are you sure that irrevocable trust is such for income tax purposes? who is the grantor? who is the trustee? many taxpayers are not familiar with the IRC rules regarding grantor trusts. Thus what they think are irrevocable trusts the IRS would say are grantor trusts. there are about 10 factors the IRS considers. since we can't see the trust agreement we have no way of knowing if it is or isn't. ask the lawyer who drew it up.
