CHAPTER 14. UNIFORM PRINCIPAL AND INCOME ACT
IC 30-2-14
Chapter 14. Uniform Principal and Income Act
IC 30-2-14-1
"Accounting period" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "accounting period" means a
calendar year unless another twelve (12) month period is selected by
a fiduciary. The term includes a portion of a calendar year or other
twelve (12) month period that begins when an income interest begins
or ends when an income interest ends.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-2
"Beneficiary" defined
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "beneficiary" includes, in the case
of:
(1) a decedent's estate, an heir, and a devisee; and
(2) a trust, an income beneficiary, and a remainder beneficiary.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-3
"Fiduciary" defined
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fiduciary" means a personal
representative or a trustee. The term includes an executor, an
administrator, a successor personal representative, a special
administrator, and a person performing substantially the same
function.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-4
"Income" defined
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "income" means money or
property that a fiduciary receives as current return from a principal
asset. The term includes a portion of receipts from a sale, exchange,
or liquidation of a principal asset, to the extent provided in sections
21 through 35 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-5
"Income beneficiary" defined
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "income beneficiary" means a
person to whom net income of a trust is or may be payable.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-6
"Income interest" defined
Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "income interest" means the right
of an income beneficiary to receive all or part of net income, whether
the terms of the trust require it to be distributed or authorize it to be
distributed in the trustee's discretion.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-7
"Mandatory income interest" defined
Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "mandatory income interest"
means the right of an income beneficiary to receive net income that
the terms of the trust require the fiduciary to distribute.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-8
"Net income" defined
Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "net income" means the total
receipts allocated to income during an accounting period minus the
disbursements made from income during the period, plus or minus
transfers under this chapter to or from income during the period.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-9
"Person" defined
Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual,
corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability
company, association, joint venture, government; governmental
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation, or any
other legal or commercial entity.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-10
"Principal" defined
Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "principal" means property that
is held in trust for distribution to a remainder beneficiary when the
trust terminates or that will remain perpetually vested in the trustee.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-11
"Remainder beneficiary" defined
Sec. 11. As used in this chapter, "remainder beneficiary" means
a person entitled to receive principal when an income interest ends.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-12
"Terms of a trust" defined
Sec. 12. As used in this chapter, "terms of a trust" means the
manifestation of the intent of a settlor or decedent with respect to the
trust, expressed in a manner that admits of its proof in a judicial
proceeding, whether by written or spoken words or by conduct.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-13
"Trustee" defined
Sec. 13. As used in this chapter, "trustee" includes an original,
additional, or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or
confirmed by a court.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-14
Allocating receipts and disbursements between principal and
income
Sec. 14. (a) The following applies to a fiduciary in allocating
receipts and disbursements to or between principal and income, and
with respect to any matter within the scope of this chapter:
(1) A fiduciary shall administer a trust or estate in accordance
with the terms of the trust or the will, even if there is a different
provision in this chapter.
(2) A fiduciary may administer a trust or estate by the exercise
of a discretionary power of administration given to the fiduciary
by the terms of the trust or the will, even if the exercise of the
power produces a result different from a result required or
permitted by this chapter. An inference that the fiduciary has
improperly exercised the discretion does not arise from the fact
that the fiduciary has made or has not made an allocation
contrary to a provision of this chapter.
(3) A fiduciary shall administer a trust or an estate in
accordance with this chapter if the terms of the trust or the will
do not contain a different provision or do not give the fiduciary
a discretionary power of administration.
(4) A fiduciary shall add a receipt or charge a disbursement to
principal to the extent that the terms of the trust or the will and
this chapter do not provide a rule for allocating the receipt or
disbursement to or between principal and income.
