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Unit 8 Flashcards

1
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Form 1041

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  • Estates and trusts must file Form 1041.
  • This form is for fiduciary tax returns.

Add one for when you die

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What would cause an estate to file?

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  • Estates with gross income of $600 or more must file.
  • Also, if there’s a nonresident alien beneficiary, the estate must file.
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What must happen for a trust to file?

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  • Trusts must file if they have any taxable income.
  • Additionally, trusts with gross income of $600 or more must file.
  • If there’s a nonresident alien beneficiary, the trust must file.
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4
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Do grantor trusts need to file?

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Not usually

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5
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Calendar year tax deadline?

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April 15th

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6
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Fiscal year deadline

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15th day of the 4th month following the close of the tax year

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7
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When does the first tax year start for an estate?

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The date of death - can be any period of 12 months

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8
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When is the tax year chosen for an estate?

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When the first return is filed

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9
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Trusts use what tax year?

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Calendar year

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10
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Capital gains, dividend and interest income that is required to be distributed to the beneficiaries are taxed how

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taxed as capital gains and income to the beneficiaries

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11
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Can a beneficiary be taxed on something that was not actually distributed to them?

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Yes, beneficiaries are taxed on all distributions made to them.
They’re also taxed on what was required to be distributed, even if not actually distributed.

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12
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Income on a grantor trust is taxed to whom?

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the grantor

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13
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Are grantor trusts subject to taxation?

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Not usually

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Grantor Trust Rules:

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  • Grantor can revoke or alter the trust.
  • Grantor keeps beneficial enjoyment.
  • Grantor maintains administrative powers or control of beneficial enjoyment.
  • Income can be used to pay life insurance premiums for grantor or spouse, except if it’s irrevocably payable to charity.
  • Income may be distributed to support the grantor’s children.
  • Trust corpus returns to the grantor, even if reversionary interest is just 5% of trust assets.
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Simple trusts

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  • Must distribute all current accounting income to beneficiaries in the year earned.
  • Cannot distribute principal or have charitable beneficiaries.
  • Have a personal exemption of $300.
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16
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Complex trust

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  • Not required to make distributions.
  • Can accumulate income, have charitable beneficiaries, or distribute principal during the tax year.
  • Trust classification can change from simple to complex and vice versa based on distributions.
  • Trusts with an option to distribute or accumulate income are always complex.
  • Considered complex in their final year as principal must be distributed upon termination.
  • Have a personal exemption of $100.
17
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Personal exemption for complex trust?

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$100

18
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Personal exemption for simple trust?

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$300

19
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When must a simple trust distribute all current accounting income?

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Must distribute all current accounting income to beneficiaries in the year earned

20
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Can a simple trust distribute principal?

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No

21
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What if I want my simple trust to have a charitable beneficiary?

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You can’t

22
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When/how would trust classification change?

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Trust classification can change from simple to complex and vice versa based on distributions.

23
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Can a simple trust turn into a complex trust?

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Yes and vice versa

24
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Complex trusts can do what vs simple trusts

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Can accumulate income, have charitable beneficiaries, or distribute principal during the tax year.

25
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Revocable trust

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  • Grantor has the right to terminate the trust.
  • Transferring assets into a revocable trust isn’t considered a completed gift for gift tax purposes.
  • Treated as a grantor-type trust for income tax purposes.
  • Assets in the trust are subject to estate tax upon the grantor’s death.
26
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Trusts that can distribute or accumulate income are always what

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complex

27
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A revocable trust is treated as what type of trust for tax purposes?

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Grantor

28
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Who has the right to terminate a revocable trust?

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Grantor

29
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Irrevocable Trusts

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  • Cannot be revoked once created.
  • Transferring assets into these trusts is typically considered a completed gift subject to gift taxes.
30
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A completed gift is made when transferring to what type of trust?

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Irrevocable

31
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Trust accounting income

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the items of income and expense that are used to determine the amount the income beneficiaries are entitled to receive from the trust each year

32
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Trust document says what re: accounting income

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specify what the accounting income is, and how capital gains and expenses are allocated to income or principal

33
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Finding trust taxable income

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  • Calculated by subtracting deductions for distributions, charitable contributions, and investment advisor fees from total income.
  • Applicable personal exemption is then deducted to determine taxable income.
34
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Distributable Net Income
DNI

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  • Allocates taxable income between beneficiaries and the trust.
  • It’s the maximum amount taxable to beneficiaries.
  • Excess distributions over DNI are non-taxable return of principal.
  • Beneficiaries are taxed on the lesser of the DNI allocation or the amount required to be distributed per the trust document.
35
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Excess distributions over DNI are what

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Taxable return of principal

36
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Trust beneficiaries are taxed on what re: DNI

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Beneficiaries are taxed on the lesser of the DNI allocation or the amount required to be distributed per the trust document.

37
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Estate Income Tax:

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  • Estates file and pay taxes while assets are collected and debts settled.
  • Income tax for an estate resembles that of a complex trust.
  • Personal exemption is raised to $600.
38
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Estate personal exemption

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$600

39
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Income tax for an estate resembles what kind of trust

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Complex

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