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Summary: Inheritance can be taxed by the IRS on several different levels and preparing a schedule K 1 is the correct form to use. Learn how to properly and legally report inheritance income so that it is correctly taxed with advice from an experienced tax professional in this free video on taxes.
Danielle Loughran is a CPA with over nine years of public and private accounting experience at Arthur Anderson and Ernst & Young. Loughran was also responsible for internal controls...read more
"Wow have you ever been notified that a long lost relative passed away and you are about to get an inheritance? My name is Danielle Loughran, I'm a CPA with Accell and I am here to talk to you a little bit about how to report taxable inheritance income. The first thing I have to tell you is this is a very complicated topic and this can get taxed on different levels depending on how the tax planning was performed. One of the first things that you would do is you would receive a scheduled K. What is this a K 1, well it is something that the fiduciary of the estate would prepare and send to you telling you how much of the inheritance money that you are getting is related to that tax return. The next thing I would suggest doing is picking up the phone and calling your local CPA because this is where it gets even more complicated. There are actually CPA's who specialize in just this topic. There is also tax estate attorneys who specialize in the topic. Either one can be a great benefit to you to make sure that you are making the best use of your inheritance and you are also reporting all of the information correctly that you received on that K 1. My name is Danielle Loughran, I'm a CPA with Accell and I hope you have learned a little bit more about taxable inheritance income."
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