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Complete Guide to Estate and Gift Taxation-Blowout (Course Id 1079)

QAS / Registry / EA
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Author : Danny C Santucci, JD
Course Length : Pages: 0 ||| Review Questions: 0 ||| Final Exam Questions: 190
CPE Credits : 38.0
IRS Credits : 38
Price : $173.95
Passing Score : 70%
Course Type: NASBA QAS - Text - NASBA Registry - IRS Enrolled Agents
Technical Designation: Technical
Primary Subject-Field Of Study:

Taxes - Taxes for Course Id 1079

Description :

This presentation integrates federal taxation with overall financial planning. The course will explore tax strategies relating to the central financial tactics of wealth building, capital preservation, and estate distribution. The result is a unified explanation of tax-economics that will permit the tax professional to locate, analyze, and solve financial concerns. Designed to improve the quality of services to clients and the profitability of engagements, this program projects the accountant into the world of financial planning. This course will give the participant practice in analyzing problems, developing solutions, and presenting final personal financial plans to clients.
The course surveys wills, living trusts, gifts, marital property, and probate avoidance. Will and trust forms are explored along with living wills, durable powers of attorney, and nominations of conservator. Designed to eliminate estate problems and death taxes, the emphasis is on practical solutions that are cost effective.

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Release : 2016
Version : 1.0
Prerequisites : General understanding of estate and gift taxation.
Experience Level : Overview
Additional Contents : Complete, no additional material needed
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Advance Preparation : None
Delivery Method : Self-Study
Intended Participants : Anyone needing Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
Revision Date : 11-Apr-2016
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NASBA QAS - Text - NASBA Registry - IRS Enrolled Agents - 1079

Keywords : Taxes, Complete, Guide, Estate, Gift, TaxationBlowout, cpe, cpa, online course
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Course Contents :

Chapter 1 - Financial Tax Planning

Comparing Goals & Purposes

Investment Purposes

Purpose #1 - Comfortable Retirement

Myths of Retirement

Plan For 10 to 15 Retirement Years

Stay With One Company to Retire With the Best Benefits

Preserve Capital

Retirees Are Taxed Less

Housing Costs Are Less

Just the Spouse and Me

Company Insurance & Medicare Will Cover Medical Bills

Retirees End Up In a Nursing Home

Purpose #2 - Education

Purpose #3 - Family & Personal Stability

Purpose #4 - Enjoyment of Life

Purpose #5 - Commitment

Investment Goals

Find Your Place in Time

“Know Thy Investment Self”

Investment Vehicles & Entities

Individual

Corporate

Trusts

Co-Tenancy

Partnership

Retirement Plan

Custodianship

Estate

Retirement Now - The Ultimate Objective

Defining Retirement

When Do I Want To Retire?

What Kind Of Lifestyle Do I Want?

Do I Want To Move?

Determining Retirement Costs & Income Needs

Developing a Plan

Savings - The 10% Rule

Selected Strategies for Savings

Basic Planning Elements

Chapter 2 - Building an Estate

Assets, Income & Cash

Income

Type #1 - Taxable

Information Reporting on Taxable Income

Payments

Salary & Wages

Interest Income

Dividends

Tax-refunds

Gambling Winnings

Other Income Known to the IRS

Real Estate Transactions

Type #2 - Tax-free

Type #3 - Tax-Deferred

Type #4 - Tax-sheltered

Gifts

Borrowed Money

Gain on Home Sales

IRA Rollovers

Inheritances

Life Insurance Proceeds

Property Settlements

Child Support Payments

Money Recovered For Personal Injuries

Workers Compensation Payments

Disability Payments

Tax Refunds

Municipal Bond Interest

Vacation Home Rental

Children’s Wages

Children’s Investment Income

Scholarships

Budgeting

Rule #1: Expenses - 60%

Rule #2: Taxes - 20%

Rule #3: Savings - 10%

Rule #4: Education - 10%

Rule #5: Keep Your Benefits

Cash

Lifestyle

Emergency Funds

Savings as Deferred Investing

How To Save

Programmed Savings

Tax Savings

Joint vs. Separate Returns

Purchase of Assets

Acquisition

Stay Liquid - Be Able To Get Your Money Back

Grow - Make Money on Your Money

Shelter - Get Tax Benefits

Build - Don’t Spend Your Benefits

Avoid Linking - Each Investment Must Stand On Its Own

Analyze - Investigate the Investment

Assets

Management

Rule #1 - Develop Cash Flow

Rule #2 - Learn To Negotiate

Rule #3 - Manage Risk

Investment Loss

Liability

Poor Health

Premature Death

Rule #4 - Diversify

Rule #5 - Monitor Assets

Rule #6 - Use Systems

Taxes & Investment Economics

Deductions Now, Taxes Later or Maybe Never

Accelerate Deductions

Taxes

Charitable Contributions

Medical Expenses

Miscellaneous Expenses

Business Expenses

Leverage

Chapter 3 - Preservation of Wealth

Four Obstacles to Preservation

Spending Habits

Track Your Spending

Income

Expenditures

Living Expenses

Fixed

Variable

Credit Card Payments

The Bottom Line

Converting a Minus into a Plus

Build in Savings

Adjustments

Designing a Budget

What Are You Worth?

