That last tax return I had so dreaded turned out to be three separate returns to consider. I needed a final 1040 for the portion of the year my mother was alive, plus possibly estate and trust returns ...

In the year that a taxpayer dies there may still need to be one or more tax returns that are required to be filed after their death. The need for these filings is dependent upon the income that the ...

Beginning on January 1, the Internal Revenue Service plans to limit the number of e-file signature authorization documents for filing Form 1041 estate and trust tax returns to a single 1041 return ...

As I sit by my father’s side in Arizona for his final days, thinking of a topic for this week’s article, the impending need for me to prepare an estate income tax return seemed like an appropriate ...