Reporting Distribution of Corpus on 1041

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February 1, 2022
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There are various threads with conflicting information regarding the distribution of net corpus of cash and/or rental property. I know that the distribution of the cash and the transfer of the rental property to the sole beneficiary is not taxable to that beneficiary. I also know that the 1041 purpose is to report and calculate tax on trust income. A number of threads state that the corpus distribution is not entered anywhere on the 1041, even though it is the final return. However, the IRS instructions for Schedule B Line 10 state to report "mandatory and discretionary distributions of corpus, and distributions of property in kind." Note, this is a complex trust, initial and final return, with no accumulated corpus. Please discuss. Thank you

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Anonymous_

Employee

You can report the total distribution, but distributions of corpus do not appear on K-1s.

Capital gain is typically considered to be corpus, so a distribution (if the return is final or the trustee has the discretion to distribute capital gain) of such would appear on Line 10 and the K-1s.

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DC13_2Author

Employee

Yes, the capital gains (loss actually) does track to my K-1. You are saying that I "may report" the distribution of corpus. That sounds optional. Must I report the distribution? If so, is there a Q & A on the step-by-step to do so?