Cannon Trust School Level I Practice Exam 2026 – The Comprehensive All-in-One Guide to Exam Success!

In trust accounting, expenses like trustee fees are split between income and principal based on who benefits. When a fee is considered to benefit both the current income for beneficiaries and the preservation or growth of the trust corpus, it’s common to allocate it evenly. The example shows the trustee’s fees divided equally, with half charged to income. That makes the percentage charged to income 50%. The other options would imply the fee went entirely to income or entirely to principal, which doesn’t reflect the balanced benefit described.