Inventory Assets

Cash

Personal Property

Investments

List Liabilities

Analyze Net Worth

Wasting Assets

Liquidity

Diversification

Cash Reserve

Ignorance

Taking Control

Planning Responsibility

Delegation

Asset Allocation - Risk & Return

Inflation

Taxes

Tax Planning Tactics

Chapter 4 - Deferral

Former §1034 - Repealed

Section 1031 “Like Kind” Exchanges

Exchange Advantage

Importance of Deferral

Three Elements

Exchange Requirement

Two-Party Exchanges

Multi-Party Exchanges

Alderson

Baird

Delayed Exchanges

Qualified Property Requirement

Like-Kind Requirement

Rules of Boot

Related Party Exchanges

Definition of Related Party

Exceptions to the Two-Year Rule

Contractual Protection

Transactions Between A Partner & Partnership

Foreign Real Property Exchanges

Personal & Multiple Property Regulations

Effective Date

General Rule for Netting Liabilities

Abandonment of Anticipatory (Re)Financing Proposal

Like-Kind Requirement for Personal Property

Like-Kind

Like Class

Five vs. Four Digits

Miscellaneous Category

SIC Replaced by NAICS System

Property Held for Investment

Class Priority

Other Personal Property

Goodwill Prohibition

Multiple Asset Exchanges

Definition

Exchange Groups

Aggregation & Allocation

Residual Group

Liabilities

Delayed (Deferred) Exchange Regulations

Effective Date

Deferred (Delayed) Exchange Definition

“Reverse-Starker” Transactions

Identification Requirements

Identification & Exchange Periods

Application of §7503

Method of Identification

Property Description

Incidental Property - 15% Rule

Revocation

Substantial Receipt

Multiple Replacement Properties

Actual & Constructive Receipt Rule

Four Safe Harbors

Safe Harbor #1 - Security

Safe Harbor #2 - Escrow Accounts & Trusts

Disqualified Person

Who Is An Agent?

Safe Harbor #3 - Qualified Intermediary

Who Is A Qualified Intermediary?

Direct Deeding

Assignment

Simultaneous Exchanges

Safe Harbor #4 - Interest

Interest Reporting - §468B(g)

Restrictions On Rights to Money & Other Property - “g(6)” Limitations

Outside Transfers of Money or Other Property

Exchanges of Partnership Interests

Effective Date of Partnership Provisions

Retirement Plans

Designing Your Retirement

Sources of Retirement Income

Qualified Corporate Programs

Defined Contribution Plans

Profit Sharing Plan

Money Purchase Pension Plan

Stock Bonus Plan

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

401(k) Plan

Defined Benefit

Defined Benefit Pension

Annuity Plan

SIMPLE Plans

Self-Employed Plans

Individual Retirement Accounts

Penalty-Free Withdrawals

Roth IRA - §408A

Tax-Deferred Annuities

Mechanics

Types of Deferred Annuity

Fixed Annuity

Variable Annuity

Minimum Investment & Charges

Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) Plan

Investment Assets

Matching Income to Expenditures

Participant Loan Regulations

Additional Loan Requirements

DOL Regulations

Installment Sales

Requirements

Late Election Out of Installment Method

Formula

Mortgage in Excess of Basis

Recapture

Dealers

At Risk Rule

Application

Nonrecourse Financing

Qualified Nonrecourse Financing

Qualified Persons

Deferred Compensation

Options

Chapter 5 - Reduction

Tax Credits

Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) – §51

Computation

Welfare-to-Work & Work Opportunity Credits Merged

Certification Trap

Research Tax Credit - §41

       Alternative Simplified Credit

     Relation to §174

Rehabilitation Tax Credit - §47

Credit Rates

Residential vs. Nonresidential

External Wall Requirement

Basis Reduction

Low Income Housing Credit - §42

Amount of Expenditure

Set Aside Requirement

Qualifying Units

Gross Rent Limitation - 30%

Section 8 Assistance Exclusion

Recapture of Credit

30-Year Rule

State Credit Ceiling

AGI Limitation

Child & Dependent Care Credit - §21

Eligibility

Employment Related Expenses

Qualifying Out-of-the-home Expenses

Payments to Relatives

Allowable Amount

Identification of Provider

Estimated Taxes

General Rule

Annualized Method

Cash-Saving Strategies

Underpayment Cautions

Tax Refund Trap

Basic Deductions

Interest

Personal Interest – Repealed (Gone Long Ago)

