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The Trust Course

5 Credits: Taxes

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The Trust Course

Format
Webcast
Course Level
Basic
CPE Credits

5 Credits: Taxes

Course Description

This online webcast CPE course offers a thorough exploration of the use of trusts in estate planning, tailored for professionals in tax, accounting, and finance. It provides a detailed understanding of various trusts, including simple, complex, grantor, living, life insurance, retirement, business succession, and charitable planning trusts, along with special needs trusts. The course delves into the practical aspects of when and how these trusts should be recommended in client situations, focusing on the selection of fiduciaries and beneficial interests. Additionally, it offers an in-depth look at the tax consequences of each trust type and addresses recent developments in trust planning. Participants will emerge with a comprehensive understanding of trust relationships and the ability to effectively incorporate them into life and estate plans for a range of clients, enhancing their value as advisors.

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Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Gain a practical and up-to-date understanding of how and when planners recommend trusts as part of a life plan and part of an estate plan
  • Identify the basic trust relationships and how choices of fiduciary and beneficial interests are determined
  • Understand the many types of trusts available for planning in all types of client situations
  • Focus on which types of trusts will make sense to recommend to your clients
  • Look at each type of trust from the viewpoint of its tax consequences
  • Address recent developments and favorable changes for trust planning
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Course Specifics

Course ID
WC1822296845
Revision Date
September 6, 2022
Prerequisites

None

Advanced Preparation

None

Compliance Information

NASBA Provider Number: 103220
IRS Provider Number: 0MYXB
IRS Course Number: 0MYXB-T-02063-22-O
IRS Federal Tax Law Credits: 5
CTEC Provider Number: 2071
CTEC Course Number: 2071-CE-1798
CTEC Federal Tax Law Credits: 5

CFP Notice: Not all courses that qualify for CFP® credit are registered by Western CPE. If a course does not have a CFP registration number in the compliance section, the continuing education will need to be individually reported with the CFP Board. For more information on the reporting process, required documentation, processing fee, etc., contact the CFP Board. CFP Professionals must take each course in it’s entirety, the CFP Board DOES NOT accept partial credits for courses.

CTEC Notice: California Tax Education Council DOES NOT allow partial credit, course must be taken in entirety. Western CPE has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer continuing education courses that count as credit towards the annual “continuing education” requirement imposed by the State of California for CTEC Registered Tax Preparers. A listing of additional requirements to register as a tax preparer may be obtained by contacting CTEC at P.O. Box 2890, Sacramento, CA, 95812-2890, by phone toll-free at (877) 850-2832, or on the Internet at www.ctec.org.

Meet The Experts

Steven G. Siegel, JD, LLM

Steven G. Siegel, JD, LLM, is president of The Siegel Group, which provides consulting services to attorneys, accountants, business owners, family offices, and financial planners. Based in Morristown, New Jersey, the Group provides services throughout the United States. Steven is the author of many books, including: The Grantor Trust Answer Book (2018 CCH); The Adviser’s Guide to Financial and Estate Planning(AICPA 2019); Federal Fiduciary Income Taxation (Foxmoor 2019); and Federal Estate and Gift Tax (Foxmoor 2016). He is also a co-author with Richard Oshins, Esq. of The Anatomy of the Perfect Modern Trust, Estate Planning Magazine January and February 2016. In conjunction with numerous tax-planning lectures he has delivered …

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