Enrolled Agent Exam [Part 2] 82, Distributable Net Income (DNI)

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - That Distributable Net Income (DNI) acts as a ceiling for both the trust's distribution deduction and the beneficiary's reportable income. - Why capital gains allocated to the trust's principal (corpus) are the most common and critical exclusion from the DNI calculation on the EA exam. - How tax-exempt interest is included i...