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Definition of 'Exemption Trust'

A trust whose purpose is to drastically reduce or eliminate federal estate taxes for a married couple's estate. This type of estate plan sets up an irrevocable trust that will hold the assets of the first spouse to die.
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The amount will not be taxed for federal estate tax purposes when the second spouse dies.

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