Recently the IRS released statistics for federal estate tax returns (form 706s) filed in 2011, which was the first year of portability (the ability of the surviving spouse to add the deceased spouse’s estate tax exemption to the surviving spouse’s … Continue reading
A person who has a revocable living trust may inadvertently lose the original trust document. He or she will typically continue to hold title to assets in the name of the trust. The person can still furnish copies from his … Continue reading
For persons dying in 2014, the estate tax exemption is $5,340,000. If the surviving spouse files a timely estate tax return for the first-spouse-to-die, the first-spouse-to-die’s exemption can be added to the surviving spouse’s exemption. This is called portability. Unless … Continue reading
An irrevocable trust can designate a trust protector and give him or her certain powers, for example, to change the trustee or to move the trust administration to a different jurisdiction. A trustee is a fiduciary because he or she … Continue reading
