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Inheriting from AbroadInheriting from Abroad
Over the years, planners have found several techniques useful in helping non-U.S. families pass wealth to the next generation: offshore personal investment companies (PICs), settlor-directed revocable trusts, controlled foundations, irrevocable trusts, independent foundations and specialized life insurance policies. These techniques are simple, and can be rather tax-efficient.1 But non-U.S. families
Edward J. Finley II, vice president, JPMorgan Private Bank, New York
Over the years, planners have found several techniques useful in helping non-U.S. families pass wealth to the next generation: offshore personal investment companies (PICs), settlor-directed revocable trusts, controlled foundations, irrevocable trusts, independent foundations and specialized life insurance policies. These techniques are simple, and can be rather tax-efficient.1
But non-U.S. families with U.S. beneficiaries face special challenges. A host of U.S. tax rules combine to threaten U.S. beneficiaries with losing more than half the value of their inheritance if the family uses any of these standard techniques without modification. Because U.S. beneficiaries are p...
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