Investment Interest

Prepaid Interest

Points

Huntsman Case

Prepayment Penalty

Interest on Real Estate

Rental Property

Home Owners

Automobile Deductions

Employee Automobile Deductions

Business/Personal Proration

Actual Cost Method

Standard Mileage Rate

Limitations on Standard Mileage Method

Must Be an Individual

Switching Methods

Claiming Deductions

Records

Mileage Records

Depreciation Traps

Percentage Test

Depreciation “Recapture”

Depreciation Limits for Autos

Leasing Restrictions

Mileage Allowance for Leased Autos

First-year Expensing - §179

Commuting - Local Business Transportation

Revenue Ruling 90-23 - Superseded

Temporary Work Site Definition

Reserve Units

Reimbursements

Revenue Ruling 99-7

Business Entertainment

Directly Related Test

Associated Test

Statutory Exceptions

Food and Beverages for Employees

Expenses Treated as Compensation

Reimbursed Expenses

Recreational Expenses for Employees

Employee, Stockholder and Business Meetings

Trade Association Meetings

Items Available to Public

Entertainment Sold to Customers

Expenses Includible in Income of Non-employees

Depreciation & Cost Recovery - §167 & §168

Personal Property

ACRS - §168

Applicable Percentage

Straight-line Election

MACRS

Recovery Classes

MACRS Elections

Straight-line

150% Declining Balance

Bonus (or Additional First-year) Depreciation - §168(k)

Initial 50% Additional First-year Depreciation

Temporary 100% Additional First-year Depreciation

Back to 50% Additional First-year Depreciation

PATH Act Extensions & Modifications

Qualified Property - §168(k)(2)

Nonqualified Property - §168(k)(2)

Coordination with §179

MACRS Conventions

Election to Expense Assets - §179

Income Limitation

Carryover

Deduction Reduction

Employee Restriction

Recapture - §1245

Net Operating Losses - §172

Creation of a NOL

Individual NOLs

Carrybacks & Carryovers

Temporary 5 Year Carryback - Expired

Further Limitations

Corporate NOLs

Tax Breaks for Nonitemizers

Adjustments

Credits

Amended Returns

Audit Avoidance

Safest Amendments

Not-So-Safe Amendments

Chapter 6 - Income Splitting

Using Progressive Tax Rates

Splitting Income among Group Members

Wealth Allocation

Major Formats

Unincorporated Business

Deductible Business Expenses

Home-Office Deduction

Requirements - §280A

Non-Exclusive Use Exceptions

Income Limitation

Home Office Deduction Expansion

Analysis

Square Footage Safe Harbor - R.P. 2013-13

Retirement Plans

Hiring Your Children

Hiring Your Spouse

Travel Expenses

Casualty Losses

Bad Debts

Self-Employment Tax

Incorporation

“C” or Regular Corporation

Planning Considerations

When to Incorporate

Formation

Cash for Stock

Property for Stock

Stock for Services

Stock for Debt

Repeal of the “General Utilities” Doctrine

Corporate Assets

Leasing

Lessor

Gift & Leaseback

Sale & Leaseback

“S” Corporation

Single Taxation

S Corporation Return

Planning Considerations

Tax Advantages

Formation

Corporations That Qualify

Income-Splitting

Estimated Tax Payments

Family Partnership

Partner’s Distributive Share

Partnership Return

Schedule K-1 (Form 1065)

