CHAPTER 28 INCOME TAXATION OF TRUSTS AND ESTATES

1. ThePrasad Trustincurred thefollowing itemsfor 2014.

Taxable interestincome

$50,000

Tax-exemptinterest income,notonprivateactivitybonds

25,000

Tax-exemptinterest income,onprivateactivitybonds

5,000

Compute Prasad’stentativeminimum taxfor theyear. Prasaddoesnot holdanycredits availabletoreduce the AMTliability.

2. TheKapoor Trustis yourclient. Completethe chartbelow,indicating Kapoor’strust accountingincome foreach of thealternatives.

Interest income,taxable

$60,000

Interestincome, tax-exempt

30,000

Interestincome, tax-exemptbut AMTpreference

10,000

Long-termcapital gain

40,000

Trusteefee

5,000

Trustagreementprovisions Trustaccountingincome

Fees and capital gains allocable to

corpus ______________________

Capital gains allocable to corpus, one-

half of fees allocable to income ______________________

Capital gains allocable to income, silent

concerning allocation of fees ______________________

Fees and exempt income allocable to corpus,

silent concerning allocation of capital gain/loss ______________________

3. Reggieisoneof theincome beneficiariesofthe LaQuandaEstate,which issubjectto a35%marginalFederalestatetaxrate,a35%marginalFederalincometaxrate,anda10%marginal stateincometaxrate.Thisyear,ReggiereceivedallofthesalescommissionsthatwereearnedandpayabletoLuluLaQuanda(cashbasis)atherdeath.Compute Reggie’s§691(c)deduction forthecurrentyear,giventhefollowingdata.

Sales commissionsreceivable $50,000

Deferredgainoninstallmentsale,threepaymentstobereceived,startingnextyear 20,000

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4. The Raja Trust operates a welding business. Its current-year cost recovery deductions properly amount to $75,000. Raja’s accounting income was $100,000, of which $40,000 was distributed to first­tier beneficiary Chuck, $25,000 was distributed to second-tier beneficiary Ruby, and $35,000 was accumulated by the trustee. Ruby also received a $25,000 discretionary corpus distribution. Raja’s DNI was $80,000. Identify the treatment of Raja’s cost recovery deductions.

5. Counsellisasimpletrustthatcorrectlyusesthecalendaryearfortaxpurposes.Itsincomebeneficiaries(Kathie,Lynn,Mark,andNorelle) areentitledtothetrust’sannualaccountingincomeinsharesofone­fourtheach.Forthecurrent calendaryear,thetrusthasordinarybusinessincomeof$40,000,along-term capitalgainof$20,000(allocabletocorpus),andatrusteecommissionexpenseof$4,000(allocabletocorpus).UsetheformatofFigure 20.3inthetexttoaddressthefollowingitems.

a. Howmuchincomeis eachbeneficiaryentitled toreceive?

b. Whatisthe trust’sDNI?

c. Whatisthetrust’s taxableincome?

d. Howmuch istaxed toeach ofthe beneficiaries?

6. Counsellisasimpletrustthatcorrectlyusesthecalendaryearfortaxpurposes.Itsincomebeneficiaries(Kathie,Lynn,Mark,andNorelle) areentitledtothetrust’sannualaccountingincomeinsharesofone­fourtheach.Forthecurrent calendaryear,thetrusthasordinarybusinessincomeof$40,000,along-term capitalgainof$20,000(allocabletoincome),andatrustee commissionexpenseof$4,000(allocabletocorpus).UsetheformatofFigure 20.3inthetexttoaddressthefollowingitems.

a. Howmuchincomeis eachbeneficiaryentitled toreceive?

b. Whatisthe trust’sDNI?

c. Whatisthetrust’s taxableincome?

d. Howmuch istaxed toeach ofthe beneficiaries?