Retirement tax questions

Note also:

 

Except for backup withholding (as explained below), withheld income tax can't be passed through to beneficiaries on either Schedule K-1 or Form 1041-T.

 

Backup withholding.

If the estate or trust received a 2022 Form 1099 showing federal income tax withheld (that is, backup withholding) on interest income, dividends, or other income, check the box and include the amount withheld on income retained by the estate or trust in the total for line 14.

 

Report in box 13, code B, of Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) any credit for backup withholding on income distributed to the beneficiary.