Self-Study Course Details
Course Description
Financial accounting for trusts and estates is one of the least understood branches of accounting. Fiduciary accounting 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. In this course, Doug Van Der Aa, JD, CPA will dive into this tricky area and provide a reporting guide for fiduciary accounting.
Learning Objectives
- Discover the relevant guidance and financial accounting rules for estates and trusts
- Identify the estate and trust planning strategies and potential pitfalls
Prerequisites
- Basic working knowledge of fiduciary accounting.
Advanced Preparation
None
Author Details
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Doug Van Der Aa
Doug is a lively and energetic speaker – especially on the subject of taxes and ethics. He has been a highly rated speaker and seminar leader for CPA Associations and other organizations throughout the country for more than 15 years.
Doug has over 25 years of professional experience, including tax practice in CPA firms and the practice of transactional business and real estate law as an attorney. As a CPA, Doug’s practice concentrated on the tax needs of closely held businesses, with their related pass-through entities, complex individual returns, estates and trusts.
NASBA Sponsor
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$27.00
CPE
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Purchase options
Self-Study Course
Fiduciary Accounting for Estates & Trusts
- by Doug Van Der Aa
- Credits: 2.00
$27.00
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