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Level 1
April 7, 2024
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How do I enter a trust distribution payment?

  • April 7, 2024
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DaveF1006
Level 15
April 12, 2024

It depends on the trust distribution. If this is a distribution of the trust principal balances, this does not need to be reported as income because the IRS assumed this money was already taxed. If there were interest or capital gains in addition to these bank balances, then the money is taxed.

 

Usually if this is the case, the trust should issue a k-1 to you to report on your own individual tax return.

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Level 2
March 22, 2026

Thank you.  I had thought that it would need to go on the K-1s for those it was distributed to and then be offset, glad to know it is not.  It was an inheritance from the trust, so I was quite sure they wouldn't need to pay taxes on it, but didn't realize it wouldn't even show on their K-1.

Level 15
March 22, 2026

@user17740442665 only income is reported on the K-1; "inheritance" is not income.