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Taxes on Trust Accounts

Posted on January 29, 2016January 28, 2016 by Updates

Question: A friend has trust funds for each of her children’s college education. Each trust is currently about $200k. The elder child is a high school sophomore and the trust is currently 70% equities. Should that number be reduced even though the capital-gains taxes may be quite high? Answer: The taxation of income retained by trusts is Read more »

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