The LeveragedExecutive LoanTM Program

An answer to the devastating Deferred Compensation Tax changes

 

Our Program provides financial advisors a centralized source for the design of a specialized fringe benefit using an elite portfolio of quality life insurance companies on a turnkey basis. The Program involves a series of structured employer-sponsored loans to a valued executive. The executive then purchases tax-advantaged, equity build-up life insurance in order to pursue the achievement of an assortment of financial objectives:

*Life insurance protection

*Tax deferred growth

*Enhanced retirement income

*Income tax planning

*Investment diversification

*Asset protection 

 

Employer objectives can include:

 

*Enhanced executive retention

*Tax bracket leverage

*Increased employee morale

*Buy-out plan funding

*Payroll expense reduction

*Income tax reduction

Product alternatives can include fixed and variable life insurance. The Program operates within IRC Section 7872 and the safe harbor of IRS Notice 2002-8.

 

Promissory notes are entered into between the employer and the executive. Insurance contracts are then purchased and assigned as collateral security for the notes. Each note is for a fixed period (the executive’s age 65) but can include the acceleration of repayment should the executive die or terminate employment prior to maturity date.

 

The fixed interest rate of each note is selected from applicable federal rates as established monthly by the IRS within the authority of IRC 7872. Depending upon the existing interest rate environment at that time, short-term (less than 3 years) mid-term (more than 3 years but not over 9 years) or long-term (more than 9 years) applicable federal rates can be selected from and, if necessary, re-negotiated in the future.

 

Annual imputed interest amounts are allocated to the executive as “1099 income”. In effect, the executive’s cost of the Program is the tax  due on the 1099 income.

 

Over time, the executive has various tax-advantaged distribution/borrowing options available for the portion of the insurance contract cash values in excess of the amount  required  to  collateralize  the  notes. These options can achieve multiple financial objectives.

 

The LeveragedExecutive LoanTM Program

A Sample Case

Key Features

 

“The conversion of static business assets into active personal Assets”

 

Can provide asset protection.                                          Can minimize federal estate taxation.

Can divert assets and income to others.                      Can provide effective estate planning coordination.

Provides tax deferred growth.                                         Can minimize capital gains taxation. 

Can increase tax advantaged retirement income.     Can provide a diversified investment portfolio.

 

 

 Applicable Federal Term Rates as of April 2005

 Long-Term (more than 9 years): 4.68%  Mid-Term: 4.09% (over 3 years but not more than 9 years) 

Short-Term: 3.35% (less than 3 years)

(1)   Should interest rates begin to rise, Jim and his Company can re-structure the Notes into a “Long-Term Notes” using the applicable federal long-term rate published by the IRS  for the month in which the new “Notes” are entered into.

 

Fixed Rate  Life Insurance       — Equity Build-up Options —       Variable Life Insurance

Asset Protection     Tax Deferment     Investment  Diversification     Income Planning     Wealth Preservation

The Business Entity

The “financial life support systemsm” of a business owner.

Convert

“Static” Business Assets into “Active”  Personal Assets

Client and Family