Julie died owning certain interests in a family business, including interests in a partnership and a corporation.
Question:
Julie died owning certain interests in a family business, including interests in a partnership and a corporation. Her estate also included a life estate in an irrevocable trust. Julie incurred certain medical expenses in her year of death, which were paid by the estate shortly after her death. Which of the following postmortem income tax elections should the executor of Julie's estate consider?
Options:
An S election for the partnership
An election to adjust the basis of the corporate assets
An election to treat the irrevocable trust as part of the estate for income tax purposes
Claiming a deduction for the medical expenses on Julie's income tax return for her year of death
Fundamental Accounting
ISBN: 9781485112112
7th Edition
Authors: David Flynn, Carolina Koornhof, Ronald Arendse, Anna C. E. Coetzee, Edwardo Muriro, Louise Christel Posthumus, Louise Mancy Smit