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Your trustee duties (T/G 305) covers the tax, legal, and administrative aspects of classifying a trust as "simple" or "complex," the requirements for managing (and distributing) trust property, accounting for its income, and the "sharing" with beneficiaries taxable, tax-exempt, and nontaxable items.
Covers letters testamentary, inventory & appraisement, Form 706, death tax computations, and estate closing.
Designed to help entrepreneurs navigate the realities of pre-business setup, this entry in the Allyear Tax Guide series addresses such topics as definitional terms, the nature of start-up costs, the cost of goods sold, and much more.
In an effort to provide foresight when preparing an estate to pass onto heirs, this guidebook details how to ensure organization of estate affairs, maintain control, and avoid excessive professional fees. The chapters focus on inventory and appraisement, probate avoidance, the slimming of portfolio assets, and comparisons of wills and trusts.
This tax guide to the many subtleties of capital gain and capital loss tax rules offers expert commentary to investors trying to avoid federal pitfalls when filing. Discussing the vital issues associated with investor tax, this resource covers the importance of matching broker and payer reportings, managing and reporting employee stock options, and claiming the 15 percent tax rate on qualified dividends. Particular attention is paid to the details necessary for completing such documents as Form 1099-B and Form 1065 (also known as Schedule K-1).
The obligations and responsibilities of trustees are laid out in this guide to working with attorneys, understanding tax procedures, and real-life examples. From completing a 1041 form to determining which financial records to pay particular attention to, this primer offers tips for every step of being a conscientious trustee. Instructions for closely reviewing a contract, taking inventory of the sources of trust income, and terminating a trust are also included.
In an effort to give readers the benefit of foresight when preparing for their own death, this guide explains the features and differences between living wills and living trusts and details the variations in distributing assets so that readers can make informed decisions about which prepared testamentary instrument is the best fit.
Planning to write off that cruise because there will be a seminar on financial planning aboard? Keeping a second office in Aspen so travel expenses to Aspen can be written off? Look out, the IRS may be watching you. Holmes Crouch helps readers understand and abide by the tax laws precisely to avoid scrutiny by the IRS.
Expressing the legal limitations and realities of how Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) are formed and how they operate, this tax guide seamlessly blends jargon-free writing with concise, expert explanations. From the hybridized origins of the LLC designation to the modern day difficulties brought on by con artists, this guidebook covers every need-to-know aspect of this unique and flexible entity. Chapters also discuss, at length, issues such as filing articles of organization with state authorities, properly paying required fees, maintaining a minimum capital base, and heeding to rules of at-risk and loss limitations.
Gone are the days when financial doings and investments were strictly a private affair. Big government now knows it all. Whether readers buy, sell, trade, exchange, abondon, or default. Tax specialist Holmes Crouch advises investors on the applicable tax forms; how losses can be beneficial; and more.