business succession planning with key person coverage and buy-sell agreements
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Business Succession Planning With Key Person Coverage And Buy-Sell Agreements
OLA 1069E 0709
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Planning Your Company’s Future
What would happen to your business if something should suddenly happen to an owner or a key employee right now?
Who would run the business?
Would revenues decrease?
Would clients take their business elsewhere?
Do you think your business could survive?
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Planning Your Company’s Future (Cont.)
Without adequate planning, your business may be negatively impacted or forced to close in a relatively short period of time
Why? Not because you did something wrong, but because you did nothing
“Most people don’t plan to fail; they fail to plan.”
~ John L. Beckley
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The Need For A Business Succession Plan
Crucial step to help ensure successful transfer of your company or business interests
Assures funds will be available to provide maximum financial flexibility in event of retirement, death, disability, or other separation from business
Reduces chances of conflict among remaining principals, employees, and heirs, lessening chance of costly and time-consuming litigation
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Business Succession Planning Tools
Key Person Coverage
Buy-SellArrangements
BusinessValuation
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Key Person Coverage
1. How long would it take to replace your key person(s)?
2. How much business does your company stand to lose during transition?
- Insurance policy on key person’s life, where business is owner and beneficiary, may help cover cost of transition.
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Benefits Of Key Person Coverage
Key Person Coverage provides protection from economic loss caused by a key employee's death:
Funds are now available to recruit, hire and train the new replacement.
Access to the life insurance cash value for a variety of business needs, such as collateral for a loan or funding of salary continuation plans.
The life insurance death benefits are generally federal income tax–free.
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What Is A Buy-Sell Agreement?
Legally binding contract that can be used with all types of businesses
Agreement must be drafted by attorney
Stipulates that, at death, retirement, disability, or other withdrawal of principal, his/her share of business must be sold to remaining principals, key employees, and/or business itself
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What Is A Buy-Sell Agreement? (Cont.)
Remaining principals, key employees, and/or business itself must purchase portion of business owned by deceased, retired, disabled, or withdrawing principal
Life insurance may be purchased to help fund agreement at death or retirement
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Benefits Of Buy-Sell Planning Agreements
Can help mitigate conflict and speed up transition
Helps to make certain business continues, without loss/reduction of revenue, assets or client base
Pre-approves who will run the business
Prevents inadvertent termination of business status
Helps to secure value of business interest or stream of income to the surviving principals and heirs.
Pre-funds sale of decedent's business interest from estate, often with life insurance
Provides liquidity for taxes to the estate
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There are three primary ways to fund a buy-sell agreement:
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Funding A Buy-Sell Agreement
Pay Cash
Requires large sums of liquid assets that may not be
readily available, particularly at the time of an unforeseen
event. May have to liquidate valuable personal or business
assets below market value in order to raise cash quickly.
Borrowthe Money
The loss of an owner or key person may impair the credit
rating of the business and its ability to borrow. Principal
plus interest must be paid. This could be a tremendous
strain on the business budget.
Purchase a Life Insurance Policy
Money is available from the policy cash values or death
benefit for the purchase of the business interest.1
Policy cash values grow tax deferred and death proceeds
are federal income tax-free.2
1 Loans and withdrawals will affect the cash value of the policy and could affect the death benefit. Amounts received on withdrawals and surrenders may be subject to federal income taxes and/or company-imposed surrender penalties.2 For a C corporation, the annual increase in cash value and the life insurance death benefits may be subject to the corporate alternative minimum tax.
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Buy-Sell Agreement specifies:
Owner will not dispose of his/her ownership interest during owner’s lifetime without first offering it for sale to other owners
Who will be selling and who will be buying
It is mandatory for seller to sell and for buyer to buy
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Key Provisions Of A Buy-Sell Agreement
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Buy-Sell Agreement specifies:
Purchase price based upon pre-established formula or valuation to be used at time of death in order to determine definitive price for ownership interests
Which state laws apply
Changes/termination of agreement
Process to update coverage should be established and valid reasons to terminate agreement should be stated
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Key Provisions Of ABuy-Sell Agreement (Cont.)
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The remaining principals will purchase the business interest of the deceased or departed owner
Each principal purchases life insurance policy on each of the other business principals
For two owners: A purchases a policy insuring B's life, and B purchases a policy insuring A's life.
Determination of number of policies:
n = number of owners
Policies needed = n(n-1)
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Types Of Buy-Sell Agreements: Cross Purchase
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Cross Purchase
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Business (instead of individual) agrees to purchase stock from deceased or departing principal(s)
Business owns and is the beneficiary of life insurance policies on principals
One policy purchased for each principal
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Types Of Buy-Sell Agreements: Stock Redemption
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Stock Redemption
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Possible solution to changing tax laws, business needs, as well as personal issues
Actual purchaser of deceased principal’s ownership interest and respective amounts not determined until death of business principal
Initially set up as a cross purchase with principals purchasing policies on each of the other co-owners
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Types Of Buy-Sell Agreements: Wait-And-See
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Wait-And-See
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Wait-And-See: Protecting The Business
At death, policy benefits are paid to remaining principals. They either loan money to business or use to make the purchase themselves.
Business has first option to purchase interest
If business does not exercise option, owners have option to purchase interest
If owners do not exercise option to purchase interest, business must purchase interest
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Often, owner has no idea what business is actually worth
Most business owners over or undervalue their businesses by at least 50%
Without proper valuation, owner’s financial plan may not meet owner’s needs at time of major event, such as sale of business, divorce, or death of owner
Regular appraisals can determine current market value of business
Valuation is crucial factor in determining individual’s net worth and life insurance needs
Reduces chance that IRS will challenge the stated value of the business
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The Need For A Business Valuation
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Help protect yourself and your business from economic loss and increase likelihood of success
Reduce risk of loss at death of key person or at time of business transfer
Plan to retain control of business and assure funds will be available to provide financial flexibility
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Business Succession Planning Minimizes Risk
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (collectively “Transamerica”), and their representatives do not give tax or legal advice. This material is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as tax or legal advice. You should rely solely upon your own independent advisors regarding your particular situation and the concepts presented here.
Discussions of the various planning strategies and issues are based on our understanding of the applicable federal tax laws in effect at the time of presentation. However, tax laws are subject to interpretation and change, and there is no guarantee that the relevant tax authorities will accept Transamerica’s interpretations. Additionally, this material does not consider the impact of applicable state laws upon clients and prospects.
Although care is taken in preparing this material and presenting it accurately, Transamerica disclaims any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of any material contained herein and any liability with respect to it. This information is current as of July 2009.
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company is authorized to conduct business in the state of New York. Transamerica Life Insurance Company is authorized to conduct business in all other states.
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OLA 1069E 0709
Business Succession Planning With Key Person Coverage And Buy-Sell Agreements