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Level 1
posted Mar 5, 2020 7:21:08 PM

Final Complex Trust Return and Negative Trust Accounting Income

Filing a first and final complex trust 1041 for my mother's trust (she passed away in 2019). I have made corpus distributions. Trust accounting income is calculated as negative. Do I adjust it to a zero value?

 

If adjusted to zero, the K-1s to beneficiaries show I am passing through a Line 11 Excess deduction and Long-term capital loss carryover, which make sense based on the circumstances and I understand.

 

If I do not adjust the negative trust accounting income value, in addition to the above I get a K-1 Line 12 negative AMT adjustment, and in K-1 Line 14 "Other Information" negative tax exempt interest and a corresponding positive Adjustment for section 1411 net investment income or deductions, and a negative Foreign Taxes. None of these make sense to me to show on the K-1s.

 

Would appreciate any advice.

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Level 15
Mar 6, 2020 8:09:33 AM


@rrtrust wrote:

If adjusted to zero, the K-1s to beneficiaries show I am passing through a Line 11 Excess deduction and Long-term capital loss carryover, which make sense based on the circumstances and I understand.


It is not clear how you entered the distributions, but the treatment you described above appears to be correct in the instance of a final return. 

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Mar 5, 2020 10:51:27 PM

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Level 1
Mar 6, 2020 5:22:30 AM

Thanks for the heads up!

Level 15
Mar 6, 2020 8:09:33 AM


@rrtrust wrote:

If adjusted to zero, the K-1s to beneficiaries show I am passing through a Line 11 Excess deduction and Long-term capital loss carryover, which make sense based on the circumstances and I understand.


It is not clear how you entered the distributions, but the treatment you described above appears to be correct in the instance of a final return.