Qtip Trust

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A type of trust for married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. a qtip trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the trust property tax-free. taxes are deferred until the surviving spouse dies and the trust property is received by the final trust beneficiaries, who were named by the first spouse to die.

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