A fiduciary, whether an Executor, Administrator, or Trustee, at one time or another will have to account for their actions to the beneficiaries, often in the form of an "Accounting." An accounting is a detailed record of the fiduciary's management of the estate or trust, and may be provided to the beneficiaries informally, through an informal schedule and receipt and releases, or judicially, through court-prescribed forms and a decree from the court.