Family Partnerships

Family Members

Capital

Children as Partners

Earned Income

Gift of Capital Interest

Custodianship & Children

Taxation

Kiddie Tax Trap

Planning Points

Income-Shifting Investments

US Savings Bonds

Municipal Bonds

Growth Stock

Real Estate

Child Care & Education

Nursery School & Day Care - §21

Special Schools

Credit Plus Special School Expenses

Employer Dependent Care Program - §129

Education Savings Bonds - §135

Notice 90-7

Interest on Education Loans - §221

Buying an Off-campus House

Status as Second Home

Status as Rental Property

Gifting Gain for Education Expenses

Gifts

Gifts by Check

Facts

Holding

Interest Free Loans

De Minimis Exception

Special Rule for Gift Loans

Chapter 7 - Elimination

Former Age 55 Exclusion - Repealed

$500,000 Home Sale Exclusion - §121

Two-Year Ownership & Use Requirements

Tacking of Prior Holding Period

Vacant Land

Mixed Business & Residence Use

Prorata Exception

Safe Harbor Regulations

Change in Place of Employment

Health

Unforeseen Circumstances

Use of Old §1034 & §121 - Gone Long Ago

Limitations on Exclusion

Renting to Parents

Parent’s Benefits

Children’s Benefits

Municipal Bonds

Tax-Exempt Interest on Qualified State or Local Obligations

Reporting

Private Activity Bonds

Divorce & Separation Settlements

Alimony

Child Support

Property Division

Dependency Exemption

Gifts & Inheritances

Basis of Gift

FMV Less Than Donor’s Adjusted Basis

FMV More Than Donor’s Adjusted Basis

Holding Period

Income from Property Given to a Child

Life Insurance

Proceeds Not Received in Installments

Proceeds Received in Installments

Fringe Benefits

Prizes & Awards - §74(b)

Group Life Insurance Premiums - §79

Table I

Accident and Health Plans - §106 & §105

Meals & Lodging - §119

Cafeteria Plans - §125

Educational Assistance Program - §127

Dependent Care Assistance - §129

Reporting Requirements for Dependent Care Programs

Cash Reimbursement Plans

In-kind Assistance

Section 132

No Additional Cost Services - §132(a) & (b)

Qualified Employee Discounts - §132(c)

Services - §132(c)(1)

Property - §132(c)(2) & (4)

Working Condition Fringe Benefits - §132(d)

De Minimis Fringe Benefits - §132(e)

Spousal Insurance

Transportation Fringe Benefits - §132(f)

Moving Expense Reimbursements - §132(a)(6)

Retirement Planning Services - §132(a)(7)

Athletic Facilities - §132(j)

Nondiscrimination Under §132

Taxation & Valuation of Benefits

Valuation Provisions

Leased Cars

Purchased Cars

Fleet-Average Rule

Cents-Per-Mile Valuation

Commuting Valuation Rule

Chauffeur Services

Eating Facilities

Meal Subsidy Rule

ERISA Compliance

Welfare Plans

Additional Requirements

Employee Expense Reimbursement & Reporting

Family Support Act of 1988

Remaining Above-The-Line Deduction

Accountable Plans

Reasonable Period of Time

Fixed Date Safe Harbor

Period Statement Safe Harbor

Adequate Accounting

Per Diem Allowance Arrangements

Federal Per Diem Rate

Related Employer

Meal Break Out

Partial Days of Travel

Usage & Consistency

Unproven or Unspent Per Diem Allowances

Travel Advance

Reporting Per Diem Allowances

Reimbursement Not More Than Federal Rate

Reimbursement More Than Federal Rate

Nonaccountable Plans

Fixed & Variable Rate (FAVR) Allowances - R.P. 90-34

Elements

Periodic Fixed Payment

Periodic Variable Payment

Limitations

Record keeping

Social Security

Earnings Record

Payments Exempt from Social Security

Social Security Checkup

Form SSA-7004

Form SSA-7050

Chapter 8 - Asset Protection

Why Asset Protection?

Situations That Create Danger

Sources of Lawsuits

Types of Liability

Basic Protection Concepts

Types of Creditors

Evading Creditors

Fraudulent Transfers

Badges of Fraud

Statute of Limitations

Criminal Penalties

Permissible Asset Transfers

Asset Protection Goals

Preparation

Insurance

Homeowners Insurance

Automobile Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Life Insurance Trust

