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Special Needs Trusts offer:- Financial Security: Provide financial support without affecting government benefits.
- Flexibility: Include first-party and third-party options for diverse needs.
- Medicaid Compliance: Avoid disqualification from government assistance.
Planning for the care of a loved one with special needs or a disability can have its challenges. For example, how can you ensure they are cared for and have everything they need? How can you provide them with assets and avoid jeopardizing their government benefits?
You can help answer these questions and avoid some of these challenges by setting up a Special Needs Trust.
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Many methods of income tax planning focus primarily on reducing federal tax liability. Individuals living in high state tax jurisdictions, such as California, also seek to mitigate state income tax.
With some state income tax rates as high as 13.3%, it can be a significant burden for those with considerable income-generating assets. Establishing a NING trust may help reduce the state tax liability.
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Charitable Lead Trusts enable:- Philanthropic Goals: Support charities while reducing tax liabilities.
- Flexible Structures: Offer various types for different planning needs.
- Tax Efficiency: Provide potential tax advantages for donors and their heirs.
Charitably inclined high-net-worth individuals often want to provide for their philanthropic goals while reducing their tax liability. While there are many different ways to do this, there are some lesser-used options that can create unique opportunities for charitable giving.
An often underutilized but valuable tool in estate planning is the Charitable Lead Trust.
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Charitable Remainder Trusts offer:- Tax Benefits: Allows for income tax deductions and potential elimination of capital gains tax.
- Income Stream: Provides a source of income for the donor or other beneficiaries.
- Philanthropic Impact: Enables significant charitable contributions, benefiting chosen causes in the long term.
Charitable Remainder Trusts are a type of charitable trust. In a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT), a portion of the assets in the trust are distributed to an income beneficiary. The remainder of the assets in the trust are then donated to one or more charitable beneficiaries.
There are many different types of Charitable Remainder Trusts with advantages and disadvantages to each option. In this post, we explore a few different types of Charitable Remainder Trusts and what each option could do for you.
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Key Takeaways
Charitable Remainder Trusts provide:- Income and Tax Benefits: Offers an income source while enabling significant tax deductions.
- Asset Management: Facilitates the transfer of assets to a trust for charity and personal gain.
- Philanthropic Goals: Supports charitable causes after fulfilling the income period.
A significant benefit of Charitable Remainder Trusts is that they allow the opportunity for donors to know they will be giving financial support to a favored charity in the future. Charitable Remainder Trusts are commonly used for the purpose of planned giving within a thoughtful and holistic financial plan.
Alliance administers many different kinds of Charitable Remainder Trusts. Learn more about how they are taxed differently than other types of trusts in this article.
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Estate planning tax changes anticipate:- Exemption Reductions: Potential lowering of gift and estate tax exemptions.
- Capital Gains Adjustments: Possible changes to capital gains tax strategies.
- Proactive Planning: The importance of early estate planning in response to tax law changes.
Changes to Both Gift and Estate and Capital Gains Taxes expected under Biden’s administration
President Joe Biden presented reform strategies during his presidential campaign, creating a prudent need for high-net-worth families to review their estate plans early in 2021. While campaigning, President Biden proposed several tax changes, two of them significant estate planning tax changes.
The first is a premature reduction of the gift and estate tax exemption from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The second is ending the step-up in tax basis for capital gains taxes on inherited property. Let’s take a look at both.
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