New York, NY (PRWEB) September 01, 2015
O’Connor Davies, LLP, one of the nation’s fastest growing accounting and advisory firms, today announced the publication of “Planning Opportunities on an Estate’s Income Tax Return” – authored by Christine G. Pronek, CPA, MST, Partner in the Trust and Estate Department of O’Connor Davies – in this month’s issue of Estate Planning.
With over 15 years of experience in public accounting and three years with the IRS, Pronek is a recognized industry expert in counseling trust and estate clients through the complex income tax return process to ensure optimal use of available elections and deductions.
“Handling the administration of an estate needs to be done precisely to avoid creating disadvantageous tax situations and delicately to relieve beneficiaries of a burdensome myriad of tax considerations,” said Christine G. Pronek. “One of the most common mistakes I see is the duplication of deductions on the decedent’s estate tax return and the estate’s income tax return, which may be prepared by different professionals operating in a vacuum. In this case, communication between the preparers is imperative to ensure cohesiveness between the tax returns and the use of available planning opportunities.”
Pronek’s article elaborates on key factors critical to the income tax preparation process, including:
- Choice of fiscal year and final income tax year of the estate
- Election to include a revocable trust in an estate’s income tax return
- Using the 65-day election
- Distributions of property
- Electing to deduct expenses on income vs. estate tax return
- Importance of estate tax deduction
Estate Planning is a publication from Thomson Reuters and available by magazine and online subscription.
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