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How is life insurance used in estate planning?

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Life insurance is one of the most tax-efficient estate planning tools available. The death benefit passes income-tax-free to your beneficiaries and, when structured properly in an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT), can also avoid estate taxes, effectively creating a tax-free inheritance.

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