At your death, the policy's proceeds can be paid to your children or other heirs and no federal estate taxes will be owed because the trust is not part of your estate. (Otherwise, 40 percent tax rates would be applicable if the total taxable estate exceeds $5,250,000 in 2013.) So you can, using a creative two-step method, receive income today, make a tax-saving gift to help your favorite charitabl