Many Pet Owners Use a Charitable Remainder Trust For Funding Their Pet Trusts
When you use charitable remainder trust to fund a pet trust, you set up a trust and transfer to it the property you want to donate to the charity of your choice.
The charity needs to have a tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code and must be fully accepted and approved by the IRS.
The charity serves as trustee of the trust, and manages or invests the property so it will produce income for you
The charity then pays to your Trustee of your pet trust, a portion of the income generated for a certain number of years, or for the duration of your pet trust.
When the trust ends, the remainder of the property goes to the charity.
There can be some beneficial tax treatment and this is a very popular type of trust.
Consult your attorney and your accountant before you begin this process.
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