4970
Tax on Accumulation Distribution of Trusts
OMB No. 1545-0192
2017
Form
Attach to beneficiary’s tax return.
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Department of the Treasury
Attachment
178
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Sequence No.
Internal Revenue Service
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Name(s) as shown on return
B Social security number
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D Employer identification number
Name and address of trust
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G Enter the number of trusts from which you received
Type of trust (see instructions)
F Beneficiary’s date of birth
accumulation distributions in this tax year
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Domestic
Foreign
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Part I
Average Income and Determination of Computation Years
1
Amount of current distribution that is considered distributed in earlier tax years (from Schedule J
(Form 1041), line 37, column (a))
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Distributions of income accumulated before you were born or reached age 21 .
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Subtract line 2 from line 1
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Taxes imposed on the trust on amounts from line 3 (from Schedule J (Form 1041), line 37, column (b)) .
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Total (add lines 3 and 4) .
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Tax-exempt interest included on line 5 (from Schedule J (Form 1041), line 37, column (c))
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Taxable part of line 5 (subtract line 6 from line 5) .
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Number of trust’s earlier tax years in which amounts on line 7 are considered distributed
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Average annual amount considered distributed (divide line 3 by line 8) .
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Multiply line 9 by 25% (0.25)
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Number of earlier tax years to be taken into account (see instructions) .
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Average amount for recomputing tax (divide line 7 by line 11). Enter here and in each column on line 15
(a) 2016
(b) 2015
(c) 2014
(d) 2013
(e) 2012
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Enter your taxable income before
this
distribution
for
the
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immediately preceding tax years.
Part II
Tax Attributable to the Accumulation Distribution
(a)
(b)
(c)
14 Enter the amounts from line 13, eliminating the highest and lowest
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taxable income years
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15 Enter amount from line 12 in each column .
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16 Recomputed taxable income (add lines 14 and 15) .
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17 Income tax on amounts on line 16
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18 Income tax before credits on line 14 income .
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19 Additional tax before credits (subtract line 18 from line 17)
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20 Tax credit adjustment
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21 Subtract line 20 from line 19 .
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22 Alternative minimum tax adjustments
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23 Combine lines 21 and 22
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24 Add columns (a), (b), and (c), line 23 .
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25 Divide the line 24 amount by 3.0 .
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26 Multiply the amount on line 25 by the number of years on line 11 .
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27 Enter the amount from line 4 .
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28 Partial tax attributable to the accumulation distribution (subtract line 27 from line 26) (If zero or
less, enter -0-)
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