Buy-Sell Agreements

Definition

Asset Protection Aspects of Common Entities

Individual Ownership

Sole Proprietorship

Corporate

C Corporation

No Pass Through

The S Corporation - §1361

Trusts

Types of Trusts

Revocable Trust

Land Trusts

Irrevocable Trusts

Testamentary Trust

Business Trusts

Foreign Trusts - §679

Asset Protection Trusts - APTs

Foreign Jurisdictions

Alternatives

Income Taxation

Estate & Gift Tax

Creditor Protection

Family Trusts

Medicaid Trust

Grantor Retained Income Trust

Co-Tenancy

Tenancy in Common

Varying Percentages

No Survivorship

Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship

Equal Percentages

Tenants by the Entirety

Right of Partition

Partnership

Family Partnerships

Charging Orders

Phantom Income to Creditor

Tax Issues

Estate Savings

Income Tax Savings

Limited Liability Company

Retirement Plan

Retirement Fund Protection in Bankruptcy

Custodianship

Estate

Divorce

Premarital Agreements

Uniform Premarital Act - The California Example

Permitted Items of Agreement

Unenforceable Items

Retirement Equity Act of 1984

Benefits of a Premarital Agreement

Post-Nuptial Agreements

Chapter 9 - Estate Planning

Build, Preserve & Distribute

Legal Documents

Estate Planning Team

Attorney

Accountant

Insurance Agents

Financial Planner

Estate Administration

Probate Court

Executor

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Trustee

Family Members

Things to Be Done When Death Occurs

Estate Planning Techniques & Devices

Transfers within Probate

Disposition of Property without a Will

Disposition of Property with a Will

Transfers Outside Probate

Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship

Tenancy in Common

Retirement Plan & Individual Retirement Accounts

Life Insurance

Gifts

Payable on Death Accounts (POD)

Transfers Using a Trust

Special Planning Tools

Spending

Annual Gift Tax Exclusion

Applicable Exclusion Amount

Spousal Portability of Unused Exemption Amount

2010 Special Election

Unlimited Marital Deduction

Family Business Deduction - Expired

Installment Payment of Estate Taxes - §6166

Private Annuities

Regs Restrict Private Annuity Tax Benefits

Installment Sale to Family Member

Self-Canceling Installment Notes

Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust

Special Valuation of Farms and Businesses - §2032A

Crummey Trusts

Charitable Remainder Trusts

Minor Trusts

Family Limited Partnerships

Grantor Retained Income Trusts

Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRTs)

Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs)

Grantor Retained Unitrusts (GRUTs)

Buy-Sell Agreements

Estate Planning Facts

Family

Property

Domicile

Objectives

Existing Estate Plan

Chapter 10 - Estate & Gift Taxes

Federal Estate Tax

Changing Legislative Landscape

Spousal Portability of Unused Exemption Amount - §2010(c)(2)

Persons Subject to Federal Estate Tax

Applicable Exclusion Amount, Basic Computation & Rates

Progressive or Flat Rate

2010 Special Election

State Inheritance Tax

State Death Tax Credit Turns into Deduction – §2011 & 2058

Taxable Estate - §2051

Gross Estate - §2031

Owned Property - §2033

Interests Terminating At Death - Life Estates & Joint Tenancies

Interests Created After Death

Remainder Interests

Dower & Curtsey - §2034

Community Property Comparison

Gifts within Three Years of Death - §2035

Transfers from Revocable Trusts

Retained Life Interest - §2036

Retained Voting Rights

Lifetime Transfers With Reversionary Interests - §2037

Revocable Transfers - §2038

Annuities - §2039

Joint Interests - §2040

Qualified Joint Interests Between Spouses - §2040(b)

Powers of Appointment - §2041

Ascertainable Standard - The Safe Harbor Limitation

5/5 Power

Life Insurance - §2042

Incidents of Ownership

Community Property Issue

Deductions from Gross Estate

Estate Expenses & Claims - §2053

Inclusion of Administrative Expenses on Non Probate Assets

Casualty & Theft Losses during Administration - §2054

Charitable Transfers - §2055 (§170 & §2522)

Immediate Contributions

Split Interest Contributions

Charitable Remainder Trusts

Charitable Lead Trusts

Insurance Related Contributions

Unlimited Marital Deduction - §2056

Requirements

Net Value Rule

Non-Citizen Spouse

Qualified Domestic Trust

Gifts to Non-Citizen Spouses

Valuation

IRS Valuation Explanation - §7517

Alternative Valuation - §2032

Special Valuation - §2032A

Estate Tax Return & Payment - §6018

Installment Payment of Federal Estate Taxes - §6166

Computation

Eligibility & Court Supervision

Closely Held Business

Acceleration of Payment

Flower Bonds

Tax Basis for Estate Assets - §1014

Community Property Cost Basis

Basis of Property Under the 2010 Special Election

Property to Which the Modified Carryover Basis Rules Apply

Limited Basis Increase for Certain Property

GST Tax - §2601

Predeceased Parent Exception

Exemption

Allocation

Retroactive Allocation

Gift Taxes - §2501 to §2524

Gift Tax Computation

Calculation Steps

Applicable Exclusion

Application

Entity Rule

Valuation

Real Property

Stocks & Bonds

Annuities, Life Estates, Terms for Years, Remainders, & Reversions

Split Gifts - §2513

Community Property States

Annual Exclusion

Per Donee/Per Year

Gifts in Excess of the Annual Exclusion

No Gift Tax

Gifts within 3 Years of Death

Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

Exception for Minor’s Trusts - §2503(b) & (c)

