10/28/2026
Does Q-tip bring to mind cotton swabs?
It's something bigger in the context of federal estate and gift tax.
A qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trust is a type of marital trust used most often with a bypass trust to maximize the use of both spouses' applicable exclusion amounts (the amount that can be sheltered from federal gift and estate tax by the unified credit).
Perhaps more importantly, the first spouse to die can specify in the trust instrument to whom the assets in the trust will pass at the death of the surviving spouse.
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A qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trust is a type of marital trust used most often with a bypass trust to maximize the use of both spouses' applicable exclusion amounts (the amount that can be sheltered from federal gift and estate tax by the unified credit). Perhaps more importantly,....