Will Credit Trust

A bypass trust can still be useful in some circumstances. If your estate is greater than the current estate tax exemption, a bypass trust is still a good way to protect your assets from the estate tax.

Yes, the surviving spouse may serve as trustee of the credit shelter trust.All of the assets in the credit shelter trust, including any appreciation in value during the surviving spouse's lifetime, pass free of estate tax to the beneficiaries.

A marital trust is a type of irrevocable trust that allows you to transfer assets to a surviving spouse tax free. It can also shield the estate of the surviving spouse before the remaining assets pass on to your children.

A marital trust allows the couple's heirs to avoid probate and take less of a hit from estate taxes by taking full advantage of the unlimited marital deductiona provision that enables spouses to pass assets to each other without tax consequences.

A bypass trust, or AB trust, is a legal arrangement that allows married couples to avoid estate tax on certain assets when one spouse passes away.The first part is the marital trust, or A trust. The second is a bypass, family or B trust. The marital trust is a revocable trust that belongs to the surviving spouse.

A Trust (or Marital Trust) It is a trust that takes advantage of the unlimited marital deduction in order to avoid estate taxes at the time of the first spouse's death in the event that the first spouse's individual estate is more than the individual exemption amount.

A marital trust starts as a revocable living trust. A surviving spouse can be its trustee.

A credit shelter trust (CST) is a trust created after the death of the first spouse in a married couple. Assets placed in the trust are generally held apart from the estate of the surviving spouse, so they may pass tax-free to the remaining beneficiaries at the death of the surviving spouse.