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Friday, December 13, 2019 Live

Fiduciary Accounting and Tax Issues of Estates and Trusts (E1912191)

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Registration: 8:00 AM EST

Courtyard by Marriott

420 Forsgate Drive
Cranbury , NJ 08512

8 CPE Credits in AA
New Location - Courtyard by Marriott, Cranbury

OVERVIEW

Fiduciary income tax is a complex blend of state accounting rates and the tax law of Subchapter J. Only by understanding this interaction can the practitioner acquire the skills and knowledge to provide income tax planning for an estate or trust and its beneficiaries, sure to be an important skill in practice in the new income tax environment.

DESIGNED FOR

All practitioners who wish to learn about the complex and unique accounting issues for estates and trusts

BENEFITS

  • Distinguish fiduciary accounting income from taxable income and distributable net income
  • Account for distributions for accounting and tax purposes
  • Identify how the fiduciary income tax return differs from individual income tax
  • Understand state law on principal and income

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Review of major legal and tax concepts
  • Concepts of fiduciary accounting: principal and income
  • The Uniform Principal and Income Act: how specific state laws on principal and income apply to common expenditures and receipts
  • How fiduciary accounting determines the timing and amount of distributions
  • The crucial differences between fiduciary accounting and tax accounting
  • Distinguishing fiduciary accounting income from distributable net income
  • Splitting income between the fiduciary and the beneficiaries: distributable net income
  • How to set up an accounting system for an estate or trust, prepare a judicial accounting, and record-keep for fiduciary accounting
  • How practitioners can handle audits of estates and trusts
  • Various exercises and problems

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Philip Herr

Philip M. Herr, CPA, Esq., PFS

Self-Employed

Philip M. Herr is a Tax Professional with over 30 years of professional experience, having worked in public accounting firms as well as insurance companies. He is a member of the New York and U.S. Tax Court Bars, is a New York CPA, member of the AICPA and holder of their PFS designation. Philip specializes in several areas including: estate, gift, and trust planning; fiduciary taxation; estate and gift taxation; estate and trust administration, including the probate process and fiduciary accounting; all aspects of financial planning; ERISA, employer-sponsored retirement plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEPs and SIMPLEs; distribution planning from qualified and non-qualified arrangements; non-qualified deferred compensation for tax-exempt organizations and for-profit companies; executive benefit arrangements and executive compensation using both equity and life insurance-based techniques; business succession planning and owner exit strategies; charitable giving and various tax-exempt entities; individual income tax including foreign reporting rules; and taxation in general. Mr. Herr has taught college at Ohio Northern University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and New Jersey City University at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as in the CEBS and CFP programs sponsored by these institutions. He has conducted hundreds of webinars, webcasts, teleconferences and in-person presentations to colleagues, clients and other professionals needing CPE, CLE, and Insurance CE credits. Mr. Herr is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Long Island University, C.W. Post Center, Professional School of Accountancy, with a B.S. in Accounting; and a B.A. in Political Science from Long Island University, C.W. Post Center. He also holds a J.D. from the Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law.

PRICING

$279.00 - Member

$379.00 - Nonmember

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