(b) In exercising the power to adjust under section 15 of this
chapter or a discretionary power of administration regarding a matter
within the scope of this chapter, whether granted by the terms of a
trust, a will, or this chapter, a fiduciary shall administer a trust or an
estate impartially, based on what is fair and reasonable to all of the
beneficiaries, except to the extent that the terms of the trust or the
will clearly manifest an intention that the fiduciary shall or may favor
one (1) or more of the beneficiaries. A determination in accordance
with this chapter is presumed to be fair and reasonable to all of the
beneficiaries.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-15
Power of trustee to adjust between principal and income
Sec. 15. (a) A trustee may adjust between principal and income to
the extent the trustee considers necessary if:
(1) the trustee invests and manages trust assets as a prudent
investor;
(2) the terms of the trust describe the amount that may or must
be distributed to a beneficiary by referring to the trust's income;
and
(3) the trustee determines:
(A) after applying the rules in section 14(a) of this chapter;
and
(B) considering any power the trustee may have under the
trust or the will to invade principal or accumulate income;
that the trustee is unable to comply with section 14(b) of this
chapter.
(b) In deciding whether and to what extent to exercise the power
conferred by subsection (a), a trustee may consider, but is not limited
to, any of the following:
(1) The nature, purpose, and expected duration of the trust.
(2) The intent of the settlor.
(3) The identity and circumstances of the beneficiaries.
(4) The needs for liquidity, regularity of income, and
preservation and appreciation of capital.
(5) The assets held in the trust; the extent to which they consist
of financial assets, interests in closely held enterprises, tangible
and intangible personal property, or real property; the extent to
which an asset is used by a beneficiary; and whether an asset
was purchased by the trustee or received from the settlor.
(6) The net amount allocated to income under this chapter and
the increase or decrease in the value of the principal assets,
which the trustee may estimate as to assets for which market
values are not readily available.
(7) Whether and to what extent the terms of the trust give the
trustee the power to invade principal or accumulate income or
prohibit the trustee from invading principal or accumulating
income, and the extent to which the trustee has exercised a
power from time to time to invade principal or accumulate
income.
(8) The actual and anticipated effect of economic conditions on
principal and income and effects of inflation and deflation.
(9) The anticipated tax consequences of an adjustment.
(c) A trustee may not make an adjustment:
(1) that diminishes the income interest in a trust that requires all
of the income to be paid at least annually to a spouse and for
which an estate tax or gift tax marital deduction would be
allowed, in whole or in part, if the trustee did not have the
power to make the adjustment;
(2) that reduces the actuarial value of the income interest in a
trust to which a person transfers property with the intent to
qualify for a gift tax exclusion;
(3) that changes the amount payable to a beneficiary as a fixed
annuity or a fixed fraction of the value of the trust assets;
(4) from any amount that is permanently set aside for charitable
purposes under a will or the terms of a trust unless both income
and principal are so set aside;
(5) if possessing or exercising the power to make an adjustment
causes an individual to be treated as the owner of all or part of
the trust for income tax purposes, and the individual would not
be treated as the owner if the trustee did not possess the power
to make an adjustment;
(6) if possessing or exercising the power to make an adjustment
causes all or part of the trust assets to be included for estate tax
purposes in the estate of an individual who has the power to
remove a trustee or appoint a trustee, or both, and the assets
would not be included in the estate of the individual if the
trustee did not possess the power to make an adjustment; or
(7) if the trustee is a beneficiary of the trust.
(d) If subsection (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7) applies to a trustee and
there is more than one (1) trustee, a cotrustee to whom the provision
does not apply may make the adjustment unless the exercise of the
power by the remaining trustee or trustees is not permitted by the
terms of the trust.
(e) A trustee may release the entire power conferred by subsection
(a) or may release only the power to adjust from income to principal
or the power to adjust from principal to income if the trustee:
(1) is uncertain about whether possessing or exercising the
power will cause a result described in subsection (c)(1) through
(c)(6); or
(2) determines that possessing or exercising the power will or
may deprive the trust of a tax benefit or impose a tax burden not
described in subsection (c).
The release may be permanent or for a specified period, including a
period measured by the life of an individual.
(f) Terms of a trust that limit the power of a trustee to make an
adjustment between principal and income do not affect the
application of this section unless it is clear from the terms of the trust
that the terms are intended to deny the trustee the power of
adjustment conferred by subsection (a).
