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Probate & Trust Law Section Conference Manual ... - Minnesota CLE

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FUNDING EDUCATION: THE GIFT OF OPPORTUNITY<br />

Susan T. Bart<br />

TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

I. Saving and Paying for Higher Education .............................................................................2<br />

A. Ways to Make Lifetime Gifts to Minors ..................................................................2<br />

B. Large Estates and Education Funding ......................................................................2<br />

II. <strong>Section</strong> 2503(e) Techniques .................................................................................................2<br />

A. Qualified Transfers ..................................................................................................3<br />

B. Prepayment of Tuition .............................................................................................3<br />

III.<br />

Crummey <strong>Trust</strong>s...................................................................................................................4<br />

A. Gift Tax Annual Exclusion ......................................................................................4<br />

B. Crummey <strong>Trust</strong>s for Single Beneficiary ..................................................................4<br />

C. Crummey <strong>Trust</strong>s for Multiple Beneficiaries ............................................................7<br />

D. Other Annual Exclusion Techniques .....................................................................11<br />

IV.<br />

GST Exempt <strong>Trust</strong>s............................................................................................................11<br />

V. <strong>Trust</strong> Provisions for Education ..........................................................................................13<br />

A. Education ...............................................................................................................13<br />

B. Education as Prerequisite to <strong>Trust</strong> Distribution .....................................................13<br />

VI. General Rules for 529 Accounts ........................................................................................14<br />

A. 529 Savings Accounts in General ..........................................................................14<br />

B. Statutory and Regulatory Background ...................................................................14<br />

C. Definitions..............................................................................................................16<br />

VII. Tax Basics of 529 Accounts ..............................................................................................18<br />

A. Income Taxation of 529 Savings Accounts ...........................................................18<br />

B. Gift Taxation of <strong>Section</strong> 529 Savings Accounts ....................................................19<br />

C. Estate Taxation of <strong>Section</strong> 529 Savings Accounts ................................................20<br />

VIII. Five-Year Election Issues ..................................................................................................22<br />

A. Split Gifts ...............................................................................................................22<br />

B. GST ........................................................................................................................22<br />

C. Minimum Contribution for Proration .....................................................................22<br />

D. Proration of Excess Over Annual Exclusions ........................................................23<br />

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