The case has drawn especially close attention because trusts -- and the amount of assets they hold under management -- have proliferated rapidly in recent decades as Americans have grown increasingly prosperous. . . .
There are nearly four million estates and trusts that outsource $10.2 billion a year for legal, accounting, tax reporting and asset management, and that pay trustees an additional $4 billion for their asset-management services, according to Eileen Sherr, tax technical manager at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Washington.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Trust-Fees Ruling Causes Pain
In The Wall Street Journal's Tax Report, Tom Herman covers the Supreme Court decision limiting trust fees and offers some statistics:
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