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If you would like to create a living trust in South Dakota, you need to create a written trust agreement and sign it before a notary public. To make the trust effective, you must transfer your assets into it. A revocable living trust is a popular estate planning option. It may be an option that will work for you.

You create a living trust during your lifetime by signing a trust agreement which is a legal document that directs how property transferred to the trust will be managed, when and to whom the income and principal from the trust will be paid, and to whom the trust property will be distributed when you die.

South Dakota is a pure no income/capital gains tax state for trusts. However, if income is distributed from the trust to a beneficiary, the distributed income is generally taxed at the beneficiary's personal rates in his/her tax residence jurisdiction.

Unparalleled Tax Efficiency South Dakota has no state income, capital gains, dividend/interest, or intangible tax. South Dakota also has no state inheritance or estate tax. As such, assets held in a South Dakota trust are taxed under South Dakota tax law and not subject to other state's high tax rates.

A settlor who wishes to establish a trust of longer duration under South Dakota law will need to appoint a South Dakota trustee and require that the trust be sitused and administered in South Dakota. There is no requirement that the settlor be resident or domiciled in South Dakota to take advantage of this law.

A South Dakota trust typically costs anywhere between $900 and $3,450. At Snug, any member can create a Power of Attorney and Health Care Directive for free. A Will costs $195 and a Trust costs $500. For many families, this is a great option to get you fully covered and save some money while doing it.