(g) Nothing in this chapter is intended to create or imply a duty to
make an adjustment. A trustee incurs no liability for:
(1) not considering whether to make an adjustment; or
(2) choosing not to make an adjustment.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-16
Notice of proposed action
Sec. 16. (a) A trustee may give a notice of proposed action
regarding a matter governed by this chapter as set forth in this
section. For purposes of this section, a proposed action includes a
course of action and a decision not to take action.
(b) The trustee shall mail notice of the proposed action to all
living beneficiaries who:
(1) are receiving; or
(2) are entitled to receive:
(A) income under the trust; or
(B) a distribution of principal;
if the trust were terminated at the time the notice is given.
If a beneficiary described in this subsection is a minor, the trustee
may comply with this subsection by mailing the notice to any court
appointed or natural guardian of the minor.
(c) A trustee is not required to give notice of proposed action to
any person who consents in writing to the proposed action. The
consent may be executed at any time before or after the proposed
action is taken.
(d) The notice of proposed action shall state that the notice is
given as set forth in this section and shall state all of the following:
(1) The name and mailing address of the trustee.
(2) The name and telephone number of a person who may be
contacted for additional information.
(3) A description of the action proposed to be taken and an
explanation of the reasons for the action.
(4) The time within which objections to the proposed action
may be made, which shall be at least thirty (30) days after the
mailing of the notice of proposed action.
(5) The date on or after which the proposed action may be taken
or is effective.
(6) A beneficiary may object to the proposed action by mailing
a written objection to the trustee at the address stated in the
notice of proposed action within the period specified in the
notice of proposed action.
(e) A trustee is not liable to a beneficiary for an action regarding
a matter governed by this chapter if:
(1) the trustee does not receive a written objection to the
proposed action from the beneficiary within the applicable
period; and
(2) the other requirements of this section are satisfied.
If a beneficiary not entitled to notice objects under this section, the
trustee is not liable to any current or future beneficiary with respect
to the proposed action.
(f) If the trustee receives a written objection within the applicable
period, either the trustee or a beneficiary may petition the court to
have the proposed action taken as proposed, taken with
modifications, or denied. In the proceeding, a beneficiary objecting
to the proposed action has the burden of proving that the trustee's
proposed action should not be taken. A beneficiary who has not
objected is not estopped from opposing the proposed action in the
proceeding. If the trustee decides not to implement the proposed
action, the trustee shall mail notice to the beneficiaries described in
subsection (b) of the decision not to take the action. The trustee's
decision not to implement the proposed action does not itself give
rise to liability to any current or future beneficiary. Within thirty (30)
days after the mailing of the notice not to implement the proposed
action, a beneficiary may petition the court to have the action taken
and has the burden of proving that it should be taken.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-17
Discretionary powers of fiduciary; failure to exercise power;
remedies
Sec. 17. (a) A court shall not change a fiduciary's decision to
exercise or not to exercise a discretionary power conferred by this
chapter unless it determines that the decision was an abuse of the
fiduciary's discretion. A court shall not determine that a fiduciary
abused its discretion merely because the court would have exercised
the discretion in a different manner or would not have exercised the
discretion.
(b) The decisions to which subsection (a) applies include the
following:
(1) A determination under section 15(a) of this chapter of
whether and to what extent an amount should be transferred
from principal to income or from income to principal.
(2) In deciding whether and to what extent to exercise the
power conferred by section 15(a) of this chapter, a
determination of the following:
(A) The factors that are relevant to the trust and the trust's
beneficiaries.
(B) The extent to which the factors are relevant.
(C) The weight, if any, to be given to the relevant factors.
(c) If a court determines that a fiduciary has abused the fiduciary's
discretion, the remedy shall be to restore the income and remainder
beneficiaries to the positions they would have occupied if the
fiduciary had not abused the fiduciary's discretion, subject to the
following:
(1) To the extent that the abuse of discretion has resulted in no
distribution to a beneficiary or a distribution that is too small,
the court shall require the fiduciary to distribute to the
beneficiary an amount that the court determines will restore the
beneficiaries, in whole or in part, to their appropriate positions.
