The inescapable truth is that federal and state governments are silent partners in everyone's good fortune. Estate, inheritance, gift and generation-skipping taxes are very different from income taxes. Planning for the minimization of these taxes is vital.

Worldwide created a systematic process (SMART™) for addressing the estate tax dilemma. By creating a comprehensive team approach that address' issues concerning ownership, transference, conservation and liquidity, we believe that we will be able to achieve our clients' objectives and needs.

Worldwide Asset Protection team includes business strategists that have developed unique and proprietary solutions which address the needs of affluent individuals and business owners. Our team will create the most efficient ways to transfer the expected remainder of the estate to the intended beneficiaries.

Worldwide's business strategist may discuss vital topics:

• Explaining and implementing programs of gift and generation skipping tax-free giving for children and other descendants through trusts that qualify for annual exclusions or other tax benefits.
• Assuring that wills and trusts take full advantage of federal and state deductions available for gifts and legacies to surviving spouse.
• Implementing liquidity arrangements under which life insurance can increase family resources without increasing tax exposure.