Family of 5 siblings are beneficiaries of a beach house in a revocable trust whose grantor has passed away. Siblings are considering either leaving the asset in the trust, which would become irrevocable, or establishing a Family LLC. If the Family LLC is not a partnership, is tax reporting still done on a Form 1065? If there is no income from the property, how are real estate taxes, etc., deducted to the family members?
Deed is currently in the name of the irrevocable trust? If so, why not simply keep the trust (perhaps as the grantor intended)? Would a new entity follow the grantor's original distribution provisions? Will you have to pay a transfer tax if the deed is transferred to a new entity?
Ask legal counsel since you are really in the middle of a long-term, estate planning exercise for potentially multiple families (e.g., where the spouse of one sibling is never going to agree with the spouse of another).
Ah, the non-tax reasons associated with trusts.....those possibly BOI-exempt entities!!
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