What Is a QSST Trust? Requirements and Tax Rules A Qualified Subchapter S Trust (QSST) is a trust specifically designed to hold S corporation stock without disqualifying the company’s pass-through tax status S corporations can only have certain types of shareholders, and an ordinary trust is not one of them
Internal Revenue Service Department of the Treasury Number: 202507006 . . . IS Section 1361(a)(1) provides that the term “S corporation” means, with respect to any taxable year, a small business corporation for which an election under § 1362(a) is in effect for such year Section 1361(b)(1) defines a “small business corporation” as a domestic corporation which is not an ineligible corporation and which does not (A) have
Qualified Subchapter S Trust (QSST) - Brown Law PLLC A Qualified Subchapter S Trust (QSST) is a specific type of trust that allows individuals to hold shares in a Subchapter S corporation while complying with the requirements set by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Making Sense of Qualified Subchapter S Trusts (QSST) QSSTs allow for professional management of the S corporation shares, ensuring that the assets are handled wisely and in accordance with your estate plan By maintaining the S corporation status, QSSTs can help avoid double taxation This means the income is taxed only once—at the beneficiary level
QUALIFIED SUBCHAPTER S TRUST (QSST) - CMRS Law Although Qualified Subchapter S Trusts (QSSTs) are an option, they have disadvantages For example, only one beneficiary can benefit from the QSST throughout their lifetime As a result, the beneficiary’s children cannot be beneficiaries of the trust
Special Rule for Qualified Subchapter S Trust One type of trust that is permitted to be an S corporation shareholder is a qualified subchapter S trust (QSST) To qualify, the individual trust beneficiary must make an election to treat the trust as a permitted shareholder Register for a complimentary trial to unlock this document, plus gain access to so much more, including:
QSST election - Wikipedia In United States federal income tax law, a qualified Subchapter S trust is one of several types of trusts that may retain ownership as the shareholder of an S corporation The beneficiary of such a trust makes a QSST election for each S corporation in which the trust holds stock