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For bank accounts, this process is typically referred to as payable on death — or POD. Investment accounts have a transfer on death (TOD) designation. In both cases, these designations transfer ...
Payable on death accounts can help streamline the process of transferring certain assets to loved ones after you pass away. Also referred to as a POD account or Totten trust, a payable on death ...
Contact the firm's estate department to inform them of the account holder’s death. If the account is held in a trust, contact the successor trustee as well. Gather the required documentation.
A Totten trust (also referred to as a "Payable on Death" account) is a form of trust in the United States in which one party (the settlor or "grantor" of the trust) places money in a bank account or security with instructions that upon the settlor's death, whatever is in that account will pass to a named beneficiary. For example, a Totten trust ...
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The term "death tax" more directly refers back to the original use of "death duties" to address the fact that death itself triggers the tax or the transfer of assets on which the tax is assessed. While the use of terms like "death duty" had been known earlier, specifically calling estate tax the "death tax" was a move that entered mainstream ...
Establishing a payable on death (POD) account or a trust may also need to be part of your financial plan. The more comprehensive your financial plan is, the easier it is to ensure that your assets ...
Nonprobate Transfers on Death: Rules governing nonprobate transfers, such as joint bank accounts, life insurance policies, and transfer-on-death (TOD) securities: 7 Trust Administration: Provisions governing management of trusts; fiduciary duties of trustees. The provisions of Article 7 have been superseded by the Uniform Trust Code.