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For example, some states will look to the residency of the grantor or settlor at the time that the trust was created to determine whether the trust is a resident trust. Other states will look to the location of the fiduciary and administration of the trust to determine residency.

A Wisconsin living trust holds ownership of your assets while you continue to use and control them during your lifetime. After your death, the trust assets are distributed to the beneficiaries you have chosen.

Since Wisconsin is not a state that imposes an inheritance tax, the inheritance tax in 2023 is 0% (zero). As a result, you won't owe Wisconsin inheritance taxes.

Here's how it works. Upon your death, you can transfer a certain amount of assets without paying any estate tax. This amount is called the estate tax exemption. In 2017, the federal government set the estate tax exemption at $10 million, as adjusted for inflation on an annual basis through 2025.

The IRS requires the filing of an income tax return for trusts and estates on Form 1041—formerly known as the fiduciary income tax return. This is because trusts and estates must pay income tax on their income just like you report your own income on a personal tax return each year.

Irrevocable trusts become “active” once funded and typically avoid taxes and probate after the grantor passes away. However, if the grantor is still alive, then the trust's assets are passed to a trustee to manage, and the grantor loses the ownership of the asset, ing to Wisconsin law.

You are required to file a Wisconsin income tax return if your Wisconsin gross income is $2,000 or more. Gross income means income before deducting expenses. While net income reported to you may be less than $2,000, gross income may be over that amount, requiring that a Wisconsin income tax return be filed.

Trusts, or portions of trusts, the assets of which consist of property placed in the trust by a person who is a resident of Wisconsin at the time that the property was placed in the trust if, at the time that the assets were placed in the trust, the trust was irrevocable.