Medical & Tuition Exclusion - §2503(e)

Qualifying Transfers

Interest-Free or Below-Market Loans

Gift Tax Marital Deduction

Nondeductible Terminable Interests

Gift Tax Charitable Deduction

Partial Interests

Selecting Gift Property

Gift Advantages

Gift Disadvantages

Gift Tax Returns

Includibility of Gifts in the Estate

Shifting Income & Gain

Gifts before Sale

Transfers into Trust Prior to Sale

Installment Obligations

Transfer to Obligor at Death

Income in Respect of a Decedent

Reporting of Foreign Gifts - §6039(f)

Chapter 11 - Wills & Probate

What Is A Will?

Provisions & Requirements

Specific & General Bequests

Residual Bequests

Conditional Bequests

Executor

Guardian

Types of Wills

Title Implications

Individual

Joint Tenancy

Tenants in Common

Tenants by the Entirety

Community Property

Tax Basis Advantage

Untitled Assets

Changes to a Will

Advantages of a Will

Intestate Succession

Periodic Review

Continuing Business Operations

Simple Will

Probate

Advantages

Disadvantages

Probate Avoidance

Joint Tenancy

Community Property

Totten Trust Accounts

Life Insurance & Employee Benefits

Living Trusts

Chapter 12 - Trusts

What is a Trust?

Why a Trust?

Types of Trusts

Common Elements

Revocable Trust

Irrevocable Trusts

Testamentary Trust

Foreign Trusts - §679

Family Trusts

Medicaid Trust

Living Trust

Reversion

Advantages of a Living Trust

Disadvantages

Priority

Pour-Over Will

Trust Taxation

Income Tax

Grantor Trusts - §671 to §678

Grantor Retained Income Trust

Revocable Trusts Included in Estate - §646 & §2652(b)(1)

Election for Income Tax Purposes

Irrevocable Trust Taxation

Throwback Rules

Capital Gains

Deduction of Estate Planning Expenses

Deductibility of Death Expenses

Gift Tax

Estate Tax

Unlimited Marital Deduction

Outright to Spouse

Marital Deduction Trust

Qualified Terminable Interest Property (QTIP) Trust

“A-B” Format

“A-B-C” (QTIP) Format

Valuation & Tax Basis

Alternate Valuation

Fundamental Provisions - Revocable Living Trust

Identification Clause

Recital Clause

Property Transfer Clause

Income & Principal Clause

Revocation & Amendment Clause

Trustee Clause

Trustee’s Acceptance

Choice of a Trustee

Factors for Corporate Trustees

Factors for Individual Trustees

Trust Termination Clause

Chapter 13 - Entities & Title

Basic Entity Formats

Individual & Sole Proprietorship

Marital Property

Timing & Domicile

Corporate

Categories of C Corporations

Personal Holding Company - §541

Attribution Rules

Penalty Tax

Regular C Corporation

No Pass Through

Getting Money Out of the C Corporation

Passive Loss Restrictions

Partnership vs. Corporation

Personal Service Corporation - §269A

S Corporation - §1361

Minors as Shareholders

Bequests & Estate Ownership

Trusts as Shareholders

S Corporation Assets

Built-In Gains Tax - §1374

Incorporation of a Farm

Land Partnership Advantage

Leasebacks

Trusts

Title Holding

Business Trusts

Co-Tenancy

Taxation

Percentage Interests

Partition

Partnership

Partnership Taxation

Allocation of Income & Deduction

Partnership Recapitalization

Two Class Format

Valuation

Guaranteed Payment

Control & Management

Estate Issues

Family Partnerships

Estate Savings

Income Tax Savings

Family Partnership Requirements

Recognizing a Partner

Control

Transferability

Donee as a Partner

Trusts as Partners

Minor as a Partner

Purchased Interests

Capital Interest in the Partnership

Capital as a Material Income-Producing Item

Source of Capital

Family Partnerships Not Within §704(e)

Real Estate Family Partnerships

Business Family Partnerships

Structuring the Family Partnership

Limited Liability Company

Outside Basis & Debt Share Advantage

Substantial Economic Effect Rules

Discharge of Indebtedness Income

Suggested Uses

Professional Firms

Joint Ventures

Substitute for Family Limited Partnership

Retirement Plan

Employer Costs

Profit Sharing Plan

Money Purchase Pension Plan

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Custodianship

Estate

Chapter 14 - Life Insurance, Annuities & Buy-Sell Agreements

Purpose

Tax Overview

Income Tax

Transfer for Value Rule

Employee Death Benefit - §101(b) (Repealed)

