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Form 8971, Information Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property from a Decedent - The Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 requires executors of an estate and other persons who are required to file Form 706, United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return or Form 706-NA, United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return Estate of nonresident not a citizen of the United States, to report the final estate tax value of property distributed or to be distributed from the estate, if the estate tax return is filed after July 2015. Form 8971, along with a copy of every Schedule A, is used to report values to the IRS.

Use Form 5227, Split-Interest Trust Information Return, to report the financial activities of a split-interest trust, provide certain information regarding charitable deductions and distributions of or from a split-interest trust, and determine if the trust is treated (for Chapter 42 excise tax purposes) as a private foundation and subject to certain excise taxes under Chapter 42. Form 5227 is open to public inspection.

Use Form 5227, Split-Interest Trust Information Return, to report the financial activities of a split-interest trust, provide certain information regarding charitable deductions and distributions of or from a split-interest trust, and determine if the trust is treated (for Chapter 42 excise tax purposes) as a private foundation and subject to certain excise taxes under Chapter 42. Form 5227 is open to public inspection.

For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, black lung benefit trusts will use Form 6069, Return of Certain Excise Taxes on Mine Operators, Black Lung Trusts, and Other Persons Under Sections 4951, 4952, and 4953, to meet reporting requirements under section 6033. If initial taxes are imposed on the trust or certain related parties under section 4951 or 4952, the trust or related party will report the initial excise tax using Part II or Part III, respectively, of Form 6069.

Form SS-4 is used by sole proprietors, corporations, partnerships, estates, trusts, and other entities to apply for an employer identification number (EIN), a nine-digit number assigned for tax filing and reporting purposes.

A fiduciary and an electronic return originator (ERO) use Form 8879-F, IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Form 1041, when the fiduciary wants to use a personal identification number (PIN) to electronically sign an estate’s or trust’s electronic income tax return and, if applicable, consent to electronic funds withdrawal.

Specified tax return preparers use Form 8944, Preparer e-file Hardship Waiver Request, to request an undue hardship waiver from the section 6011(e)(3) requirement to electronically file returns of income tax imposed by subtitle A on individuals, estates, and trusts.

A trustee uses Form 706-GS(D-1), Notification of Distribution From a Generation-Skipping Trust, to report certain distributions from a trust that are subject to the generations kipping transfer (GST) tax and to provide the skip person distributee with information needed to figure the tax due on the distribution.

A trustee uses Form 706-GS(D-1), Notification of Distribution From a Generation-Skipping Trust, to report certain distributions from a trust that are subject to the generations kipping transfer (GST) tax and to provide the skip person distributee with information needed to figure the tax due on the distribution.

Instructions for Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, which is used by sole proprietors, corporations, partnerships, estates, trusts, and other entities to apply for an employer identification number (EIN), a nine-digit number assigned for tax filing and reporting purposes.