Fiduciary Accounting Answer Book, 2019

The Fiduciary Accounting Answer Book is the most detailed reference book on the market for information on how to allocate receipts and disbursements between the income and principal beneficiaries of a trust or estate. This book is a must have desktop reference for all fiduciaries, trust officers, accountants and attorneys who practice in this area to any degree. It offers all the information needed to ensure compliance with critical fiduciary accounting principles.

Carol A. Cantrell, CPA, JD is a partner in the law firm of Cantrell & Cowan LLP in Houston, Texas. She specializes in tax planning, preparation, and representation before the IRS for families, closely held businesses, and investment entitites. Prior to starting her law practice, she spent her career in public accounting with Briggs & Veselka Co. and Cantrell & Company in Houston, Texas. Carol is a frequent speaker for national and state professional organizations on income taxation of estates and trusts, partnerships, and S Corporations and estate planning. She is the author of CCH's Stock Options: Estate, Tax and Financial Planning, a treatise on employee stock options. Carol represented the Rudkin Testamentary Trust before the United States Supreme Court in Knight v. Commissioner (2008), which atttempted to resolve a circuit split over which administrative costs of an estate or trust are exempt from the 2-percent floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions under IRC Section 67. F. Gordon Spoor has practiced public accounting in St. Petersburg, Florida since 1974. He is married to Chris Spoor and they have four children ranging in age from 28 to 35 and eight grandchildren. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of South Florida and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Suncoast Estate Planning Council and holder of a NASD series 65 Registered Investment Advisor Representative license. He is licensed to practice as a CPA in both Florida and Georgia. He is the managing shareholder of the CPA firm of Spoor & Associates, P.A., and a shareholder in the investment advisory firm of Anderson, Riley & Spoor, P.A. He is active in the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) and served on its Board of Governors in 2002-2003, as Chairman of the FICPA State Tax Section for two years, and as a member of the Legislative Policy Committees for one year. He is currently a member of the FICPA Federal Tax Committee, Chairman of the AICPA Trust, Estate & Gift Tax Technical Resource Panel, Chairman of the AICPA Fiduciary Accounting Matters Task Force and has served on a joint committee composed of the FICPA, Florida Bar and Florida Bankers Association regarding the rewriting of Florida’s Trust Administration Code and revisions to Florida’s Principal & Income Act. Gordon also serves as an expert witness for the State of Florida Board of Accountancy. Additionally, he serves as a discussion leader for continuing professional education courses and has been awarded an outstanding discussion leader award in every year the award has been given since he became a discussion leader in 1992. He is also the recipient of a 2000-2001 FICPA Presidential Service Award as a result of his efforts on behalf of the FICPA in serving as the lead representative of their Florida Uniform Principal & Income Act task force. He is a frequently published author on subjects relating to estates & trusts as well as the area of general tax practice. He has published numerous articles covering these topics and others. He is co-author of the FICPA’s “Fiduciary Accounting For Florida” course materials and a contributing author to “Florida Law of Trusts – Fourth Edition” (West Publishing). Much of his time is spent consulting in the area of fiduciary accounting and income tax as well as litigation support in trust matters.