BUSINESS LIQUIDATION INSURANCE CONSIDERATIONS AT DEATH
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When business liquidation is the only course of action at an owner's death, life insurance can provide the funds that make the difference between a planned liquidation and a financially-disastrous forced liquidation.
Consider the uses to which life insurance can be put in the planned liquidation of a business:
Estate Settlement |
Life
insurance proceeds can be used to pay estate taxes and other estate
settlement costs, allowing the liquidation to proceed on an orderly
basis. |
Family Income |
Using
life insurance proceeds to provide the surviving family with a
continuing income can avoid a forced liquidation of business assets for
this purpose. |
Working Capital |
If the executor needs additional cash to temporarily operate the business, life insurance can serve as the source of that cash. |
Offset Shrinkage |
Even
a planned liquidation will usually result in some shrinkage in value,
as compared to what the business was worth as a going concern. Life
insurance can be used to replace the value lost in the liquidation. |
For
"pennies on the dollar," life insurance provides the cash needed to
avoid a forced liquidation will be available exactly when needed -- at
the business owner's death.
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MESSAGES from the Masters...
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ATTITUDE MAKES A DIFFERENCE
by Tom Hopkins
Studies
have proven that attitude is one of the traits that separate average
sales people from their highly-successful colleagues. I have to believe
that it's true in life in general, not just sales. Think about the
happiest, most successful people you know. How do you usually find
them? Are they depressed, negative, or even apathetic? I doubt it.
They're probably upbeat, smiling, and positive about life.
Why
not take the same positive interested attitude you have toward your
hobbies and transfer your passion to your ability to sell yourself,
your ideas, or the end results of your hobby?
Instead
of turning your selling job into a hobby, why not take the hobby you
love so much and figure out how to market it or yourself? I'm not
saying this change will make you a millionaire, but money isn't the
only measure of success. If you could support yourself comfortably on
the earnings from your hobby, I would deem you as having a successful
life.
Think
about it! You already have the built-in enthusiasm, excitement, and
knowledge of your hobby. Now all you need to do is show others why they
need to feel the same way. If you do a little research, you'll find
that many successful business people started out by selling their
hobbies. Determine what you love to do, and then figure out a way to
get paid for it. What could be better?
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Brought to you by:
Jeffrey N. Schweitzer, EPA, CEP, ATP
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Northeast Financial Strategies Inc
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QUOTES from the Masters...
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On Preparation
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"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."
-- Benjamin Disraeli
"The foundation of confidence in virtually every field is preparation."
-- Brian Tracy
"You
cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which
you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have. And
you cannot give that which you do not possess. To give it and to share
it, and for it to be effective, you first need to have it. Good
communication starts with good preparation."
-- Jim Rohn
"One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared."
-- Merlin Olsen
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On Contentment
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"You can't have everything...where would you put it."
-- Stephen Wright
"That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest."
-- Henry David Thoreau
"I
am a big believer in the 'mirror test.' All that matters is if you can
look in the mirror and honestly tell the person you see there, that
you've done your best."
-- John McKay
"When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace."
-- J. Lubbock
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