Trust and Estate Planning for Retirement Plans – IRAs, 401(k)s, and More

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COURSE INFO

  • Presentation Date 11/10/2021
  • Next Class Time 1:00 PM ET
  • Duration 60 min.
  • Format Teleseminar
  • Program Code 11102021
  • MCLE Credits 1 hour(s)


Course Price: $79.00
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COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

The single biggest asset most clients have is their retirement account – IRAs, 401(k)s, other defined benefit plans, and annuities. These retirement plans are often tax-favored but in exchange for that status come with a variety of restrictions. Each is also governed not only by the underlying terms of its sponsors and providers but by an array of complex tax regulations.  Understanding how these complex financial products are treated not only for tax purposes but, often more importantly, for purposes of transfer at death is the central focus of trust and estate plans for most clients.  This program will provide you with a guide to tax treatment and transfer rules of client retirement assets. 

 

  • Allocation of estate and gift taxes
  • QTIPing IRAs and trusts as IRA beneficiaries
  • Trust distributions as income v. principal
  • Understanding traps of beneficiary designations
  • Creditor claims against retirement assets
  • How annuity distributions are treated for income tax purposes – ordinary income, capital gain, return of investment

 

Speakers:

Daniel L. Daniels is a partner in the Greenwich, Connecticut office of Wiggin and Dana, LLP, where his practice focuses on representing business owners, corporate executives and other wealthy individuals and their families.  A Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, he is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America,” and has been named by “Worth” magazine as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in the United States representing affluent individuals. Mr. Daniels is co-author of a monthly column in “Trusts and Estates” magazine.  Mr. Daniels received his A.B., summa cum laude, from Dartmouth College and received his J.D., with honors, from Harvard Law School.