Delivering fiduciary tax compliance and outsourcing solutions for financial institutions, trust companies and brokerage and custody operations

Wealth Management Tax Services (WMTS)

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The leading provider of a full suite of fiduciary, trust and investment management tax compliance solutions

PwC's WMTS practice is the industry leader for trust tax and can support you to improve your client's customer experience with extensive industry knowledge.

We have subject matter specialists in virtually all areas of fiduciary taxation such as philanthropic services, estate taxation and generation skipping tax (GST).

Our fiduciary tax compliance solutions, leverages our knowledge of the industry and gives you access to resources, processes, and innovative technology tools we have developed to help you focus on your organization's strategic priorities and enhanced customer experience.


25+ year

providing trust tax services

70%+

national and regional trustees that engage a third party chose PwC

250+

full-time, dedicated trust tax professionals

13 years

of experience, on average, for directors, senior managers and managers


Deliver on your needs. Provide results for your fiduciary tax function:

  • Fiduciary income tax preparation (1041)
    Preparation of federal and state fiduciary returns for Revocable and Irrevocable trusts.
  • Investment management/custody 1099
    Streamlined generation, review and e-filing of consolidated 1099 tax reporting packages.
  • Charitable trusts and planned-giving tax
    Comprehensive compliance services for institutionally administered split interest entities as well as customized services for educational and charitable planned giving relationships.
  • Foundations and exempt organizations.
    Philanthropic expertise to assist in positioning non-profits for success and mitigate risk.
  • Estate and Generation Skipping Transfer
    Provides assistance with a wide range of GST issues including: qualified severances, modification of grandfathered trusts and zero inclusion ratio trusts, calculation on inclusion ratios for trusts and penalty abatement.
  • Estate and Death Tax compliance (706)
    Dedicated team that specializes in providing estate transfer tax services.
  • Non-resident alien tax compliance (1042S)
    Preparation and filing of Forms 1042/1042S as well as other required foreign tax filings for trusts and/or trust beneficiaries.
  • IRA reporting (1099R and 5498)
    Streamlined generation, review and e-filing of Form 1099-R and Form 5498 for Individual Retirement Accounts.
  • Custodian tax reporting (990T)
    An end-to-end tax reporting solution encompassing compliance services related to Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI).

PwC's holistic approach

Seamless transition...

  • Collaborative, step-by-step process
  • A robust people and communication plan
  • Transition guide that captures current state and identifies opportunities for improvement

...that limits disruption to your business

  • Helps better manage change and increases transparency
  • Keeps key stakeholders informed and comfortable during all phases of the transition
  • Preserves historical knowledge and realizes efficiencies quickly

Improved risk mitigation......

  • Technology-enabled risk management
  • Comprehensive reviews of key filings such as state tax review and outstanding notices from taxing authorities
  • Unique industry perspective

.......through deep experience

  • Identifies issues and provides actionable recommendation
  • Reduces risk of inconsistent tax positions and provides savings by avoiding penalties and interest from governmental entities
  • Allows for sharing ongoing opportunities on new tax law, regulatory changes and other relevant insights related to filing positions

Flexible, scalable technology......

  • Data driven insights
  • Customizable solutions based on your evolving needs and and industry changes
  • Web-based real-time collaboration tool

.......that adapts to fit your needs now and in the future

  • Improves customer experience and business decisions
  • Eliminate the need for ancillary tools
  • Allows trust administration manage their accounts and client expectations with quick access to client deliverables

Improved data analytics.......

  • Provide predictive analytics and data driven insights
  • Identify data anomalies and transactional inconsistencies
  • Analytics solutions

.......for real-time reporting and better visibility into your trust tax practice

  • Helps to identify trends and allows for more strategic planning
  • Offers proactive solutions in real-time
  • Analyze "what-if" scenarios for legislative proposals

Contact us

Shawn P. Hanlon

Shawn P. Hanlon

Partner, Wealth Management Tax Services, Pittsburgh, PA, PwC US

Allison Valenty

Allison Valenty

Principal, Wealth Management Tax Services, Pittsburgh, PA, PwC US

Larry McGuire

Larry McGuire

Partner, Wealth Management Tax Services, Pittsburgh, PA, PwC US

Laura Strobel

Laura Strobel

Principal, Wealth Management Tax Services, Pittsburgh, PA, PwC US

Jeff Kuhlin

Jeff Kuhlin

Partner, Wealth Management Tax Services, Phoenix, AZ, PwC US

Dan Waltman

Dan Waltman

Principal, Wealth Management Tax Services, Pittsburgh, PA, PwC US

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