should reflect applicable federal rates (AFR)

• Imperative to observe all formalities of the transaction in an arms-length, businesslike fashion or else the transaction may not be respected by the IRS. (See Pierre v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2010-106 (May 13, 2010))

* Use of discounts, though legitimate where appropriate, is often the subject of IRS scrutiny. It is important to confer with your independent tax and legal advisors regarding the use of this technique.

IDIT Basics: Considerations

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

In event of the grantor’s death while the Note is outstanding

•Estate tax: Remaining value of the note is includable.

•Income tax: Unclear. Some argue that income associated with assets sale should be recognized because the trust is no longer a grantor trust upon death.

Clients should seek guidance from tax and legal advisors.

IDIT Basics: Tax Considerations

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

• Grantor’s payment of the trust income taxes increases the growth of trust assets and reduces grantor’s estate over time.

• Grantor’s payment of the trust income taxes is generally not considered a taxable gift.

• IDIT can potentially remove significant asset appreciation from estate taxation.

IDIT Basics: Benefits

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

• Business owner and spouse gift cash and other assets to their IDIT.

• Business owner later sells discounted S corporation stock or family limited partnership units to IDIT for 10-year note.

• IDIT uses part of annual IDIT cash flow to fund annual interest costs and to purchase survivorship coverage.

• Appreciated IDIT assets and cash flow used to repay note.

This example is hypothetical, actual results will vary. This presentation points to potential advantages available through valuation discounts of limited partnership interest/ S corporation stock. The ability to take valuation discounts, though supported in various court decisions, is complex and will almost certainly be scrutinized by the IRS. Any such discount should be determined by a qualified appraiser. Such issues serve to point out the importance of seeking the guidance of professional tax and legal advisors.

IDIT Example

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

• The GSTT is an additional transfer tax

• GSTT is in addition to gift or estate tax

• GSTT exemption

– $5 million in 2011 and 2012

– Scheduled to return to previous level in 2013

General Skipping Transfer Tax: Basics

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• GSTT gifts to long-term trusts may pass more wealth to future generations than outright gifts subject to ongoing estate tax erosion

• Lifetime gifts sheltered by the GSTT exemption can be leveraged using life insurance (e.g. dynasty trusts)

• Use a dynasty trust as a door opener or discuss with existing IDIT clients during annual review appointments

GSTT Planning: Basics

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• Annual or lump sum gifts to trust sheltered by lifetime gift exemption or by gift tax annual exclusions.

• Gifts fully sheltered by insured’s or couple’s use of their GSTT exemption(s).

• Dynasty trust with a zero inclusion ratio.

• Dynasty trust purchases single life or survivorship policy.

GSTT Planning: Dynasty Trust Example 1

Examples are hypothetical. For illustrative purposes only.

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• Client may use split-dollar to defer gift outlays

• Initial and ongoing gifts fully sheltered by GSTT exemptions

• Single life or survivorship life coverage

GSTT Planning: Dynasty Trust Example 2

This example is hypothetical. Actual results will vary.

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• Most states have Rules Against Perpetuities statutes that limit the duration of a trust.

• Trusts can be perpetual in South Dakota and certain other jurisdictions.

• Rules are generally based on where the trust is administered and not where the client actually lives.

• Importance of working with skilled trust officers and experienced tax and legal advisors.

GSTT Planning: Dynasty Trust Considerations

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• Designing the dynasty trust as an IDIT

• Advanced tax planning technique

• Requires skilled tax and legal advisors

GSTT Planning: IDIT

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• Couple makes initial gift to dynasty trust covered by remaining lifetime gift exemptions and GSTT exemptions.

• Couple sells discounted LLC interests to dynasty trust/IDIT for 10 year note setting forth AFR.

• Dynasty trust purchases 10 pay survivorship policy.

• Note repaid from other trust assets and cash flow.

Examples are hypothetical. For illustrative purposes only. Use of discounts, though legitimate where appropriate, is often the subject of IRS scrutiny. Clients should confer with their independent tax and legal advisors regarding the use of this technique.

GSTT Planning: IDIT Example

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (“Act”) impacts the federal gift, estate and generation skipping transfer tax (together referred to as “transfer tax”) through 2012. Among other changes, in 2011 and 2012, the Act provides maximum exemption amounts of $5,000,000 per person for transfer tax purposes, provides for a maximum transfer tax rate of 35% and provides for portability of the estate tax exemption between spouses. Unless Congress enacts new legislation, on January 1, 2013 the transfer tax laws will revert back to the laws (e.g. exemption amounts of $1,000,000 and generally 55% maximum tax rates) that were in effect in 2001. However, it is not clear whether Congress will allow the Act to expire, extend the Act or amend the transfer tax laws for years beyond 2012 to reflect lower tax rates and/or increased transfer tax exemption amounts than as currently legislated. Increased transfer tax exemption amounts and lower transfer tax rates may impact the suitability of any transfer tax planning strategy. Clients need to understand that tax law is always subject to interpretation and legislative change. Metlife and its affiliates do not provide tax advice and therefore clients must speak with their qualified legal and tax counsel to discuss their current estate plan and to discuss what planning options are available and appropriate.

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For Producer or Broker/Dealer Use Only. Not for Public Distribution.

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