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Trusts Holding S Corporation and Partnership Interests: Legal and Tax Considerations
Beneficiaries of Business Interests, QSSTs vs. ESBTs, Avoiding State Income Tax Traps, Real Estate, Planning for the 3.8% NIIT
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Description
Using trusts to hold interests in partnerships and S corporations provides significant tax advantages under current tax law. However, structuring these trusts involves a high level of complexity requiring an in-depth knowledge of applicable federal and state rules that must be considered.
Succession, shareholder agreements, valuation, post-mortem planning, and basis considerations are some of the challenges of developing an estate plan for owners of S corporations and partnerships. Holding S corporations and partnerships in a trust can provide significant tax and estate planning benefits, but structuring them incorrectly may disrupt cash flow and result in unforeseen tax consequences.
For estate planning purposes, trusts and estates counsel must recognize the impact of eligibility rules for S corps and partnerships, key tax provisions, and reporting and administrative challenges to implement methods to minimize tax liability and achieve the goals of an estate plan.
Listen as Mark A. Kassens, CPA, Shareholder at Brady Ware, provides techniques for drafting the various types of trusts, including grantor, testamentary, QSSTs, and ESBTs, as well as offers methods to overcome common tax and estate planning challenges involving trusts holding S corp and partnership interests.
Presented By
Mr. Kassens has been a shareholder since January 2019, he contributes technical expertise and a dedication to client service taking pride in client success. Mr. Kassens is a problem-solver who embraces complex issues and his ability to leverage expertise with his network of other specialists across Brady Ware. He is a trusted advisor to his clients and specializes in providing tax compliance and advice as well as financial problem-solving. Additionally, Mr. Kassens leads the firm’s trust, estate, and business succession group.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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BARBRI is a NASBA CPE sponsor and this 90-minute webinar is accredited for 1.5 CPE credits.
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Live Online
On Demand
Date + Time
- event
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- schedule
1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
Outline
- Advantages and disadvantages of trusts holding S corp and partnership interests
- Qualified shareholders and eligibility rules for S corps
- Challenges of S corp ownership interests in estate planning
- Evaluating current trust structures to see if they still achieve optimal tax benefits
- Application of Section 199A and the 20 percent deduction on qualified pass-through business income
- Transfers of S corp and partnership interests
- Navigating reporting and administrative issues
Benefits
The panelist will review these and other key issues:
- Critical guidance on qualified shareholders of S corporations for trusts and estates counsel
- Principal challenges of S corp and partnership interests in estate planning and methods to overcome them
- Identifying issues in current trust structures and making modifications for optimal tax benefits
- The application of the 20 percent deduction on qualified pass-through business income
- Differences in tax treatment between an ESBT and a QSST holding S corporation stock
- Essential considerations for transfers of S corporation and partnership interests
NASBA Details
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Recognize key tax and estate planning issues stemming from trusts holding partnership interests
- Identify requirements for trusts to hold S corporation stock
- Determine how the pass-through income deduction applies to trusts holding S corporation ownership interests
- Recognize other tax provisions that create opportunities and challenges for estate planners structuring S corporation trusts
- Discern critical drafting components for trusts holding S corporation stock
- Field of Study: Taxes
- Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
- Advance Preparation: None
- Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture
- Delivery Method: Group-Internet (via computer)
- Attendance Monitoring Method: Attendance is monitored electronically via a participant's PIN and through a series of attendance verification prompts displayed throughout the program
- Prerequisite: Three years+ business or public firm experience preparing complex tax forms and schedules, supervising other preparers or accountants. Specific knowledge and understanding of pass-through taxation, including taxation of partnerships, S corporations and sole proprietorships, qualified business income, net operating losses and loss limitations; familiarity with net operating loss carry-backs, carry-forwards and carried interests.
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