The Polozzi Trust projects that it will incur the following items in the next ye

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The Polozzi Trust projects that it will incur the following items in the next year, which will be its first year of existence.

Interest income $25,000

Rent income 100,000

Cost recovery deductions for the rental activity $35,000

Capital gain income 40,000

Fiduciary and tax preparation fees 7,000

Betty, the grantor of the trust, is working with you on the language in the trust instrument relative to the derivation of annual accounting income for the entity. She will name Shirley as the sole income beneficiary and Benny as the remainder beneficiary. If an amount is zero, enter "0".

a. If the allocation takes place, Shirley will receive how much for the year?

b. Betty suggests that the capital gains, rental revenues, and one-half of interest income should be allocable to corpus, while cost recovery expenses, one-half of interest income, and fiduciary administrative fees are allocable to income. If the allocation takes place, Shirley will receive how much for the year?

Explanation / Answer

Part A

From the following items, Interest income, rental revenues, and capital gains are allocable to income. Therefore, Shirley will receive (25000+100000+40000) =165000

Part B

Shirley will receive ((25000/2)-35000-7000) = -29500

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