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Supreme Court Holds Trust's Investment Advisory Fees Not Fully Deductible


by Proskauer Rose LLP View Firm Credentials
New York Office

January 3, 2009

Previously published on January 2008

On January 16, 2008, the United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, affirmed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and held that investment advisory fees incurred by a trust are not fully deductible and instead are only deductible to the extent that those costs, when added to certain other itemized deductions, exceed 2% of the trust's adjusted gross income. Knight,Trustee of William L. Rudkin Testamentary Trust, Case No. 06-1286 (2008).


 

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