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ASK HARRY: What are Taxes on Sale of Stock Left Out of Revocable Trust?

  • Harry Margolis, Esq. has been representing seniors, individuals with special needs and their families since 1987. Harry Margolis, Esq. has been representing seniors, individuals with special needs and their families since 1987.

Question: My mother just recently passed away, my father having passed before her. They had a living trust set up in 2018. That made it easy for her house to go to my brother and myself. But she also had some stocks which are not mentioned in the trust. My brother and I are trying to get them from her financial advisor whose firm managed them. They are dividing them 50/50 and are creating separate brokerage accounts for my brother and me. If we decide to cash them out, what are the fees and what tax we would be facing?

ASK HARRY: How Do You Dissolve a Revocable Trust After Death?
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ASK HARRY: How Do You Dissolve a Revocable Trust After Death?

  • Harry Margolis, Esq. has been representing seniors, individuals with special needs and their families since 1987. Harry Margolis, Esq. has been representing seniors, individuals with special needs and their families since 1987. Harry Margolis, Esq. has been representing seniors, individuals with special needs and their families since 1987.

Question: My father passed away last year. (My mother passed away several years ago.) He had a revocable trust that says that upon his death the trust holdings, his home and some investment accounts, be distributed to me and my two siblings. I’m the successor trustee. What should I do now with respect to the trust?