Treasury has released final regulations contenting amendments to Treas. Reg. §§1.67–4, 1.642(h)–2 and 1.642(h)–5, clarifying that the following deductions allowed to an estate or non-grantor trust are not miscellaneous itemized deductions: costs paid or incurred in connection with the administration of an estate or non-grantor trust that would not have been incurred if the property were not held in the estate or trust, the personal exemption of an estate or non-grantor trust, the distribution deduction for trusts distributing current income, and the distribution deduction for estates and trusts accumulating income, are adopted.
To see final regs click TD 9918: Non grantor Trusts Misc. Itemized Deductions.
Posted by Lewis J. Saret, Co-General Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal..