Counsell Is a Simple Trust That Correctly Uses the Calendar

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Essay

Counsell 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 business income of $40,000,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 20.3 in the text to address the following items.

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