Premiums

Lifetime Benefits

Section 72

Estate Taxes - §2042 & §2035(a)

Ownership

Gift Taxes

Community Property Gift Danger

Types of Life Insurance

Term Insurance

Whole Life (Permanent) Insurance

Straight Life v. Limited Payment

Modified v. Preferred

Endowment Insurance

Universal Life

Charges

Premium Payment

Variable life

Investment Accounts

Taxation

Survivor Life

Single Premium Whole Life

Dividends

Life Insurance Trust

Considerations

Annuities

Deferred Annuity

Private Annuity

Unsecured Promise

Regulations Restrict Private Annuity Income

Buy-Sell Agreements

Definition

Contractual Format

Funding

Life Insurance Funding

Term vs. Whole Life

Policy Ownership & Premium Payment

Entity & Cross Purchase Agreements

Tax Consequences - Cross Purchase Agreements

Non-Deductible Premiums

No Dividend Danger

Tax Consequences - Entity Purchase Agreements

Non-Deductible Premiums

Dividend Danger - §302

Exception to Dividend Treatment

Constructive Ownership (Attribution) Rules

“Estate/Beneficiary” Rule

“Family/Trust/Corporation” Rule

No Gain on Sale

Estate Tax Valuation

Using the Buy-Sell Agreement to Set Value

Enforcement of Contract Price

Purchase Price & Terms

Valuation

Community Property

Professional Corporations

Marketability Problems

Controlled Disposition

S Corporations

Sole Shareholder Planning

Complete Liquidations

Alternative Dispositions

Use of Life Insurance

Estate Valuation

One-Way Buy-Outs

Chapter 15 - Special Business Issues

Business Valuation

Relevant Facts

Revenue Ruling 59-60

Tangible Assets

Special Real Estate Election - §2032A

Limitations

Related Party Cash Lease

Intangible Assets & Goodwill

R.R. 68-609

Qualified Family-Owned Businesses - §2057 (Repealed)

Deduction Amount

Definitions

Requirements

Material Participation

Determining 50+% of AGE

Interests Acquired From the Decedent

Recapture

Trade or Business Requirement

Sunset Provision

Land Subject To Conservation Easement - §2032A(c)(8)

