Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts
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.
Delivery Method: Individual webcast
CPE Credit: Accounting
Program Level: Intermediate
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
Doug Van Der Aa, Federal Tax Workshops
Douglas J. Van Der Aa, CPA, JD, has been a highly rated speaker and seminar leader for CPA Associations and other organizations throughout the country for more than 18 years. Doug has over 25 years of professional experience, including tax practice in CPA firms and the practice of transactional business and real estate law as an attorney. He taught for 12 years as an Adjunct Instructor and for one year as Assistant Professor of Accounting and Taxation for Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business, where he taught in both the undergraduate and MST programs.
Non-Member Price $159.00
Member Price $129.00