Estate Tools and Trusts
Everyone needs to do estate planning. It is more than just planning for death. Estate planning is designing a program for effective wealth building, preservation, and disposition of property at the minimum possible tax cost. This exceptional mini-course surveys wills, living trusts, gifts, marital property, and probate avoidance. Designed to eliminate estate problems and death taxes, the emphasis is on practical solutions that are cost-effective. The text reviews and explains both federal gift and estate tax systems giving practice pointers and planning observations.
Course Information
Course No. M340
Format: Online pdf (62 pages). Printed book available.
Instructional Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study
Prerequisites: General understanding of federal income taxation.
Advance Preparation: None
Level: Overview
CPE Credit: 2 hrs.
Field of Study: Taxes: Technical
Course expiration: You have one year from date of purchase to complete the course.
Course Revision Date: February 2024
Objectives
Course Topics:
* Build, preserve & distribute
* Legal documents
* Estate planning team
* Estate administration
* Estate planning techniques & devices
* Trusts
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the key participants and their roles in a coordinated estate plan and recognize the probate process including trust administration;
2. Determine specialized estate planning tools recognizing the use of trusts and identify how such tools save death taxes and transfer wealth while accentuating asset control;
3. Specify recommended trust provisions and requirements identifying how these terms and rules impact estate and trust taxation.
Easy to understand for someone who doesn't do trusts/estates normally