The LMN Trust Is a Simple Trust That Correctly Uses

question 70

Essay

The LMN Trust is a simple trust that correctly uses the calendar year for tax purposes.Its income beneficiaries (Kathie,Lynn,Mark,and Norelle)are entitled to the trust's annual accounting income in shares of one-fourth each.For the current calendar year,the trust has ordinary income of $80,000,a long-term capital gain of $20,000 (allocable to corpus),and a trustee commission expense of $4,000 (allocable to corpus).Use the format of Figure 19-3 to address the following items.
a.How much income is each beneficiary entitled to receive?
b.What is the trust's DNI?
c.What is the trust's taxable income?
d.How much is taxed to each of the beneficiaries?

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