There is a test that must be passed before a trust can be named a designated beneficiary.
Where certain requirements are met, it is possible to achieve Designated Beneficiary status when naming a trust as designated beneficiary. Note however that the trust itself in not a “Designated Beneficiary.” Rather, one is able to look through the trust to the individual beneficiaries who are then treated as having been designated. The failure of a trust to achieve Designated Beneficiary status will require post-death distributions over the Owner’s life expectancy or under the five-year rule. This white paper reviews the four requirements of the test that must be satisfied in order to allow for “Designated Beneficiary” status.
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Michelle L. Ward, J.D., LL.M.
Keebler & Associates, LLP
- Partner with Keebler & Associates, LLP
- Emphasis in estate planning with primary focus on retirement distribution planning
- Co-author of Panel Publishing's Roth IRA Answer Book and Quick Reference to IRAs and AICPA's The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010: Tools, Tips, and Tactics
- Written articles appearing in Trusts & Estates, Investments and Wealth Monitor, and Journal of Retirement Planning
- Member of the editorial advisory board of Informa Media’s Trusts and Estates magazine and associate editor of Journal of Financial Service Professionals
- LL.M. degree in estate planning from Western New England College of Law; J.D. degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School; B.A. degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Can be contacted at [email protected]
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