>>Moreover, unless you are nearly dead, it doesn’t make sense to optimize for far off estate tax avoidance since
It's the other way around. This strategy allows you to not pay any taxes during your lifetime, so you have more money to play with and enjoy. Your inheritors might not have to pay tax on this money, but that's not your concern because like you said - you're dead at this point.
It's the other way around. This strategy allows you to not pay any taxes during your lifetime, so you have more money to play with and enjoy. Your inheritors might not have to pay tax on this money, but that's not your concern because like you said - you're dead at this point.