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Under Section 663(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, any distribution by an estate or trust within the first 65 days of the tax year can be treated as having been made on the last day of the preceding tax year.

An irrevocable trust provides an alternative to simply giving an asset to a beneficiary in order to reduce your taxable estate. With a trust, you can set the timing of distributions (i.e. when the beneficiary attains 30 years of age) as well as the reasons for distributions (i.e. for education only).

How long does the administrator have to distribute the inheritance to the heirs? In most instances, an administrator may be removed after notice if he or she fails to make a final distribution of the estate within three years after letters of administration have been granted.

Texas appellate courts have held, “in the context of a distribution of trust income under an irrevocable trust during the marriage, income distributions are community property only if the recipient has a present possessory right to part of the corpus, even if the recipient has chosen not to exercise that right….” ...

When the settlor transfers assets into an irrevocable trust, they're really transferring ownership to the trustee (of which there can be more than one). Trustees have the legal title to assets, while beneficiaries have the equitable title. The settlor no longer has title to the assets.

The downside to irrevocable trusts is that you can't change them. And you can't act as your own trustee either. Once the trust is set up and the assets are transferred, you no longer have control over them.

There is no definite timeframe stated in our statutes. But the reasonableness standard still mandates a distribution be made timely. In fact, a Trust that has no issues, and only cash, may be reasonably distributed within four or five months of the settlor's death, not two years.

In most cases, a trustee cannot remove a beneficiary from a trust. An irrevocable trust is intended to be unchangeable, ensuring that the beneficiaries of the trust receive what the creators of the trust intended.

A 'beneficial owner' is any individual who ultimately, either directly or indirectly, owns or controls the trust and includes the settlor or settlors, the trustee or trustees, the protector or protectors (if any), the beneficiaries or the class of persons in whose main interest the trust is established.