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1. A QTIP trust is created to reduce or eliminate estate taxes.

True False

2. In order for a QTIP trust to not be subject to estate taxes at its creation, the surviving spouse must be entitled to receive all income from the trust while he or she is living.

True False

3. Funding a bypass trust with an IRA can leave very little of that IRA to successor beneficiaries, who are usually the children.

True False

4. It is possible to name a charitable remainder unitrust as the IRA designated beneficiary.

True False

5. An IRA owner should use a CRT only if there is enough liquidity from other estate assets for the surviving spouse.

True False

6. By creating a testamentary CRT, the IRA owner can give his or her spouse the flexibility to reduce current income and thereby reduce income taxes.

True False

7. A bypass unitrust is an alternative to a standard bypass trust.

True False

8. The bypass unitrust is not the same as a testamentary unitrust.

True False

9. A bypass unitrust can only be established to have a net income with makeup payout.

True False

10. If a bypass UT is the beneficiary of an IRA, after the bypass UT is funded the IRA ceases to exist.

True False

Basic Quiz - 4.6.4 IRA to Trust for Surviving Spouse