Question: I’m the beneficiary of a trust left by my husband. The investments in the trust include long- and short-term losses that could offset capital gains in other investments I hold in [...]

Question: Long ago, my parents created a family trust which required creating a survivor trust, credit shelter trust and QTIP trust upon the death of the first of them. One of them died. The [...]

Question: If a spouse passes away and has an ABC trust structure (marital trust, bypass trust, QTIP trust) and each of these trusts are funded for the benefit of the surviving spouse, are any of [...]

Question: I have family business interest in an LLC and an S-Corp which own commercial real estate and generate my income from rent. I would like to leave this interest to my 4 children (2 are [...]

So, what’s a QTIP trust? “QTIP” stands for qualified terminable interest property, total legal gobbeldygook, right? So forget the words. What it means is a trust that you leave [...]