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Investments Acquired From a Decedent

melpaw57 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:30:26 GMT

Greetings all.

So I'm working on entering income from a Trust in which I am the Trustee and my parents are the grantors.

I received 1099B's for the Trust, that show both Long Term and Short Term Capital Gains.

TurboTax is asking if any of these investments were acquired from a decedent?

So if I'm reading this correctly, the answer would be "Yes", since these accounts were previously owned by my parents and passed to the Trust when it was created.

Is that correct?

Which would mean that all gains would be treated as long term?

As always, many thanks for your expert input.

Re: Investments Acquired From a Decedent

M-MTax — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:42:02 GMT

@melpaw57 wrote:
Is that correct?

Yes, provided your parents were the grantors and the trust became irrevocable upon their passing.

This would change with a different type of trust but the standard and typical trust would acquire assets from a decedent (i.e., there would be a step-up (or step-down)).

Note that grantor trusts (aka revocable or living trusts) require a new EIN when the grantors pass and the trusts become irrevocable.

Sorry for your loss.

Re: Investments Acquired From a Decedent

melpaw57 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:49:32 GMT

thank you for your concise answer and kind thoughts.