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TD Wealth®

Private Client Group

Financial Planning Case Studies:�Balancing Personal and Family Needs with Philanthropic Goals

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  • Hypothetical 64-year-old retired Executive
  • Total net worth was $10 million before a gift to a charitable trust for $5 million
  • Currently giving additional $200k per year to his church
  • Has $300k in lifestyle expenses each year

Analysis showed significant shortfall

Hypothetical Executive

Recommendations:

    • Spend less or

    • Go back to work or

    • Pull back the money in the charitable trust

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  • Hypothetical 76-year-old spouse inherited business in poor financial shape.
  • Realized she could not afford bankruptcy.
  • Turned business around but dis-inherited all family members
  • Giving to charity whenever she has a chance
  • Sold the business for 10 million at age 83

Surprised Business Owner

Recommendations:

  • Charitable Remainder trust in the year of sale
  • Spend more

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  • Hypothetical couple
  • Retired with no children
  • Husband mid 70s, Wife mid 60s
  • Both excited about one specific charity, but….
  • Challenge:
    • H wants to contribute significant assets now
    • W is worried about her financial security
    • Both are determined

Retired Executive Couple

Recommendations

  • Standard Estate Planning
  • Negotiated a balance to charitable giving
  • modeled CRT unitrusts and annuity
  • Explained charitable gift annuity (Donee offered a solution)
  • Concluded the Charitable gift annuity best route for their situation
    • Improved cash flow and tax reduction and met W's concern for income
    • Better recognition – met husbands desire for recognition

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  • Hypothetical client is 73 years old with no heirs
  • Currently giving to charity sporadically
  • Sold a piece of property with $1.4 million gain
  • Wanted to reduce the tax liability
  • 90% of assets went to charity on death
  • Had more than enough to meet cash flow needs
  • Did not want to give away assets during lifetime

Real Estate Sale

Recommendations:

  • Discussed CRT
  • CRUT had the better tax deduction
  • Able to diversify low basis stock
  • Client acted as trustee

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Hypothetical retired husband and wife have decided on a CRT to help alleviate some large deferred comp payments.

  • Considering leaving the remainder to a Donor Advised Fund or a Foundation but are unsure which would be the better option.

Generational Philanthropy

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Pros:

  • Flexible Grant Making- no mandatory distributions

  • Privacy – gifts can be anonymous

  • Low entry threshold and fees

  • Not much Admin

Pros and cons of using a DAF

Cons:

  • Donors or their beneficiaries receive no income stream

  • Loss of control – final authority is the DAF sponsor

  • Cannot benefit individuals or non charity entities

  • No QCDs to a DAF

  • Cannot convert a DAF to anything else

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Pros:

  • Legacy – Lasting philanthropic legacy

  • Flexible charitable purposes: Foundations can support a broad range of causes, direct grants, scholarships and special projects.

  • Recognition Opportunities

  • Control over charitable grants

Pros and cons of using a Foundation

Cons:

  • Administrative burden

  • Mandatory distributions – 5% annually

  • Lower tax deduction limits

  • Start-up and ongoing costs

  • Less Privacy

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  • A pooled income fund (PIF) is a “deferred” type of charitable gift that provides income for the life of the donor and provides an immediate tax savings.
    • All capital gains of contributed asset will be avoided
    • Income can be paid to any family member including grandchildren
    • Cannot own S corp stock
  • The PIF trust document can define “income” to include any of the following items:

Interest and dividends

Rents & Royalties

Short Term Capital Gain; and

50% of post gift Realized Long Term Gain

Refresher on Pooled Income Funds (PIF)

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  • A Young PIF is a PIF that is less than 3 years old
    • Rate is calculated either by

The Highest yearly rate of return of the PIF in the last three tax years immediately preceding the year of the transfer, or

If the PIF does not have 3 years of history – the deemed rate is one percent lower than the highest annual average of the monthly IRC § 7520 rates for the three calendar years prior to the transfer. Treasury Regs §1.642(c)-6

"Young"(PIF)

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  • Company worth $35 million
  • G1 is 89, owns 60% of the company and total NW of $20 MM
  • G2 is 65 and only wants to work for a few more years
  • G3 is running the company is 39, G4 is school age and younger
  • G2 is philanthropic, and very focused on the company future and transitioning to G3
  • G3 is work and company-focused not focused on Wealth Planning
  • Company is expected to grow rapidly- estimated worth of $125 million in 4 years
  • Estate exemption at this time was around $5 million
  • All are motivated to retain consolidated control of the company
  • Big Challenges: Convince G1 to do some planning, and include charitable planning and sell all generations on it

Family Business – Three Generations

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  • Concentrated Control

Created voting / non-voting shares to keep consolidated control and update Buy-Sell

All generations have adequate income

  • G1 Plan highlights

Gift $5mm shares to G3 through trust

Intent was to sell remainder to G3 for a note (did not happen)

Bequeath the note to a family foundation

  • G2 Plan Highlights

Intent to gift $5MM in shares to G3 and G4 in trust

Annual exclusion gifting to G4

Life insurance for tax exposure

Manage and contribute to family foundation

  • G3 Plan Highlights

Annual exclusion gifting

Life insurance for tax exposure

Participate and contribute to family foundation

Family Business - Conclusions

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  • Company worth 185 MM – LOI in 2018 for a 2019 sale
  • G1 is 93, G2 is 69 and G3 is 43, G4 is school age and younger
  • Big Challenge #1 G1 did not finish planning still owns company stock

Remaining stock worth over $25 MM

Stock given to trust $35 MM

  • G2 stock worth almost $70 MM
  • G3 stock worth $7 MM and has job with new company
  • 5 other family members own stock

Family Business – 4 years later

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  • Discussed putting company stock into DAF prior to the sale
    • Opted out in case sale did not happen
  • Discussed setting up pooled income fund for G4 funded by G1 – 8 total GC
  • G1 gifting remainder of increased exemption
  • G1 Testamentary gift to Family Foundation
  • G2 Gifting to Young PIF for G4
  • G3 Establishing CLAT

Conclusions and Recommendations

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  • 62-year-old couple currently worth $38 MM

  • Wanted to know how much he could give away and still lead a comfortable lifestyle

  • Interested in giving to charity and the kids (has 3 adult children)
    • Does not want to spoil the kids

  • Interested in setting up dynasty trusts

  • Selling a business for $5 million with a 0 basis

Frugal Business Owner

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  • Had more than enough for his needs
  • Cash flow cushion of $680,000 per year adjusted for inflation
  • Could gift $21 million today
  • Estimated $1.9 million tax bill in 2019

  • Recommendations
    • Modeled CRUT and a Young PIF
    • Discussed family foundations
    • Discussed irrevocable Trusts
    • Mentioned Qualified Personal Residence Trust for both residences
    • Annual gifting to 12 nieces and nephews

Frugal Business Owner - Analysis

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  • Decided against both PIF and CRUT

  • Set up irrevocable trusts for $5 MM now for grandchildren

  • Set up irrevocable trust for $5 MM now for children

  • Set up Spousal trusts

Frugal Business Owner - Conclusions

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