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The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 has made federal estate taxes permanent for individuals with estates valued at over $5 million ($10 million for couples).

Permanent means the law is fixed, unless and until Congress enacts new estate tax law. Congress is unlikely to make any changes soon, given everything else that legislators have on their plates and given that there has been a huge outcry from the estate planning ranks about the temporary nature of the preceding legislation.

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In a detailed report just issued by Security Benefit Life Insurance Co., for example, researchers point out that uncertainty, in the form of fear of loss, is dominating retirees thought processes to the point that focus is shifting from return on investment to return of investment. The solution? A retirement income solution that includes indexed annuities is a option and one that results in improved outcomes for generating and sustaining retirement income, writes Milliman, which conducted the study for the carrier.

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Some advisors may think it a little odd, if not unwise, for annuity advisors to use the estate tax law as a door opener to such discussion.

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Some clients may even broach the topic on their own. For instance, people who have already set up estate plans or who canada goose coats are thinking of doing so might do that. Some people are already asking, in casual conversation, if there is anything in the new estate law that will affect them. And this is only one week after the canada goose coats on sale President signed the law.

If these individuals bring that question to an annuity professional, boom, that the teachable moment life insurance and annuities and estate tax law, and perhaps other product and services too.