Trust Distributable Income

[Bozodclown]

I'm curious why a capital gain that's long-term because it was inherited and is retained by the trust, appears in the K-1 worksheet and the K-1s as a short-term gain.  As an ignorant amateur I wouldn't think it should appear at all since it isn't being distributed and why would it be identified as short-term?  I'm using TT Business.    

[Anonymous_]

There must be an input error somewhere. 

Capital assets acquired by the trust from the decedent are considered to be held long-term.

[Bozodclown]

On the 1041 the gain is shown as long-term and as undistributed trust income and is included with the trust's taxable income.  When given the option, I chose to not distribute the gain to the beneficiaries yet the gain appears on the k-1 worksheet and as short-term.  The strange thing is that the final amount distributed to beneficiaries is correct but the worksheets don't make sense, at least to me.  I wouldn't think undistributed capital gains should show up on a K-1.  I guess I should become a CPA before trying to do a trust return.    

[Mike9241]

the date acquired to use for property that the decedent owned on the date of death should be "inherited" this will force long-term.  

[Bozodclown]

I found the problem.  I had first chosen to allocate capital gains to beneficiaries and then later changed that to retain the capital gains in the trust.  I discovered that Turbotax didn't change Schedule D to show the gain going to the trust.  It was showing short-term gains going to the beneficiaries.  When I corrected Schedule D, the DNI worksheet and K-1 worksheet were corrected.  Now there are no capital gains showing on the K-1s as it should be with the gains being retained by the trust.  More fun.  

[Anonymous_ · Accepted solution]

That sounds about right; you have to be careful not to allocate gain to the beneficiaries (and to income) in the program.