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What is an A-B trust?

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An A-B trust splits a married couple's estate at the first spouse's death into two trusts: the marital "A" trust (uses unlimited marital deduction) and the bypass "B" trust (uses the deceased spouse's estate exemption).

A-B trust structure showing marital and bypass split.

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