2024 Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts
4.00 Credits
Member Price $129
Non-Member Price $159
Overview
Financial accounting for trusts and estates is one of the least understood branches of accounting. It is not particularly concerned with recording income and expenses but is obsessed with determining whether receipts and expenditures are assigned to income or principal/corpus. This course will dive into this tricky area and provide a reporting guide for fiduciary accounting.
Highlights
- 10 Principles of Tax Accounting for Trust Income
- Entity accounting income and Form 1041
- Uniform Principal and Income Act
- Discretionary Power to Adjust
- Allocations between principal and income
- Trust accounting issues
Prerequisites
Basic working knowledge of accounting for estates and trusts
Designed For
Practitioners and members in industry seeking to gain a better understanding of fiduciary accounting of estate and trusts issues
Objectives
- Apply a working knowledge of the financial accounting rules for estates and trusts
- Identify planning and potential pitfalls
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Douglas Van Der Aa, Federal Tax Workshops
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, J.D., has been a discussion leader for Federal Tax Workshops, Inc., for the past 10 years. He has extensive experience in leading discussions in conferences, seminars and webinars. Doug has over 20 years of experience, including tax practice in CPA firms and the practice of transactional business and real estate law as an attorney. Formerly, Doug was a tax manager with Hungerford, Aldrin, Nichols & Carter, P.C. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where his practice concentrated on the tax needs of mid-sized closely held businesses, with their related pass-through entities, complex individual returns including AMT issues, together with their estates and trusts.
Non-Member Price $159
Member Price $129