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Fiduciary Accounting Answer Book (2013)

Fiduciary Accounting Answer Book (2013)

Name: Fiduciary Accounting Answer Book (2013)
Brand: CCH U.S.
SKU: 9780808030331
Price: 2512.30 HKD
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Author: Carol A. Cantrell; F. Gordon Spoor
ISBN: 9780808030331

Edited by Carol A. Cantrell · F. Gordon Spoor

CCH U.S. November 2012

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780808030331
Publisher: CCH U.S.
Publication: November 2012
Format: Paperback , 350 pages
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The Fiduciary Accounting Answer Book is the most detailed reference book on the market for information on how to allocate receipts and disbursements between the income and principal beneficiaries of a trust or estate. For the first time, a single book will answer all questions about estate & trust accounting including:

An overview of fiduciary responsibility
How situs impacts a will or trust
The Uniform Principal & Income Act
How to properly allocate income taxes between income and principal

Discussed in detail is how numerous types of receipts and disbursements are allocated between the income and principal beneficiaries, with each section of the Act having its own chapter

The questions and answers are designed to narrow research and to assist in finding just the answer one is looking for. The subject matter and key word index will further narrow the search. A complete state appendix allows the practitioner to determine how each state has amended the Uniform Act and where he might wish to establish situs.

This book is a necessity to anyone who:

Serves as a fiduciary
Is considering serving as a fiduciary
Serves an important role in the administration of an estate or trust including the preparation of fiduciary accountings.
Prepares federal income tax returns (Form 1041) for estates or trusts or
Drafts wills and trusts

This publication allows the drafter to determine which portions of the Principal and Income Act to override or exclude in drafting and provides the drafter with timely information by subject matter to determine what impact the Principal and Income Act has on various assets owned by the estate or trust.

This book is a must desktop reference for all fiduciaries, trust officers, accountants and attorneys who practice in this area to any degree. It offers all the information needed to ensure compliance with critical fiduciary accounting principles.

Included in the Answer Book are a detailed treatment of:

Distributions from IRAs and retirement plans
Income from oil, natural gas, minerals and natural resources
Distributions from pass through entities (partnerships, S-corporations, LLC's & LLP's) and the income tax allocation issues associated with them
Distributions from regulated investment companies (mutual funds) and
Various types of disbursements, including federal and state income tax

Overview of Basic Fiduciary Concepts
Trust Situs
Overview of Fidcuiary Accounting
Definitions and Fiduciary Duties -- UPIA Sections 101-103
Trustee's Power to Adjust and Judicial Control -- UPIA Sections 104 and 105
Determining Net Income and Beneficiary Distributions -- UPIA Sections 201 and 202
Apportionment at the Beginning and End of an Income Interest -- UPIA Sections 301-303
Receipts from Entites, Trusts and Estates -- UPIA Sections 401 and 402
Business and Other Activities Conducted by the Trustee -- UPIA Section 403
Receipts Not Normally Apportioned and Insubstantial Allocations -- UPIA Section 404-408
Deferred Compensation, Annuities and Similar Payments -- UPIA Section 409
Liquidating Assets -- UPIA Section 410
Mineral, Water and Other Natural Resources and Timber -- UPIA Sections 411 and 412
Underproductive Property -- UPIA Section 413
Derivatives, Options and Asset-Backed Securities -- UPIA Sections 414 and 415
Allocation of Disbursements During the Administration of a Trust -- UPIA Sections 501 and 502
Transfers from Income to Principal -- UPIA Sectons 503 and 504
Income Taxes and Adjustments Between Principal and Income Because of Taxes -- UPIA Sections 505 and 506

Appendix A State Appendix -- State Income Tax and Accountiing Rules for Trusts
Appendix B Text of the Unfiorm Principal and Income Act

About the Author

Carol A. Cantrell, CPA, JD is a shareholder of Briggs & Veselka Co., one of the largest public accounting firms in Houston, Texas. She is also a Certified Financial Planner. She specializes in estate, tax and financial planning for families, closely held businesses, and investment entities. Prior to her merger with Briggs & Veselka in 2000, she and her husband, W. Patrick Cantrell, operated Cantrell & Company, a boutique tax firm in Houston, specializing in tax planning and IRS representation. Carol is a frequent speaker for national and state professional organizations on income taxation of estates and trusts, partnerships, and S corporations. She is also the author of CCH's Stock Options: Estate, Tax and Financial Planning, a treatise on employee stock options.

As a licensed attorney, Carol represented the Rudkin Testamentary Trust pro bono before the United States Supreme Court in Knight v. Commissioner (2008). In that decision, the Court resolved a circuit split over which administrative costs of an estate or trust are exempt from the 2-percent floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions under IRC Section 67. The court found that Section 67(e) exempts onlycosts that individuals do not "commonly" or "customarily" incur and because it saw no distinction between the investment costs incurred by the Trust and those commonly incurred by individuals, the Court found the Trust's investment advisory fees subject to the floor.

It is the author's sincere desire that this book will help its readers to distinguish between the costs incurred by a fiduciary to comply with the Uniform Principal and Income Act and the Uniform Prudent Investor Act and the costs voluntarily incurred by individual investors.

F. Gordon Spoor has practiced public accounting in St. Petersburg, Florida since 1974. He is married to Chris Spoor and they have four children ranging in age from 27 to 33 and five grandchildren. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of South Florida and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Suncoast Estate Planning Council and holder of a NASD series 65 Registered Investment Advisor Representative license. He is licensed to practice as a CPA in both Florida and Georgia.

He is the managing shareholder of the CPA firm of Spoor & Associates, P.A., and a shareholder in the investment advisory firm of Anderson, Riley & Spoor, P.A. He is active in the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) and served on its Board of Governors in 2002-2003, as Chairman of the FICPA State Tax Section for two years, and as a member of the Legislative Policy Committees for one year.

He is currently a member of the FICPA Federal Tax Committee, Chairman of the AICPA Trust, Estate & Gift Tax Technical Resource Panel, Chairman of the AICPA Fiduciary Accounting Matters Task Force and has served on a joint committee composed of the FICPA, Florida Bar and Florida Bankers Association regarding the rewriting of Florida's Trust Administration Code and revisions to Florida's Principal & Income Act. Gordon also serves as an expert witness for the State of Florida Board of Accountancy. Additionally, he serves as a discussion leader for continuing professional education courses and has been awarded an outstanding discussion leader award in every year the award has been given since he became a discussion leader in 1992.

He is also the recipient of a 2000-2001 FICPA Presidential Service Award as a result of his efforts on behalf of the FICPA in serving as the lead representative of their Florida Uniform Principal & Income Act task force. He is a frequently published author on subjects relating to estates & trusts as well as the area of general tax practice.

He has published numerous articles covering these topics and others. He is co-author of the FICPA's "Fiduciary Accounting For Florida" course materials and a contributing author to "Florida Law of Trusts – Fourth Edition" (West Publishing). Much of his time is spent consulting in the area of fiduciary accounting and income tax as well as litigation support in trust matters.