Chicago Accounting Articles
Jul 21, 2015
Updated July 21, 2015 Estate and Trust Accounting Chicago Illinois Almost twenty years ago, I picked up my first estate and trust accounting case. I went to a small private high school on Chicago’s North Side, and one of my friends father’s had just...
Feb 28, 2013
Updated July 24, 2015 Estate and Trust Tax Rates Chicago Illinois Tax Rate Schedule for Trusts and Estates For Tax Years beginning in 2011 If Taxable Income is Over But Not Over The Tax Is Of The Amount Over $0$2,30015%$0 2,3005,450345 + 25%$2,300...
Feb 28, 2013
Updated July 24, 2015 Estate Tax Credit Chicago Illinois What is the Estate Tax Credit? The estate tax credit in 2014 is over $5,000,000. Estates valued under this amount are not required to file form 706, the estate tax return. But it’s...
Feb 28, 2013
Updated July 22, 2015 Charitable Trust Chicago Illinois Charitable Remainder Trusts exist whenever there is a noncharitable income beneficiary of a trust. The gifts of remainder interests will qualify for a charitable contribution deduction only if the...
Feb 28, 2013
Updated July 22, 2015 Grantor Trust Chicago Illinois A Grantor Trust is any trust where the grantor is the effective beneficiary. Income which is attributable to the portion of trust principal treated as owned by the grantor is taxed to the grantor. The...
