Estate Planning Strategies Using Irrevocable Trusts WEBCAST
Overview
With 2026 just around the corner, one of our clients’ top concerns is the possible reduction of the $13.61 million transfer tax exclusion to a lower amount. Many advisers are turning to irrevocable trusts to take advantage of the currently high exclusion and freeze their estates. This course will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of using a wide variety of noncharitable trusts, such as spousal lifetime access trusts (SLATs), grantor retained interest trusts (GRATs and GRUTs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), life insurance trusts (ILITs), domestic asset protection trusts (DAPTs), dynasty trusts, and retirement trusts.
Highlights
President Biden’s campaign promises and historical positions on estate planning. The gift, estate, and income tax treatment of irrevocable trusts. The benefits of spousal lifetime access trusts (SLATs), grantor retained interest trusts (GRATs and GRUTs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), life insurance trusts (ILITs), domestic asset protection trusts (DAPTs), dynasty trusts, and retirement trusts.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the taxation of estates, gifts, and trusts.
Designed For
CPAs, attorneys, CFPs, trust officers and other financial professionals.
Objectives
Determine the changing estate and trust planning environment. Recognize the opportunities in the gift, estate, and income tax treatment of irrevocable trusts. Identify the benefits of a deeper understanding of advanced trust planning.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
J. Gardner, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC
Randy Gardner, JD, LLM, MBA, CPA, CFP ® is a professor of Tax and Financial Planning and director of the Certificate in Financial Planning program at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. He is a coauthor of several books on tax issues and is also a highly rated discussion leader. In addition to teaching, Mr. Gardner works as a tax and financial planning consultant for several accounting firms and over 200 individual clients. He also serves on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Financial Planning and on the Board of Examiners of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, and he is a member of the Missouri Society of CPAs. Mr. Gardner earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Harvard University, his JD and MBA degrees from the University of Kansas, and a Master of Law in Taxation from the University of Missouri - Kansas City.
Non-Member Price $309.00
Member Price $239.00