Discoverbeyond MD with Dr. Yatin ChadhaEp #91 - Dissecting Immediate Financing Arrangements (IFAs) with Promod & Jeevan Sharma
Ep #91 - Dissecting Immediate Financing Arrangements (IFAs) with Promod & Jeevan Sharma

Ep #91 - Dissecting Immediate Financing Arrangements (IFAs) with Promod & Jeevan Sharma

Update: 2025-05-15
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Today I welcome Promod Sharma & Jeevan Sharma to the show to discuss the immediate financing arrangement (IFA).

Promod (actuary) & Jeevan (CFP) specialize in helping high-net-worth individuals & tackling their unique situations beyond basic insurance coverage. 


Discussion Points:

What is an IFA? (2:17 )

Whole life (WL) vs Universal life (UL) - which is more suitable for an IFA? (3:41 )

What is the cash surrender value (CSW)? (7:35 )

How can policies be structured to allow for IFAs...Important (9:30 )

Who could benefit from an IFA? (16:55 )

IFA mechanism: 

- policy as collateral (23:23 )

- how large can the loan be? (24:42 )

- lenders (26:32 )

- personal vs corporate loans (27:57 )

- loan rates (30:58 )

- guarantee fees (31:35 )

Does IFA impact policy growth? (33:34 )

Using policy as collateral vs directly borrowing from the policy (34:20 )

How are IFAs tax efficient? (36:34 )

Loophole? (42:34 )

Fees (44:55 )

Ways to pay off the loan (45:44 )

Permanent life & IFA checklist - Important (46:25 )

When not to pursue an IFA (50:56 )

IFA risks (53:09 )

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This episode features Arya EHR - https://www.aryaehr.com/

**I endorse only products/services I personally use or would use. Any income generated offsets the costs of running this podcast


Promod Sharma & Jeevan Sharma:

https://taxevity.com/

ps@taxevity.com

js@taxevity.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/promod/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeevanksharma/


Yatin Chadha:

Email: beyondmdpodcast@gmail.com 

LinkedIn: Yatin Chadha

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Ep #91 - Dissecting Immediate Financing Arrangements (IFAs) with Promod & Jeevan Sharma

Ep #91 - Dissecting Immediate Financing Arrangements (IFAs) with Promod & Jeevan Sharma