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QTIP trust is a type of trust and an estate planning tool used in the United States. "QTIP" is short for "Qualified Terminable Interest Property." A QTIP trust is often used in order to take advantage of the marital deduction and still control the ultimate distribution of the assets at the death of the surviving spouse.
Michigan has a flat income tax across the state, but some cities do charge an additional rate. Sales taxes are relatively low for the region, and there are no additional local sales taxes.
The U.S. federal estate and gift tax marital deduction is only available if the surviving spouse is a U.S. citizen. For a surviving spouse who is not a U.S. citizen, a bequest through a Qualified Domestic Trust defers estate tax until the principal is distributed by the trustee, a U.S. citizen or corporation who also withholds the estate tax.
Most asset protection trusts established by U.S. settlors are considered "grantor trusts" under U.S. income tax law, meaning that all income of the trust is reportable on the grantor's (i.e., the settlor's) individual income tax return. Asset-protection trusts do not, in and of themselves, offer any tax advantages under U.S. income tax law.
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A residence trust is another form of irrevocable trust because only irrevocable trusts can shield assets from estate taxes. Here, you put property such as a home into the trust’s name.
Such trusts that can run for an unlimited term (i.e., those not limited by state laws against perpetuities), are often referred to as dynasty trusts. Using the generation-skipping tax exemption in this manner offers two important advantages: The trust will escape all transfer taxes when the children die and will pass tax-free to the grandchildren.
Delaware and Hawaii allowed their taxes to expire after Congress repealed the credit for state estate taxes, but reenacted the taxes in 2010. Exemption amounts under the state estate taxes vary, ranging from the federal estate tax exemption amount or $5.34 million, indexed for inflation (two states) to $675,000 (New Jersey).