Are you thinking about including a Trust in your Estate Plan? Indeed, it is a wise decision. Other WRAL Top Stories Even if you’ve already started planning or have a Will in place, Trusts can provide ...

Trusts are estate-planning tools, and like other estate-planning structures (like foundations or life insurance), a trust's structure will determine how assets are controlled, whether they're ...

Learn what inter-vivos trusts are, its types, benefits, drawbacks, and tax implications. Get insights on how to fund and how ...

Learn how trust beneficiaries gain asset rights, their roles, and how trusts optimize estate planning and minimize gift and ...

A trust can help minimize your taxes, protect your assets and spare your beneficiaries the hassle of probate court in the wake of your passing. A living, or revocable, trust can still have changes ...

The last two months, I wrote about types of trusts and what they are used for. This month I continue that series as we explore more. » A Qualified Domestic Trust is a trust that may be used when a ...

Trusts can be used to achieve a number of estate planning objectives if used appropriately and in the correct circumstances. Whether a trust should form part of your estate plan depends on a number of ...

As the previous post noted, when determining if a trust or an estate should be considered as materially participating for Code Sec. 1411 purposes, the IRS’s position is that the only party whose ...

We seem to use the word “trust” as though it refers to just one thing. Perhaps the problem is that the English language has just one such term. Fortunately, Charles Feltman, in The Thin Book of Trust ...