Types of Trusts

Free CPA TCP (Tax Compliance & Planning) lesson in Entity Tax Compliance. 17 min read, ~2,624 words.

Simple trusts must distribute all income currently, cannot make charitable contributions from income, and cannot distribute corpus; complex trusts can do any of these. Grantor trusts are disregarded for income tax, the grantor reports all trust income on the grantor's personal return under IRC ยงยง671-679. Revocable trusts are grantor trusts...

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