Family Member

Indirect Ownership of Land

Qualified Conservation Easement

Qualified Real Property Interest

Qualified Organization

Conservation Purpose

No Additional Income Tax Deduction

Valuation Discounts

Minority Interests

Special Valuation Plus Minority Discount

Fractional Interests

Lack of Marketability

Swing Vote Premium

Buy-Sell Agreements

Redemptions Under §303

Requirements

Corporate Accumulation For §303 Redemption

Accumulation in Anticipation of Shareholder’s Death

Death of a Spouse

Bypass Trust

Lifetime Dispositions

Stock Redemptions Under §302

Substantially Disproportionate Redemption - 80/50 Rule

Redemptions Not Essentially Equivalent to a Dividend

Complete Redemptions

Constructive Ownership - §318

Double Attribution

Stock Attribution in Complete Redemptions

Stock Recapitalization

Section 306 Taint

Deferred Compensation Agreements

Chapter 16 - Estate Freeze Rules

Application

Corporations & Partnerships - §2701

Definitions

Member of the Family

Applicable Family Member

Applicable Retained Interest

Control

Exceptions To §2701

Zero Value Rule

Qualified Payment Exception to Zero Value Rule

Valuation of Qualified Payments - Lowest Value Rule

Cumulative but Unpaid Distributions - Compounding Rules

Taxable Events

Amount of Increase

Limitation

Applicable Percentage

Transfer Tax Adjustment

Election into Qualified Payment Treatment

Election Out of Qualified Payment Treatment

Minimum Valuation of a Junior Interest

Definitions

Junior Equity Interest

Equity Interest

Value of Other Rights

Capital Contributions, Redemptions, & Recapitalizations

Attribution Rules

Corporation

Partnership

Estate & Trust

Siblings & Lineal Descendants

Transfer Tax Adjustments

Splitting Retained Interests

Subtraction Method

Three Step Computation

Valuation Adjustment

Transfers of Interests in Trust - §2702

Definitions

Applicable Family Member

Member of the Family

Transfer in Trust

Term Interest

Retained

Zero Value Rule

Qualified Interest

Exceptions to §2702

Incompleted Gift

Term Interests

Successive v. Concurrent

Leasehold

Joint Purchases

Term Interests in Tangible Property

Transfers of Interest in Portion of Trust

Buy-Sell Agreements & Options - §2703

Exceptions to §2703

Arm’s Length Bargain

Substantial Modifications

Exceptions

Lapsing Rights & Restrictions - §2704

Definitions

Member of the Family

Lapse

Voting Right

Liquidation Right

Control

Amount of Transfer

Restrictions on Liquidations Disregarded

Attribution Rules

Chapter 17 - Elderly & Disabled Planning

Managing the Estate

Joint Tenancy

Conservatorship

Durable Power

Revocable Living Trust

Catastrophic illness

Medicare

Medicaid

Countable Assets

Non-Countable Assets

Personal Residence

Gifting the Residence - General Rule

Exceptions

Inaccessible Assets

Gifts

Spousal Transfers

Spousal Allowance

Medicaid Trusts

Limited Trust Exceptions

Criminalization of Medicaid Asset Transfers

Private Insurance

Health Care Decisions

Supplemental Security Income

Income

Unearned Income

Earned Income

Exempt Income

Assets

Countable Assets

Non-Countable Assets

Disability Benefits

Blind

Kidney Disease

AIDS

Chapter 18 - Post-Mortem Planning & Tax Return Requirements

After Death Planning

Alternate Valuation Election

Special Use Valuation

Election to Defer Payment

Final Medical Expenses

Administration Expenses

QTIP Election

Disclaimers

Federal Returns

Form 1040 - Decedent’s Income Tax

Form 1041 - Estate’s Income Tax

Form 706 - Decedent’s Estate Tax

Carryover Basis Election & Information Return For 2010

Decedent’s Estate Tax - Form 706

Filing Requirements

Paying the Estate Tax

Section 6161

Section 6166

Section 6163

Overview of the Form 706

Definitions

Preparing the Form 706

Form 706, Part 1, Page 1 - Decedent & Executor

Form 706, Part 3, Page 2 - Elections by the Executor

Form 706, Part 4, Pages 2 & 3 - General Information

Schedule A, Page 4 - Real Estate

Schedule A-1, Pages 5 thru 8 - Section 2032A Valuation

Schedule B, Page 9 - Stocks and Bonds

Schedule C, Page 10 - Mortgages, Notes, and Cash

Schedule D, Page 11 - Insurance on Decedent’s Life

Schedule E, Page 12 - Jointly Owned Property

Schedule F, Page 13  - Other Miscellaneous Property

Schedule G, Page 14 - Transfers During Decedent’s Life

Schedule H, Page 14 - Powers of Appointment

Schedule I, Page 15 - Annuities

Schedule J, Page 16 - Funeral and Administration Expenses

Schedule K, Page 17 - Debts of Decedent, and Mortgages and Liens

Schedule L, Page 18 - Net Losses during Administration and Expenses Incurred in Administering Property Not Subject to Claimsr

Schedule M, Page 19 - Bequests to Surviving Spouse

Schedule O, Page 20 - Charitable Gifts and Bequests

Schedule P, Page 21 - Credit for Foreign Death Taxes

Schedule Q, Page 21 - Credit for Tax on Prior Transfers

Schedules R & R-1, Pages 22 thru 26 - Generation Skipping Transfer Tax

Old Schedule T Gone - Qualified Family-Owned Business Interest

Schedule U, Pages 27 & 28 - Qualified Conservation Easement Exclusion

Form 706, Part 5, Page 3 - Recapitulation

Form 706, Part 2, Page 1 - Tax Computation

Discharge from Personal Liability

Estate Income Tax Return - Form 1041

Filing Requirements

Schedule K-1

Tax Computation

Exemption Deduction

Contributions

Statute of Limitations

Accounting Methods

Taxable Year

Double, Split & Solo Deductions

Decedent’s Final Income Tax Return - Form 1040

Preceding Year Return

Filing Requirements

Refund

Form 1310

Joint Return with Surviving Spouse

Request for Prompt Assessment

Included Income

Partnership Income

S Corporation Income

Self-Employment Income

Community Income

Interest & Dividend Income

Exemptions & Deductions

Medical Expenses

Election for Decedent’s Expenses

Making the Election

AGI Limit

Medical Expenses Not Paid By Estate

Insurance Reimbursements

Deduction for Losses

At-Risk Loss Limits

Passive Activity Rules

Gift Tax Return - Form 709

Penalties

Filing

Extension of Time to File

Extension of Time to Pay

Split Gifts

Special Applications & Traps

Bargain Sales

Below Market Loans

Exception

Net Gifts

Promises to Make a Gift

Checks

Stock Certificates

Promissory Notes

Powers of Appointment

 

Glossary

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