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March 31, 2024
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Question about filing for a trust or estate

  • March 31, 2024
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Thanks in advance...

I have a couple, married in a community property state. The husband died. While reviewing the documents, discovered the husband set up a trust and excluded his wife, made his brother the executor and beneficiary but only included certain assets. Other assets were joint and went directly to the surviving wife. Fortunately, everything is amicable between the parties and the trust assets (roughly $250k) were distributed, including any income (interest) from assets, etc.

Question: does the estate or the trust have to file a return?

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Best answer by IRonMaN

Yes, I did miss that - the Easter Bunny was blocking my view - and yes, he needs to file

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IRonMaN
Level 15
March 31, 2024

Did it generate any income while it was open?

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JML222Author
Level 5
March 31, 2024

yes, I think it was a few thousand, so I am guessing yes they need to file