Changing Ownership of Your Existing Checking Account: Trust Ownership and Beneficiary Designation
When it comes to estate planning and asset protection, transferring ownership of your existing checking account to a trust or...
- Michael RutkowskiDifferent types of trusts serve different purposes for the important people in your life. Be advised: The trust you choose will not work for you unless important steps are completed to have it funded, and 90% of competing services don’t move your trust strategy past the finish line… Make sure yours counts! Which type of trust do you need funded?
Can be revised. Avoid probate, protect privacy, and minimize estate taxes
Cannot be revised, amended, or terminated, & offers tax shelter benefits
(APT) Protect assets from creditors, lawsuits, & judgments. Irrevocable. Domestic or Foreign/Offshore
(Spousal Lifetime Access Trust) Increased estate tax exemption by transfer to irrevocable trust
(Insurance Trust) Life insurance policy as asset, exempt from grantor’s taxable estate
Protect wealth for generations; avoid transfer taxes like gift tax, estate tax, & GSTT
(“A” Trust) To surviving spouse upon death of first, then to designated heirs upon death of second spouse
Avoid risk to public assistance disability benefits for physically/mentally disabled or chronically ill recipients
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