Your client, age 65, has a gross estate valued at $300,000. His wife, age 58, has a
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Your client, age 65, has a gross estate valued at $300,000. His wife, age 58, has a gross estate valued at $150,000 and is financially competent.
His objectives are to:
- leave all property to his wife in as simple a manner as possible;
- allow his wife to determine the ultimate beneficiaries of all his property; and
- make maximum use of the unlimited marital deduction.
Which one of the following transfers is most appropriate for achieving the client's objectives?
A) Life income to his wife from a trust funded with the exemption equivalent amount, with the remainder to his designated beneficiaries
B) An estate trust with his wife as beneficiary
C) A combination qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trust and family bypass trust with his wife as income beneficiary
D) An outright bequest of the entire estate to his wife
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Federal Taxation 2016 Comprehensive
ISBN: 9780134104379
29th Edition
Authors: Thomas R. Pope, Timothy J. Rupert, Kenneth E. Anderson
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