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IRREVOCABLE TRUST
WHAT IS AN IRREVOCABLE TRUST?
Most of us make wills to make sure that our families are taken care of after we pass away and that our personal property is divided fairly. However, few people are aware of how crucial it is to create trusts for their family and their business.
Trusts distinguish between legal and equitable business ownership as distinct legal entities. Business owners can transfer their ownership interests into a trust and specify how it will be dispersed after their passing or while still living.
An irrevocable trust will permanently transfer assets into the trust and give up your ownership interests. An irrevocable trust’s conditions cannot be altered or terminated without the beneficiary’s consent. Most banks will require an irrevocable trust in order to protect your assets which now becomes assets of your beneficiary once your gone.
WHY SET UP AN IRREVOCABLE TRUST?
For both your company and any heirs you leave behind, creating a trust for your family business has many advantages. A trust can help you prepare for the future and keep your assets out of the courts and in the hands of your family.
Pay off Debts
Making a trust is a great idea if you don’t want your ex spouse or current spouse and kids to inherit your business and or any obligations while you are alive or after you pass away. Your business assets could be taken to pay off alimony, child support, or any personal debt if you don’t have a trust. In the long term, creating a trust guarantees that your company will have the autonomy and working cash it needs to continue to exist and grow in your absence.
Reduce Tax Burden
While a trust tends to reduce state inheritance taxes, it does not protect you from federal estate taxes. Additionally, gifting stock and purchasing life insurance can pay off any obligations you may have. Both a CPA and an estate planning lawyer can assist you in tax planning.
Prevent Probate
You can reduce the amount of time your assets spend in probate by taking the effort now to create a trust for your family and your business. A trust consolidates all of your assets, which means that you may skip the probate process an save your family money and time. Your family will already have access to get the money it needs without probate and with less expense. If you do not have a will or a trust your assets may be ESCHEAT to the state.
ESCHEAT. (a) If an individual dies intestate and without heirs, the real and personal property of that individual is subject to escheat.
(b) “Escheat” means the vesting of title to property in the state in an escheat proceeding.
WHAT IS ESCHEAT?
In the absence of heirs or beneficiaries, the government has the legal authority to seize estate assets or unclaimed property. This practice is known as escheat. When assets go unclaimed for an extended amount of time, escheat rights may also be given. These circumstances may alternatively be known as “bona vacantia” or “unclaimed property.”
If no other claimants to ownership exist or can be easily identified, the state or federal governments would be the owner of record under the notion of escheat. In the United States, escheat rights and related issues are governed by state-specific laws and rules.
Death and Escheat Estate assets that do not have a will or a trust are deemed intestate in the event of death. Every death and every person’s final wishes are often decided by a probate court when there is no will or trust. Additionally, intestate deaths are subject to probate, which entails finding potential heirs to receive property assets. Spouses, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and possibly other distant relatives are among the beneficiaries who may be entitled to inherit property in an intestate estate.
A judge would grant escheat rights to the state in the event that a probate court cannot identify any heirs to unclaimed property after death. Escheat may also happen if a will is found invalid and the legitimate heirs of an estate are difficult to locate. In most intestate deaths, the presence of heirs eliminates the requirement for escheatment. Escheat, however, may also take effect if a person’s legal heirs are found to be incapable of handling the inheritance and no other rightful heirs can be found.
Some of the accounts that can become escheated are:
- Checking accounts
- Brokerage accounts
- Retirement accounts
- Annuity contracts and accounts
- Pension accounts
- Savings accounts
WHAT DOES A TRUST NEED TO HAVE IN IT?
The trust is one element of an asset protection strategy that is correctly designed. You must have your name or business name and information. You must also name a beneficiary of your trust and how you want your trust to operate.
A well-rounded plan uses both a bank account and an LLC or other type of company entity. A Limited Liability Company can control financial accounts as an additional control instrument, and the organizational structure allows the settlor (you) to be the company manager, giving you day-to-day control over the assets.
Investment and banking accounts are managed in accordance with carefully drafted trust provisions. These sophisticated structures are subject to the laws of your trust country. A full trust strategy including an LLC and a private bank account is the most adaptable and control-granting option while the waters are calm. The trustee can then intervene and make the necessary arrangements if things become rough.
DOWNLOAD AN IRREVOCABLE TRUST NOW!
We have provide a downloadable file to assist you in drafting your own IRREVOCABLE TRUST, personalized for you or your business needs. We have made it easy for you to create this entity. Do not forget you must fill in the blanks, your name or business name, and information. You must also name a beneficiary of your trust and how you want your trust to operate. This is A do-it-yourself living trust that’s easy to personalize.
We have added a bonus pdf that has step by step instructions on how our clients create the trust, set up an EIN# from the IRS, and how to set up a bank account in the name of your trust so you can start funding it. Remember that a trust is just a trust if you do not bring life to it, or in other words fund it. The trust is not effective until you transfer ownership of assets to it.
We have provided and example within the downloadable file. As soon as you purchase the trust it is ready to be downloaded and available for use. If you need us to add your personal information there is a $25 administration fee. If you have questions, please leave your name and information in the box below one of our professionals will contact you. We are by no means providing legal or tax advise.
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WHAT IS THE ADVERAGE COST OF A TRUST?
Depending on how complicated your financial position is, hiring a lawyer to set up your trust could run you anywhere from $1,000 to $7,000. For instance, certain circumstances can call for revocable trusts for some assets and irrevocable trusts for others. The least expensive we found for a simple basic trust Starts at $379. Our document is less than half that price. Get it today for only $155
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