In this episode, our guest Michael DiBernardo will be diving into the exciting world of fiduciary income taxation.  This episode is geared towards practitioners who don’t deal with trust income tax rules on a daily basis.  We will discuss a basic and practical overview of fiduciary income tax as it relates to estate planning and trust administration.   

About Our Guest:

Mike DiBernardo is a Certified Public Accountant specializing in tax and accounting solutions for small businesses. As a Certified Tax Coach, he is highly skilled in tax planning and creates sophisticated strategies to minimize taxes for businesses and their owners.

Mike has been practicing as an accountant for almost 10 years. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics and a Minor in Accounting. Prior to founding DiBernardo & Company, P.C., he worked with Fortune 500 and other publicly traded companies on complex domestic and multinational transactions at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Mike can be reached at: [email protected]  Mike also published an article that can be found here:
https://www.trustestatecpa.com/site_images/California_CPA-March-April_2021-2.pdf

About Our Host:
 Host Anna Soliman is Trust Counsel and Managing Director for Fiduciary Trust International of California out of the Los Angeles Office. Prior to joining Fiduciary Trust International, Anna was an estate tax attorney for the Internal Revenue Service and also worked in private practice, specializing in estate planning and trust administration for ultrahigh net worth individuals.  She is also a TEXCOM member and is involved with the Fiduciary Income Tax Section of the American Bar Association.

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