Wealth Management
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How do wealthy families avoid paying estate taxes on their assets?
Wealthy families use several strategies to minimize estate taxes, including establishing revocable living trusts, making annual gifts up to $19,000 per recipient, and creating irrevocable trusts to remove assets from their taxable estate. Since the federal estate tax only applies to estates exceeding $15,000,000, many families focus on asset protection and efficient transfer methods rather than tax avoidance. The key is starting early and using multiple strategies together to preserve wealth across generations.
