Enhance or refresh your knowledge of generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax basics with this problem-focused practical presentation. In addition to reviewing the applicable rules, this session focuses on the knowledge necessary to complete the GST section of a gift or estate tax return and highlights the information necessary to make GST elections and sound decisions to best position the client for GST purposes. Specific topics include the following:

  • Who is the transferor
  • Gift splitting decisions
  • Who is a skip person
  • How to report gifts in trust
  • Computing the inclusion ratio
  • Qualifying for the GST annual exclusion
  • GST-related elections
  • Fixing GST problems

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the fundamental rules of the generation-skipping transfer tax.
  • Identify how to report a generation-skipping transfer on gift and estate tax returns.
  • Identify GST elections and how and when to make them.


Speakers:

Time: 9:30-10:45 a.m. PT

Location: ARIA Resort & Casino, 3730 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89158