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bypass trust

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A quick definition of bypass trust:

A bypass trust is a way for rich married people to save money on taxes when they die. When one spouse dies, their property is split into two trusts. The first trust is called the bypass trust and is for the children. The second trust is for the surviving spouse to use. When the surviving spouse dies, both trusts go to the children. This used to be a good way to save money on taxes, but now it only works for some people. It's important to talk to experts before using a bypass trust because it can be expensive and complicated.

A more thorough explanation:

A bypass trust, also known as an AB trust or a credit shelter trust, is a legal tool used by wealthy married individuals to maximize their estate tax exemptions. This strategy involves creating two separate trusts after one spouse passes away.

For example, let's say a husband and wife have a combined estate worth $15 million. The husband passes away, and his portion of the estate, up to the applicable exclusion amount (currently $11.7 million), is put into Trust B (the bypass trust). This trust is irrevocable and will pass to beneficiaries other than the surviving spouse, usually their children. The surviving spouse must follow the trust's plan without overly benefiting from its operation, but this trust often passes income to the surviving spouse to live on for the rest of their life. The surviving spouse's portion of the property and sometimes the leftover assets of the deceased spouse above the exclusion amount will be put into Trust A. The surviving spouse has control over this trust and may use it as they wish. When the surviving spouse passes, both trusts pass to their named beneficiaries.

The purpose of a bypass trust is to save on estate taxes, but only in limited circumstances. Before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, many individuals used this to take full advantage of their estate tax exclusions, which were less than $6 million. After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this tool can only be beneficial in limited circumstances because the exclusion now is over $11 million, which applies to few individuals. However, many states have no gift taxes or have estate taxes that are not portable, which might make bypass trusts still beneficial to wealthy couples.

It is important to note that using a bypass trust requires specific wording in the creation of these trusts and limits on the surviving spouse's use of the bypass trust. Additionally, given the high fees involved in planning, managing, and paying for attorney fees for bypass trusts, often a bypass trust may be more costly than the estate tax itself, and sometimes, the estate would incur less taxes outside of the bypass trust by incurring a stepped-up tax basis for property.

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JumpySubsequentDolphin
10:38
did he mean t14
JumpySubsequentDolphin
10:38
I’ve never heard anyone call it t4 hahah
JumpySubsequentDolphin
10:39
I thought it was always t6 and t3
soap
10:39
If you’re aiming for T14, that’s definitely doable
10:39
nah t4 is a thing, maybe old ive been on lsa and lsd for like 4 years now lol
m10
10:39
Fuck this all reminds me. I got to call and see if I am still being deposed.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
10:40
@Mostlylegal: oh oops hehe
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
10:40
@m10: most of PSYOP are guys who failed SFAS and Ranger so much so they can't go back and think being SOCOM makes them SF. I loved the cultural side of it all, going to embassies and running influence operations. Doing KLEs and training with foreign militaries was amazing. Learned so much about the world by talking to those who live all over it. Then got lucky and worked with a Marine HIT overseas and would tag along when they kidnapped people to do some stuff lol The rest of the time was a lot of reports and KLEs
babycat
10:40
t4 is a concept being perpetuated by Big Chicago
soap
10:41
Chicago rejected me in undergrad, so I have beef
shaquilleoatmeal
10:41
Was there an hls ii wave yesterday?? Didn’t go online at all and feel out of the loop lmfao
m10
10:42
@BulbasaurNoLikeCardio: Did not know that but it makes sense. That sounds like a cool career. I would have liked to have done that too. I really would have just liked to have gone OCONUS once.
m10
10:44
I was talking to this 88H in a bar last weekend and he had some wild story about being interrogated by the FBI and CIA and shit to get a top-secret clearance or something so he could drive a forklift around Europe, Korea, and Africa. It sounded like a bunch of bullshit to me but do you know if something like that could be true?
babycat
10:45
@shaquilleoatmeal: yeah so I’ve heard
i don't know any of this military talk but i was going to be a combat medic or trauma surgeon for so long before i went this track lol, so my only exposure is seriously looking and visiting places like west point for recruitment lol. i speak russian so everyone always told me that raises your chances at those places lol
my brother is a combat medic too
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
10:46
@m10: was a great career, the main job is being a cultural expert building rapport and relationships with foreign nationals, militaries and even people hostile to make the area safer and at times bring in the ODAs or three letter guys to train, arm and fund them to aid in their(our) cause. OCONUS is great but not necessary, I only did two real deployments but a lot of missions to places. That is all 110% BS. I have a TS-SCI, worked with federal agencies they do nothing crazy like that.
shaquilleoatmeal
10:47
Damn - 3rd invite missed smh no love for me from hls
m10
10:49
@jackfrost11770: That's like a huge pitfall. People say it's easy to get into like med school or law school through West Point and it is not at all. Yeah, Russian would make you very valuable to them. You will see West Point people in law school but that's very few compared to how many went through the prelaw program there. Best just to enlist and become a combat medic. I've seen like 4 of em here anyway so you didn't really miss anything by going straight to law school.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
10:49
I "speak" Dutch but never used it after training back in 2012. Russian is great if you can get into INTEL but outside of that they would just assign you a lot of NATO roles if you go EUCOM. If you go Jag it may score you a nice job in Europe but at this point with the lack of benefits the military would give you just go state department as an attorney and you will travel the world.
m10
10:50
@BulbasaurNoLikeCardio: Oh yeah, I get that. My buddy just got back from Jordan and he gained like 25 lbs there just being a fat ass doordashing for 50 cents a delivery.
yeah haha i mean i was like 15 so i didn't know anything, and yeah that makes complete sense. my main thing was that i knew i didn't want to go to medical school and i didn't want to straight out enlist so that kinda closed the door on that
glovediedthisishismom
10:50
please listen
m10
10:51
@BulbasaurNoLikeCardio: indeed, it could but I could also just like visit on my own time. Though I have met like 10 or so JAG officers that got an Italian or French or Spanish wife while over in Europe so that is cool.
but i'd love to talk to you about that sometime if that's alright because i've been seriously considering INTEL and other similar roles but i know quite literally nothing about it and don't know where to start researching
m10
10:52
@glovediedthisishismom: oh my god that guy is a psychopath. Tjhat guy scares me.
m10
10:52
@jackfrost11770: Best bet if going law route is Law School to JAG to either Mead or Gordon imo then.
m10
10:53
NSA shit to start. If you can go straight into a GS job then you should go for it.
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