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Basic Estate and Gifting Strategies

Topic

Estate Planning

Program ID

263106

Hours

1

Format

Self-Study / Traditional course (50+minutes)

Complexity

Intermediate

Description

Learn the correct application of estate planning and gift strategies that can greatly enhance the client's personal financial plan.

Learning Objectives

Distinguish between a marital trust and a credit shelter trust. Identify a qualified disclaimer. Recognize the applicability of portability as a basic estate planning strategy. Distinguish between gifts of future and present interests. Identify the tax basis of a gift, based on facts and circumstances. Calculate the donee's tax basis for a gift, in which gift tax has been paid by the donor.