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The Williams Trust Was Established Six Years Ago \quad \quad

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The Williams Trust was established six years ago. The trust document allows the trustee to distribute income in its discretion to beneficiaries Carol and Karen for the next 15 years. The trust will then be terminated and the trust assets will be divided equally between Carol and Karen. Capital gains are part of principal.
The current year income and expenses of the trust are reported below.
\quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad  Amounts Allocable to\text { Amounts Allocable to}
 Income  Principal  Dividends $15,000 Rental income from land 2,500 Tax-exempt interest 7,500 Rental expenses 500 Trustee fees $600 Taxreturn preparation fee 250 Capital gain on stock sale (stock purchased five years ago) 6,000\begin{array}{lcc} & \text { Income } & \text { Principal } \\\text { Dividends } & \$ 15,000 & \\\text { Rental income from land } & 2,500 & \\\text { Tax-exempt interest } & 7,500 & \\\text { Rental expenses } & 500 & \\\text { Trustee fees } & & \$ 600 \\\text { Taxreturn preparation fee } & 250 & \\\text { Capital gain on stock sale (stock purchased five years ago) } & & 6,000 \\\end{array}
Distribution of net accounting income to:
 Carol 7,000 Karen 3,500 Payment of estimated tax 2,6201,680\begin{array}{lc}\text { Carol } & 7,000 \\\text { Karen } & 3,500 \\\text { Payment of estimated tax } & 2,620&1,680\end{array}
Compute (a) distributable net income (DNI), (b) distribution deduction, (c) trust taxable income, and (d) Carol's and Karen's reportable income and its classification. Charge all of the deductible expenses against the rental income.

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(a) DNI = $23,650 ($15,000 + $2,500 + $7...

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