(2) To the extent that the abuse of discretion has resulted in a
distribution to a beneficiary that is too large, the court shall
restore the beneficiaries, in whole or in part, to their appropriate
positions by requiring:
(A) the fiduciary to withhold an amount from at least one (1)
future distribution to that beneficiary; or
(B) the beneficiary to return some or all of the distribution
to the trust.
(3) To the extent the court is unable, after applying subdivisions
(1) and (2), to restore the beneficiaries to the positions they
would have occupied if the fiduciary had not abused the
fiduciary's discretion, the court shall require the fiduciary to pay
an appropriate amount to:
(A) at least one (1) of the beneficiaries;
(B) the trust; or
(C) entities under both clauses (A) and (B).
(d) Upon a petition by the fiduciary, the court having jurisdiction
over the trust or estate shall determine whether a proposed exercise
or nonexercise of a discretionary power by the fiduciary will result
in an abuse of the fiduciary's discretion. The petition shall:
(1) describe the proposed exercise or nonexercise of the power;
(2) contain sufficient information to inform the beneficiaries of:
(A) the reasons for the proposal; and
(B) the facts upon which the fiduciary relies; and
(3) contain an explanation of how the income and remainder
beneficiaries will be affected by the proposed exercise or
nonexercise of the power.
(e) A beneficiary who challenges a fiduciary's proposed decision
or actual decision to exercise or not to exercise a discretionary power
conferred by this chapter shall have the burden of establishing that
it will result or did result in an abuse of discretion.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-18
Distributions to beneficiaries; payment of fees and costs
Sec. 18. After an income interest in a trust ends, the following
rules apply:
(1) A fiduciary of a terminating income interest shall determine
the amount of net income and net principal receipts received
from property specifically given to a beneficiary under the rules
in sections 20 through 43 of this chapter that apply to trustees
and the rules in subdivision (5). The fiduciary shall distribute
the net income and net principal receipts to the beneficiary who
is to receive the specific property.
(2) A fiduciary shall determine the remaining net income of a
terminating income interest under the rules in sections 20
through 43 of this chapter that apply to trustees and by:
(A) including in net income all income from property used
to discharge liabilities;
(B) paying from income or principal, in the fiduciary's
discretion:
(i) fees of attorneys, accountants, and fiduciaries;
(ii) court costs and other expenses of administration; and
(iii) interest on death taxes;
but the fiduciary may pay those expenses from income of
property passing to a trust for which the fiduciary claims an
estate tax marital or charitable deduction only to the extent
that the payment of those expenses from income will not
cause the reduction or loss of the deduction; and
(C) paying from principal all other disbursements made or
incurred in connection with the winding up of a terminating
income interest, including debts; funeral expenses;
disposition of remains; family allowances; and death taxes
and related penalties that are apportioned to the terminating
income interest by the terms of the trust or applicable law.
(3) If a beneficiary is to receive a pecuniary amount outright
from a trust after an income interest ends and no interest or
other amount is provided for by the terms of the trust or
applicable law, the fiduciary shall distribute the interest or other
amount to which the beneficiary would be entitled under
applicable law if the pecuniary amount were required to be paid
under a will.
(4) A fiduciary shall distribute the net income remaining after
distributions required by subdivision (3) in the manner
described in section 19 of this chapter to all residuary
beneficiaries, even if the beneficiary holds an unqualified
power to withdraw assets from the trust or other presently
exercisable general power of appointment over the trust.
(5) A fiduciary may not reduce principal or income receipts
from property described in subdivision (1) because of a
payment described in section 38 or 39 of this chapter to the
extent that the will, the terms of the trust, or applicable law
requires the fiduciary to make the payment from assets other
than the property or to the extent that the fiduciary recovers or
expects to recover the payment from a third party. The net
income and principal receipts from the property are determined
by:
(A) including all of the amounts the fiduciary receives or
pays with respect to the property, whether those amounts:
(i) accrued or became due before, on, or after the date of
an individual's death; or
(ii) an income interest's terminating event; and
(B) making a reasonable provision for amounts that the
fiduciary believes the terminating income interest may
become obligated to pay after the property is distributed.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.61-2006, SEC.6.
