The one (very key) change to the excepted trust income rules this week for distributions to minors via testamentary trusts is shown by the redline version of the legislation passed this week attached.
The redline version shows what the final rules state, as compared to the exposure draft ... thankfully the wacky approach originally to make two thirds of the rules turn on the "Commissioner’s opinion" was removed ...
** For the trainspotters, the title of today's post is riffed from the Kraftwerk song ‘Numbers’.
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