Questão jurídica principal
Whether the 2007 dividend received by the fiduciary was taxable income of the fiduciant taxpayers for direct federal tax.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The dividend entered the fiduciant's economic sphere as a firm claim that was then used to remunerate the fiduciary; it was therefore realized income.
Fundamentação extraída
Under the fiduciary agreement, the fiduciary's retention of dividends was only a fee. The fiduciant acquired a claim to the dividend and disposed of it by ceding it as remuneration. Ordinary trust principles led to taxation at the fiduciant level.