IC 30-2-14-19
Beneficiary's share of net income
Sec. 19. (a) Each beneficiary described in section 18(4) of this
chapter is entitled to receive a portion of the net income equal to the
beneficiary's fractional interest in undistributed principal assets,
using values as of the distribution date. If a fiduciary makes more
than one (1) distribution of assets to beneficiaries to whom this
section applies, each beneficiary, including a beneficiary who does
not receive part of the distribution, is entitled, as of each distribution
date, to the net income the fiduciary has received after the date of
death or terminating event or earlier distribution date but has not
distributed as of the current distribution date.
(b) In determining a beneficiary's share of net income, the
following rules apply:
(1) The beneficiary is entitled to receive a portion of the net
income equal to the beneficiary's fractional interest in the
undistributed principal assets immediately before the
distribution date, including assets that later may be sold to meet
principal obligations.
(2) The beneficiary's fractional interest in the undistributed
principal assets must be calculated without regard to property
specifically given to a beneficiary and property required to pay
pecuniary amounts not in trust.
(3) The beneficiary's fractional interest in the undistributed
principal assets must be calculated on the basis of the aggregate
value of those assets as of the distribution date without reducing
the value by any unpaid principal obligation.
(4) The distribution date for purposes of this section may be the
date as of which the fiduciary calculates the value of the assets
if that date is reasonably near the date on which assets are
actually distributed.
(c) If a fiduciary does not distribute all of the collected but
undistributed net income to each person as of a distribution date, the
fiduciary shall maintain appropriate records showing the interest of
each beneficiary in that net income.
(d) A fiduciary may apply the rules in this section, to the extent
that the fiduciary considers it appropriate, to net gain or loss realized
after the date of death or terminating event or earlier distribution date
from the disposition of a principal asset if this section applies to the
income from the asset.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-20
Income interest; asset subject to trust
Sec. 20. (a) An income beneficiary is entitled to net income from
the date on which the income interest begins. An income interest
begins on the date specified in the terms of the trust or, if no date is
specified, on the date an asset becomes subject to a trust or
successive income interest.
(b) An asset becomes subject to a trust:
(1) on the date it is transferred to the trust in the case of an asset
that is transferred to a trust during the transferor's life;
(2) on the date of a testator's death in the case of an asset that
becomes subject to a trust by reason of a will, even if there is an
intervening period of administration of the testator's estate; or
(3) on the date of an individual's death in the case of an asset
that is transferred to a fiduciary by a third party because of the
individual's death.
(c) An asset becomes subject to a successive income interest on
the day after the preceding income interest ends, as determined under
subsection (d), even if there is an intervening period of
administration to wind up the preceding income interest.
(d) An income interest ends on the day before an income
beneficiary dies or another terminating event occurs, or on the last
day of a period during which there is no beneficiary to whom a
trustee may distribute income.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-21
Income receipts and disbursements
Sec. 21. (a) A trustee shall allocate an income receipt or
disbursement other than one to which section 18(1) of this chapter
applies to principal if its due date occurs before:
(1) an individual dies in the case of an estate; or
(2) an income interest begins in the case of a trust or successive
income interest.
(b) A trustee shall allocate an income receipt or disbursement to
income if its due date occurs on or after the date on which an
individual dies or an income interest begins and it is a periodic due
date. An income receipt or disbursement must be treated as accruing
from day to day if its due date is not periodic or it has no due date.
The portion of the receipt or disbursement accruing before the date
on which an individual dies or an income interest begins must be
allocated to principal and the balance must be allocated to income.
(c) An item of income or an obligation is due on the date the payer
is required to make a payment. If a payment date is not stated, there
is no due date for the purposes of this chapter. Distributions to
shareholders or other owners from an entity to which section 23 of
this chapter applies are considered to be due on:
(1) the date fixed by the entity for determining who is entitled
to receive the distribution; or
(2) if no date is fixed, the declaration date for the distribution.
A due date is periodic for receipts or disbursements that must be paid
at regular intervals under a lease or an obligation to pay interest or
if an entity customarily makes distributions at regular intervals.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-22
Termination of mandatory income interest
Sec. 22. (a) As used in this section, "undistributed income" means
net income received before the date on which an income interest
ends. The term does not include an item of income or expense that is
due or accrued or net income that has been added or is required to be
added to principal under the terms of the trust.
