Estate and trust administration is a growing part of a CPA's practice. The CPA should understand the process and implications of estate and trust administration. This course focuses on the CPA's role as a key member of the administration team. 

Objectives:

- Estate settlement issues 

- Collection and accounting of assets 

- Determining the legitimacy of debts and creditors 

- Payment of creditors 

- Distribution issues 

- Probate issues 

- Will contests 

- Inventory of assets 

- Fiduciary duties 

- Rights of creditors, third parties, and beneficiaries

  - Federal estate tax issues 

- State death tax issues 

- Ancillary estate administration issues 

- Fiduciary accounting issues 

- Special issues regarding trusts