@fpc , agree with @Critter that
for the estate return --- your compensation and the reimbursements ( for necessary and customary expenses solely associated with the effort of administering the estate ) are expenses to the Estate and reported on form 1041. I am assuming here that the Estate required you to provide adequate proof of the expenses that you as an executor claimed.
For your individual return, the compensation is a taxable income ( generally as "other " since you are not in the business of managing Estates ). The reimbursements are really making you whole i.e. reimbursing expenses that you incurred and generally should not be treated as an income . That is my general stance on this . However, I do agree that this could be a sticky wicket depending on exactly which expenses are being reimbursed and what rate.