(b) When a mandatory income interest ends, the trustee shall pay
to a mandatory income beneficiary who survives that date, or the
estate of a deceased mandatory income beneficiary whose death
causes the interest to end, the beneficiary's share of the undistributed
income that is not disposed of under the terms of the trust unless the
beneficiary has an unqualified power to revoke more than five
percent (5%) of the trust immediately before the income interest
ends. In the latter case, the undistributed income from the portion of
the trust that may be revoked must be added to principal.
(c) When a trustee's obligation to pay a fixed annuity or a fixed
fraction of the value of the trust's assets ends, the trustee shall prorate
the final payment if and to the extent required by applicable law to
accomplish a purpose of the trust or its settlor relating to income,
gift, estate, or other tax requirements.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-23
Receipts from an entity
Sec. 23. (a) As used in this section, "entity" means a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, regulated investment
company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, or any
other organization in which a trustee has an interest. The term does
not include the following:
(1) A trust or an estate to which section 24 of this chapter
applies.
(2) A business or an activity to which section 25 of this chapter
applies.
(3) An asset backed security to which section 37 of this chapter
applies.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a trustee shall
allocate to income money received from an entity.
(c) A trustee shall allocate the following receipts from an entity
to principal:
(1) Property other than money.
(2) Money received in one (1) distribution or a series of related
distributions in exchange for part or all of a trust's interest in the
entity.
(3) Money received in total or partial liquidation of the entity.
(4) Money received from an entity that is:
(A) a regulated investment company; or
(B) a real estate investment trust;
if the money distributed is a capital gain dividend for federal
income tax purposes.
(d) Money is received in partial liquidation:
(1) to the extent that the entity, at or near the time of a
distribution, indicates that it is a distribution in partial
liquidation; or
(2) if the total amount of money and property received in a
distribution or series of related distributions is greater than
twenty percent (20%) of the entity's gross assets, as shown by
the entity's year-end financial statements immediately preceding
the initial receipt.
(e) Money is not received in partial liquidation, nor may it be
taken into account under subsection (d)(2), to the extent that it does
not exceed the amount of income tax that a trustee or beneficiary
must pay on taxable income of the entity that distributes the money.
(f) A trustee may rely upon a statement made by an entity about
the source or character of a distribution if the statement is made at or
near the time of distribution by:
(1) the entity's board of directors; or
(2) a person or group of persons authorized to exercise powers
to pay money or transfer property comparable to those of a
corporation's board of directors.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-24
Distributions of principal and income from trust or estate
Sec. 24. A trustee shall allocate to:
(1) income an amount received as a distribution of income; and
(2) principal an amount received as a distribution of principal;
from a trust or an estate in which the trust has an interest other than
a purchased interest. If a trustee purchases an interest in a trust that
is an investment entity, or a decedent or donor transfers an interest
in such a trust to a trustee, section 23 or 37 of this chapter applies to
a receipt from the trust.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-25
Separate accounting records for business or activity
Sec. 25. (a) If a trustee who conducts a business or other activity
determines that it is in the best interest of all the beneficiaries to
account separately for the business or activity instead of accounting
for it as part of the trust's general accounting records, the trustee may
maintain separate accounting records for its transactions, whether or
not its assets are segregated from other trust assets.
(b) A trustee who accounts separately for a business or other
activity may determine the extent to which:
(1) its net cash receipts must be retained for:
(A) working capital;
(B) the acquisition or replacement of fixed assets; and
(C) other reasonably foreseeable needs of the business or
activity; and
(2) the remaining net cash receipts are accounted for as
principal or income in the trust's general accounting records.
If a trustee sells assets of the business or other activity, other than in
the ordinary course of the business or activity, the trustee shall
account for the net amount received as principal in the trust's general
accounting records to the extent the trustee determines that the
amount received is no longer required in the conduct of the business.
