The Senate proposals would chip away at that exemption by limiting the amount that would remaintax-deductiblebasedon employees' incomesor the value of their plans, or both.
The allocation of GST exemption to a transfer or to a trust excludes from the GST tax not only the amount of the transfer or trust assets equal to the amount of GST exemption allocated, but also all appreciation and income on that amount during the existence of the trust.
Dynasty trusts push that generation-skipping taxexemption to the max, putting the exempted amount beyond the reach of estate taxes for the life of the trust.