Trust Dispositions of IRAs and Qualified Plans: Conduit vs. Accumulation Trusts, SECURE Act, Key Trust Provisions

The CLE course will provide estate planning professionals with a thorough and practical guide to clients' planning and structuring considerations with qualified retirement plans. The panelist will address the specific planning issues involving pre-mortem allocation and post-mortem disposition provisions of IRAs and other qualified plans, structuring trust provisions, changes under the SECURE Act, and utilizing accumulation trusts and conduit trusts.

The most valuable asset many taxpayers hold is their tax-deferred retirement accounts, including 401(k) and other qualified plans. Estate planners must ensure that those qualified plan assets are protected from creditors and accelerated distribution and other events that serve to deplete their value.

A valuable estate planning tool for protecting qualified plans is structuring trusts to pass ownership of the qualified plan. These "see-through" trusts can provide beneficial flexibility in a comprehensive estate plan. However, the SECURE Act changed the rules and restrictions on using trusts as tax-favored IRA beneficiaries forcing attorneys and advisers to reduce tax burdens and avoid potential tax traps.

Estate planners must understand the nuances of complex tax rules and essential drafting techniques for optimum tax planning.

This webinar will provide estate planning professionals with a thorough and practical guide to clients' planning and structuring considerations with qualified retirement plans. It will address the specific planning issues involving pre-mortem allocation and post-mortem disposition provisions of IRAs and other qualified plans, structuring trust provisions, changes under the SECURE Act, and utilizing accumulation trusts and conduit trusts.

Listen as our experienced panelist provides detailed guidance, including sample language, to help you master the intricacies of drafting trusts with qualified plans and structuring vehicles to dispose of those plans in a tax efficient and compliant manner.