(c) Activities for which a trustee may maintain separate
accounting records include:
(1) retail, manufacturing, service, and other traditional business
activities;
(2) farming;
(3) raising and selling livestock and other animals;
(4) management of rental properties;
(5) extraction of minerals and other natural resources;
(6) timber operations; and
(7) activities to which section 36 of this chapter applies.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-26
Receipts and property allocated to principal
Sec. 26. A trustee shall allocate to principal:
(1) to the extent not allocated to income under this chapter,
assets received from:
(A) a transferor during the transferor's lifetime;
(B) a decedent's estate;
(C) a trust with a terminating income interest; or
(D) a payer under a contract naming the trust or its trustee as
beneficiary;
(2) money or other property received from the sale, exchange,
liquidation, or change in form of a principal asset, including
realized profit, subject to sections 23 through 37 of this chapter;
(3) amounts recovered from third parties to reimburse the trust
because of disbursements described in section 39(a)(7) of this
chapter or for other reasons to the extent not based on the loss
of income;
(4) proceeds of property taken by eminent domain, but a
separate award made for the loss of income with respect to an
accounting period during which a current income beneficiary
had a mandatory income interest is income;
(5) net income received in an accounting period during which
there is no beneficiary to whom a trustee may or must distribute
income; and
(6) other receipts as provided in sections 30 through 37 of this
chapter.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-27
Rental property receipts
Sec. 27. To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from
rental property under this section, the trustee shall allocate to income
an amount received as rent of real or personal property, including an
amount received for cancellation or renewal of a lease. An amount
received as a refundable deposit, including a security deposit or a
deposit that is to be applied as rent for future periods, must be added
to principal and held subject to the terms of the lease and is not
available for distribution to a beneficiary until the trustee's
contractual obligations have been satisfied with respect to that
amount.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-28
Obligation to pay money to trustee
Sec. 28. (a) An amount received as interest, whether determined
at a fixed, variable, or floating rate, on an obligation to pay money to
the trustee, including an amount received as consideration for
prepaying principal, must be allocated to income without any
provision for amortization of premium.
(b) A trustee shall allocate to principal an amount received from
the sale, redemption, or other disposition of an obligation to pay
money to the trustee more than one (1) year after it is purchased or
acquired by the trustee, including an obligation whose purchase price
or value when it is acquired is less than its value at maturity. If the
obligation matures within one (1) year after it is purchased or
acquired by the trustee, an amount received in excess of its purchase
price or its value when acquired by the trust must be allocated to
income.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, when an
obligation described in this section is held as an asset of a charitable
remainder trust, an increase in the value of the obligation over the
value of the obligation at the time of acquisition by the trust is
distributable as income. For purposes of this subsection, the increase
in value is available for distribution only when the trustee receives
cash on account of the obligation. If the obligation is surrendered or
liquidated partially, the cash available shall be attributed first to the
increase. The increase is distributable to the income beneficiary who
is the income beneficiary at the time the cash is received.
(d) This section does not apply to an obligation to which section
31, 32, 33, 34, 36, or 37 of this chapter applies.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-29
Life insurance policy proceeds; proceeds of other contracts
Sec. 29. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a
trustee shall allocate to principal the proceeds of a life insurance
policy or other contract in which the trust or its trustee is named as
beneficiary, including a contract that insures the trust or its trustee
against loss for damage to, destruction of, or loss of title to a trust
asset. The trustee shall allocate dividends on an insurance policy to
income if the premiums on the policy are paid from income, and to
principal if the premiums are paid from principal.
(b) A trustee shall allocate to income proceeds of a contract that
insures the trustee against loss of occupancy or other use by an
income beneficiary, loss of income, or, subject to section 25 of this
chapter, loss of profits from a business.
