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In His Will, Andrew Baker Provided for the Establishment of a Trust

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In his will, Andrew Baker provided for the establishment of a trust that will include the bulk of his estate assets.At the time of his death, his net assets had a market value of $430,000 consisting of $75,000 in cash, $125,000 of U.S.Treasury bonds including accrued interest, and the remainder in various securities.Income beneficiaries of the trust will be the same as the income beneficiaries of the estate.Fiduciary Bank will act as trustee.
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a.Identify the term that describes this kind of trust.?
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b.Prepare journal entries on the bank's books for the following transactions:
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(1)
The assets are accepted by the bank as trustee.?
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(2)
Bond interest of $35,000 is received, of which $10,000 was accrued to the date of transfer to the trustee.Dividends of $20,000 are also received.?
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(3)
The following cash distributions were made by the trustee:
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 To income beneficiaries $25,000To trustee to cover administrative fees (of which 2/3 is chargeable against principal and 1/3 against income) 12,000 Total distributions$37,000\begin{array}{llr} \text { To income beneficiaries } &\$ 25,000\\ \text {To trustee to cover administrative fees (of which \( 2 / 3 \) is } &\\ \text {chargeable against principal and \( 1 / 3 \) against income) } &12,000\\ \text { Total distributions} &\$ 37,000\\\end{array}

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