1041 schedule D Basis

The step up.....or down.....to FMV is used for any property acquired from a decedent.

If the asset in the trust was inherited, a step-up basis might apply. 

But if this is an estate return, no step-up adjustment would be made for the estate assets.

When decedents own property in their names then the type of return....estate or trust.....rarely matters.

There is a step up in basis for property held by the estate that was acquired from the decedent.

If the property had been held in a revocable trust there is a step up in basis when the grantor dies.