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Certain estate expenses are tax deductible on IRS Form 1041. The executor must file this form for estates that earn over $600 in income or have a nonresident alien as a beneficiary.
Funeral expenses, administration expenses, and claims against the estate; [25] Certain charitable contributions; [26] Certain items of property left to the surviving spouse. [27] Beginning in 2005, inheritance or estate taxes paid to states or the District of Columbia. [28]
For example, in California the executor is entitled to 4% of the first $100K of estate value, 3% of the next $100K, and so on. In other countries, such as the United Kingdom, the executor is not automatically entitled to compensation, although compensation can be directed within the will or on application to a court. [2]
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The accrual date is the date when an item of income or expense (including a capital expenditure) that relates to an executory contract is required to be accrued under the taxpayer's method of accounting. Because the amount taken into account under the executory contract must be fixed on the accrual date in terms of functional currency, §1.988 ...
A family in Colorado is calling the practices of a global real estate company “unethical” after they were charged over $4,000 in fees when their mother died in one of the company’s apartments.
Negative aspects of using a living trust as opposed to a will and probate include upfront legal expenses, the expense of trust administration, and a lack of certain safeguards. The cost of the trust may be 1% of the estate per year versus the one-time probate cost of 1 to 4% for probate, which applies whether or not there is a drafted will ...
Colorado's Office of Legislative Legal Services (LLS) includes legislative drafters and legal counsel for the Colorado General Assembly. These staffers write statutory language, assist in bill drafting, keep legislative records, review executive regulations to ensure they comply with statute, provide a host of publication services to publish ...