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Estate Planning for Marital Deduction

Course Description:
Estate Planning for Marital Deduction is designed to reinforce the professionalism and expertise you currently possess as a trust officer. Students will learn strategies for the optimum use of the marital deduction. By comparing marital formulas, students will learn to determine which marital deduction trusts to use for particular client needs.

Audience:
This course is appropriate for trust officers who already have a basic knowledge of Federal Transfer Taxes and seek to expand their skills to enable them to advise clients with respect to clients' estate plans.

Learning Objectives:
After successfully completing this program, you will be able to:
  • Recognize a marital deduction, its value, and requirements for property to qualify
      for the marital deduction
  • Compare strategies for optimum use of the marital deduction depending on the client's tax
      and non-tax preferences (maximum deduction, optimum A-B plan,
      equalizing marital estates)
  • Describe the purpose of the different marital formulas used to calculate the marital
      deductions, when each is commonly used, and factors to consider in selecting a formula
  • Identify the purposes, features, and requirements of the commonly used marital trusts
      and recommend which would best serve your clients' needs

Course Credits: AIB: 0 ; ICB: 6.0 (CTFA/PFI) ; CFP: 3.5

Prerequisites: None

Required Software: None

Optional Software: Adobe Acrobat Reader and RealPlayer

Cost: Members $160   •   NonMembers $215


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PBA Contact: Jackie Catalano • (717) 255-6939 • jCatalano@paBanker.com