The Allwardt Trust is a simple trust that correctly uses the calendar year for tax purposes. Its
Question:
The Allwardt Trust is a simple trust that correctly uses the calendar year for tax purposes. Its income beneficiaries (Lucy and Ethel) are entitled to the trust's annual accounting income in shares of one-half each.
For the current tax year, Allwardt reports the following.
Ordinary income ..................................................... $100,000
Long-term capital gains, allocable to corpus ....................... 30,000
Trustee commission expense, allocable to corpus .................. 5,000
Use the format of Figure 28.3 to address the following items.
a. How much income is each beneficiary entitled to receive?
b. What is the trust's DNI?
c. What is the trust's taxable income?
d. How much gross income is reported by each of the beneficiaries?
Step by Step Answer:
South Western Federal Taxation 2015
ISBN: 9781305310810
38th Edition
Authors: William H. Hoffman, William A. Raabe, David M. Maloney, James C. Young