Dexter, a calendar-year, cash-basis taxpayer who died in May of the current year, was entitled to receive an $8,000 accounting fee that had not been collected before the date of death. The executor of Dexter's estate collected the full $8,000 in August of the current year. This $8,000 should appear in

A. Only the decedent's final individual income tax return.
B. Only the estate's fiduciary income tax return.
C. Only the decedent's estate tax return.
D. Both the fiduciary income tax return and the estate tax return.

Answer: D. Both the fiduciary income tax return and the estate tax return.

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