Trust & Estate Accounting

Clear, Organized Accounting for Trusts & Estates

Administering a trust or estate can involve years of financial activity, multiple accounts, asset transactions, beneficiary distributions, reimbursements, and incomplete historical records.

Stonehill Accounting helps trustees, executors, attorneys and families organize and reconstruct financial activity into clear, supportable accounting records.

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When the portfolio grows faster than the accounting system

Not every fiduciary accounting engagement begins with clean books. Records may be spread across bank statements, investment accounts, receipts, prior accounting files and years of transactions.

We specialize in taking disorganized financial information and systematically reconstructing the accounting history so trustees, attorneys, beneficiaries and tax professionals have a clearer financial record to work from.

How we help

Core areas of support

Historical Reconstruction

Rebuild years of transaction history from statements and source documents.

Reconciliations

Bank, brokerage and asset accounts reconciled with supporting detail.

Beneficiary Distributions

Distribution tracking and reporting that stands up to review.

Trustee & Executor Expenses

Documented tracking of reimbursements and administration costs.

Supporting Schedules

Schedules prepared for attorneys, CPAs and court requirements.

Confidential Handling

Sensitive family and financial information treated with discretion.

Areas of expertise

What this engagement can include

  • Trust bookkeeping
  • Historical accounting reconstruction
  • Account reconciliations
  • Asset and liability tracking
  • Trustee/executor expense tracking
  • Supporting schedules
  • Preparation of accounting records for attorneys and CPAs
  • Estate bookkeeping
  • Transaction reconstruction
  • Income and expense classification
  • Beneficiary distributions
  • Financial reporting
  • Organization of financial documentation
  • Cleanup of incomplete or disorganized trust records

Who this is for

Trustees, executors, beneficiaries, attorneys, fiduciaries, and families requiring organized trust or estate financial records.

Turn incomplete records into a defensible accounting.

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FAQ

Common questions

  • Often, yes. Much of this work begins with source documents and reconstructs the accounting history from there.

  • Yes. Records and schedules are prepared in the format attorneys and CPAs need.