A Trust Has Net Accounting Income and Distributable Net Income

question 99

Multiple Choice

A trust has net accounting income and distributable net income (DNI) of $60,000, all from taxable sources. The trustee is required to distribute $40,000 of current income to Harry. In addition, the trustee makes a discretionary distribution to Harry of $10,000 and a discretionary distribution to Susan of $30,000. $20,000 of the $40,000 total discretionary distributions is from corpus. Gross income reportable by Harry is

• A)$50,000.
• B)$45,000.
• C)$37,500.
• D)$30,000.

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