U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether a State Can Tax a Trust Solely Based on Residence of a Beneficiary

The Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution requires a taxpayer have sufficient contacts with a state before the taxpayer can be subject to income taxes in that state. This has led to disparate results on when the income of a trust is subject to the taxing jurisdiction of a state.

One common fact pattern is a trust where a state seeks to tax a trust on its income because a beneficiary of the trust resides in the state, even though. . .

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