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This trust type is established by your will. It's an eligible S corporation shareholder for up to two years after the transfer and then must either distribute the stock to an eligible shareholder or qualify as a QSST or ESBT.
A QSST is one of several types of trusts that are eligible to hold stock in an S corporation. Its two primary requirements are (1) there can be only one beneficiary of the trust and (2) all income must be distributed at least annually (Sec.
Net investment income tax of a QSST 1411(a)(2)). The tax also applies to QSSTs to the extent the net investment income is retained in the trust. Although the S corporation income of a QSST is taxed to the individual income beneficiary, capital gain on the sale of the S corporation stock is taxed at the trust level.
A Qualified Subchapter S Trust, commonly referred to as a QSST Election, or a Q-Sub election, is a Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiary Election made on behalf of a trust that retains ownership as the shareholder of an S corporation, a corporation in the United States which votes to be taxed.
Testamentary trusts. This trust type is established by your will. It's an eligible S corporation shareholder for up to two years after the transfer and then must either distribute the stock to an eligible shareholder or qualify as a QSST or ESBT.
Thus, if a grantor wants to leave S corp stock to a trust for her family members after her death without terminating the company's election, the trust must qualify either as an electing small business trust (ESBT) or as a qualified subchapter s trust (QSST).
Designing a QSSTThe trust must have only one income beneficiary during the life of the current income beneficiary, and that beneficiary must be a U.S. citizen or resident;All of the income of the trust must be (or must be required to be) distributed currently to the one income beneficiary;More items...?
A beneficiary will normally be a natural person, but it is perfectly possible to have a company as the beneficiary of a trust, and this often happens in sophisticated commercial transaction structures.
The main difference between an ESBT and a QSST is that an ESBT may have multiple income beneficiaries, and the trust does not have to distribute all income. Unlike with the QSST, the trustee, rather than the beneficiary, must make the election.