A large amount of natural gas and oil sits beneath the oceans, and as we surpass peak oil, their skills and new technologies are essential. Oil and gas extraction employs some 22% of marine geologists. Some 17% of Earth scientists work in engineering services. For marine geology, this will often be in the siting and design of offshore oil and gas rigs.
Would I request the 645 election? How do I know if it is a qualified revocable trust? If you become successor trustee prior to the death of the grantor (due to incapacitation or disability), then you will not need to obtain an EIN (employer identification number) for the revocable living trust.
A final sticking point for irrevocable trusts trying to avoid classification as grantor trusts is the distribution of trust income to the grantor. If the trust allows for the distribution of trust income to the grantor or the grantor's spouse, the trust may be a grantor trust. If only a portion of the trust income may be distributed to the grantor or the grantor's spouse, only a similar portion of the trust is considered a grantor trust. In other words, the IRS may consider an irrevocable trust as partially a grantor trust and partially not.