Recorded: July 14, 2016
Duration: 87 minutes
By Stephen Dale, Esq., LLM, The Dale Law Firm, PC
This presentation will focus on using a team approach when creating a special needs trust. Important elements that will be discussed include income for benefits and tax purposes, deductible expenses, and how to use a qualified plan. A strategy on how to offset the income generated by the IRA distribution against the beneficiary’s deductible expenses will be presented. Through a series of case studies, participants will understand how this strategy can reduce, and in some cases, eliminate the taxable income from the qualified plan.
Topics covered:
- The Robinson’s Story
- Fundamentals
- Income
- Qualified Disability Trust exemption
- Deductible Expenses
- Putting it all together – examples
- Using a qualified plan
- Back to the Robinson’s Story
- Typical Article 1.06 Provision
CLE: 1.25 hours
This course has been pre-approved in: AR (1.5), CA (1.5), FL (2), GA (1.5), IL (1.5), IN (1.5), MO (1.8), NJ (1.5), NY (1.5), OH (1.5), PA (1.5), TX (1.5), VA (1.5), WI (1.5). Due to pre-recorded programming rules, this program will not be accredited in: CO, DE, KS, SC. Attorney will self apply in states not listed.
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