This chart gives you an excellent summary of the Generation Skipping Transfer (GST) Tax. It goes over the following items:
- Discusses the basics of the GST Tax (tax rate, exemption amount, portability and filing dates), 
- Describes the three types of taxable transfers that trigger the GST Tax, 
- Reviews the automatic allocation rules, and 
- Gives an overview of a Dynasty Trust. 
The proper usage of a Dynasty trust can keep an estate from being eroded over future generations by not being