Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts - 2 Hours
Total Credits: 2 including 2 Accounting - Technical
- Average Rating:
- 42
- Categories:
- ACPEN Industry Institute | Accounting and Auditing
- Faculty:
- Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD
- Course Levels:
- Intermediate
- Duration:
- 2 Hours
- License:
Description
Financial accounting for trusts and estates is one of the least understood branches of accounting. It is not particularly concerned with recording income and expenses but is obsessed with determining whether receipts and expenditures are assigned to income or principal/corpus. This course will dive into this tricky area and provide a reporting guide for fiduciary accounting.
Basic Course Information
Learning Objectives- Apply a working knowledge of the financial accounting rules for estates and trusts
- Identify planning and potential pitfalls
Major Subjects
- Uniform Principal and Income Act
- Discuss the mandatory and discretionary allocations and adjustments (did you know that depreciation is a Discretionary adjustment?)
- Address the trustees ability to override the fallback rules
- Review the contents of a proper set of trust accounting statements
Course Materials
| Important CPA Credit Instructions READ BEFORE WEBCAST UPDATED (487.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts - 2 Hours Handout (4.8 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Faculty
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD Related Seminars and Products
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD, is a lively and energetic speaker on the subject of taxes and ethics, and has extensive experience in leading discussions for conferences, seminars and webinars. He is a highly rated speaker and seminar leader for state CPA societies and other organizations throughout the country.
Van Der Aa has more than 25 years of experience, including tax practice in CPA firms and the practice of transactional business and real estate law as an attorney. His practice concentrated on the tax needs of closely held businesses, with their related pass-through entities, complex individual returns, estates and trusts.
Van Der Aa taught for 10 years as an adjunct instructor and for one year as assistant professor of accounting and taxation for Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business, where he taught in both the undergraduate and MST programs.
Additional Info
Basic Course Information
Advanced Preparation NoneCourse Developer
Van Der Aa Tax Ed, LLC
Designed For Practitioners and members in industry seeking to gain a better understanding of fiduciary accounting of estate and trusts issues
Yellow Book No
Original Recording Date 05/01/2023
Prerequisites Basic working knowledge of accounting for estates and trusts
Date Added to Catalog 02/08/2023
Additional Information
Complaint Resolution Policy Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).Course Registration Requirements Online Registration
Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
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