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Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts - 4 Hours


Total Credits: 4 including 4 Accounting - Technical

Average Rating:
   57
Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  Accounting and Auditing
Faculty:
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
4 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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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
  • 10 Principles of Tax Accounting for Trust Income
  • Entity accounting income and Form 1041
  • Uniform Principal and Income Act
  • Discretionary Power to Adjust
  • Allocations between principal and income
  • Trust accounting
  • Discretionary Power to Adjust

Course Materials

Faculty

Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD's Profile

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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.


Dates

Thu, Mar 28, 2024 - 10:00am to 01:38pm MDT
Mon, Apr 01, 2024 - 12:00pm to 03:38pm MDT
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 - 02:00pm to 05:38pm MDT
Sat, Apr 20, 2024 - 08:00am to 11:38am MDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Advanced Preparation None
Course 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

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Course Registration Requirements Online Registration
Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
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Reviews

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Overall:      4.7

Total Reviews: 57

Comments

Maria P - Sea Girt, New Jersey

"Doug is excellent."

Leslie H

"Great course. Thank you."

John B

"Enlightening!"

Linda A

"This was interesting and very informative. It will help me with my new position. Glad I took the course. "

Janet W - Ventura, California

"Excellent course; great speaker"

Charles F - Tampa, Florida

"Great job, thank you!"

Edwin R

"This will help to update my knowledge for the changes."

Mary O - Kingsville, Texas

"Having worked with trusts for many years, this was a very good refresher."

Dorothea F

"Wish there were more like this one."