Retirement tax questions

"Cannot find in the 1041 where to account for the Bank Account Checking and Savings."

You do not have "to account" for the checking and savings deposit accounts because they are considered trust corpus (i.e., trust assets or principal). You simply need to account for the income generated by those accounts and any gain/loss involved in transactions engaged in by, or on behalf of, the trust. 

However, the proper course of action would be (or have been) to notify the bank that the last grantor/trustee has passed, the title of the "new" name of the trust (e.g., Smith Family Irrevocable Trust - which name would be found in the trust instrument), and the EIN that was issued in December. Doing so will ensure proper accounting and reporting of income.

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