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Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts


Total Credits: 4 including 4 Accounting - Technical

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ACPEN Industry Institute |  Accounting and Auditing
Faculty:
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
4 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

Financial accounting for trusts and estates is one of the least understood branches of accounting. It is not particularly concerned with recording income and expenses but is obsessed with determining whether receipts and expenditures are assigned to income or principal/corpus. This course will dive into this tricky area and provide a reporting guide for fiduciary accounting.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Apply a working knowledge of the financial accounting rules for estates and trusts
  • Identify planning and potential pitfalls

Major Subjects
  • 10 Principles of Tax Accounting for Trust Income
  • Entity accounting income and Form 1041
  • Uniform Principal and Income Act
  • Discretionary Power to Adjust
  • Allocations between principal and income
  • Trust accounting issues

Course Materials

Faculty

Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD's Profile

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Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD, is a lively and energetic speaker on the subject of taxes and ethics, and has extensive experience in leading discussions for conferences, seminars and webinars. He is a highly rated speaker and seminar leader for state CPA societies and other organizations throughout the country.

Van Der Aa has more than 25 years of experience, including tax practice in CPA firms and the practice of transactional business and real estate law as an attorney. His practice concentrated on the tax needs of closely held businesses, with their related pass-through entities, complex individual returns, estates and trusts.

Van Der Aa taught for 10 years as an adjunct instructor and for one year as assistant professor of accounting and taxation for Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business, where he taught in both the undergraduate and MST programs.


Dates

Thu, May 22, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm PDT
Mon, Jun 02, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PDT
Sat, Jun 21, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PDT
Tue, Jun 24, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PDT
Wed, Jul 02, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PDT
Tue, Jul 22, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm PDT
Sat, Aug 02, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PDT
Fri, Aug 22, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm PDT
Tue, Sep 02, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PDT
Mon, Sep 22, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm PDT
Thu, Oct 02, 2025 - 04:00pm to 08:00pm PDT
Wed, Oct 22, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm PDT
Wed, Nov 05, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PST
Sat, Nov 22, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm PST
Tue, Dec 02, 2025 - 04:00pm to 08:00pm PST
Sat, Dec 06, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PST
Mon, Dec 22, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm PST
Fri, Jan 02, 2026 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PST
Thu, Jan 22, 2026 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm PST
Mon, Feb 02, 2026 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PST
Tue, Feb 24, 2026 - 03:00pm to 07:00pm PST
Mon, Mar 02, 2026 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PST
Tue, Mar 31, 2026 - 03:00pm to 07:00pm PDT
Thu, Apr 02, 2026 - 08:00am to 12:00pm PDT
Wed, Apr 22, 2026 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm PDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Advanced Preparation None
Course Developer

Van Der Aa Tax Ed, LLC


Designed For Practitioners and members in industry seeking to gain a better understanding of fiduciary accounting of estate and trusts issues
Yellow Book No
Original Recording Date

05/25

 


Prerequisites Basic working knowledge of accounting for estates and trusts
Date Added to Catalog 3/15/2025

Additional Information

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Course Registration Requirements Online Registration
Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
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