(c) This section does not apply to a contract to which section 31
of this chapter applies.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-30
Insubstantial allocation between principal and income
Sec. 30. If a trustee determines that an allocation between
principal and income required by section 31, 32, 33, 34, or 37 of this
chapter is insubstantial, the trustee may allocate the entire amount to
principal unless one (1) of the circumstances described in section
15(c) of this chapter applies to the allocation. This power may be
exercised by a cotrustee in the circumstances described in section
15(d) of this chapter and may be released for the reasons and in the
manner described in section 15(e) of this chapter. An allocation is
presumed to be insubstantial if:
(1) the amount of the allocation would increase or decrease net
income in an accounting period, as determined before the
allocation, by less than ten percent (10%); or
(2) the value of the asset producing the receipt for which the
allocation would be made is less than ten percent (10%) of the
total value of the trust's assets at the beginning of the
accounting period.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-31
Allocating payments to principal or income
Sec. 31. (a) This section does not apply to a payment to which
section 32 of this chapter applies.
(b) As used in this section, "payment" means a payment that a
trustee may receive over a fixed number of years or during the life of
one (1) or more individuals because of services rendered or property
transferred to the payer in exchange for future payments, regardless
of whether the trustee also has the option to receive the payment in
a lump sum or other form of payment, whether the payment is made
in money or other property, and whether the payment is made from
the payer's general assets or from a separate fund created by the
payer. For purposes of subsection (h), the term also includes any
payment from any separate fund, regardless of the reason for the
payment.
(c) As used in this section, "separate fund" includes a private or
commercial annuity, an individual retirement account, and a pension,
profit sharing, stock bonus, or stock ownership plan (including an
individual account under a plan and a separate share of any account
described in this subsection).
(d) To the extent that a payment is characterized as interest, a
dividend, or a payment made in lieu of interest or a dividend, a
trustee shall allocate the payment to income. The trustee shall
allocate to principal the balance of the payment and any other
payment received in the same accounting period that is not
characterized as interest, a dividend, or an equivalent payment.
(e) If a payment is not characterized as interest, a dividend, or an
equivalent payment and is made from a separate fund, the payment
shall be allocated between income and principal as follows:
(1) A trustee shall determine the internal income of each
separate fund for the accounting period as if the separate fund
were a trust subject to this chapter. The trustee shall allocate a
payment from the separate fund to income to the extent of the
internal income of the separate fund and allocate the balance of
the payment to principal.
(2) If a trustee cannot determine the internal income of the
separate fund but can determine the value of the separate fund,
the internal income of the separate fund is deemed to equal five
percent (5%) of the fund's value, according to the most recent
statement of value preceding the beginning of the accounting
period. If the trustee cannot determine the internal income of
the separate fund or the fund's value, the internal income of the
fund is deemed to equal the product of the interest rate and the
present value of the expected future payments, as determined
under section 7520 of the Internal Revenue Code, for the month
preceding the accounting period for which the computation is
made.
(f) If no part of a payment is characterized as interest, a dividend,
or an equivalent payment, and the payment is made otherwise than
from a separate fund, then the trustee shall allocate to income ten
percent (10%) of any part of the payment that is required to be made
during the accounting period and the balance to principal, unless no
part of the payment is required to be made or the payment received
is the entire amount to which the trustee is entitled, in which case the
trustee shall allocate the entire payment to principal. For purposes of
this subsection, a payment is not "required to be made" to the extent
that it is made because the trustee exercises a right of withdrawal.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, when a
private or commercial deferred annuity is held as an asset of a
charitable remainder trust, an increase in the value of the obligation
over the value of the obligation at the time of the acquisition by the
trust is distributable as income. For purposes of this subsection, the
increase in value is available for distribution only when the trustee
exercises a right of withdrawal or otherwise receives cash on account
of the obligation. If the obligation is surrendered wholly or partially
before annuitization, the cash available shall be attributed first to the
increase. The increase is distributable to the income beneficiary who
is the income beneficiary at the time the cash is received.
(h) Except as provided in subdivision (2), trusts described in
subdivision (1) are subject to the following special rules regarding
allocations and distributions of income provided in subdivision (3):
(1) This subsection applies to:
(A) a trust to which an election to qualify for a marital
deduction under Section 2056(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue
Code has been made; or
(B) a trust that qualifies for the marital deduction under
Section 2056(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) This subsection does not apply to a series of payments if and
to the extent that the series of payments would, without the
application of this subsection, qualify for the marital deduction
under Section 2056(b)(7)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) Except as provided in subdivision (2), a payment made from
a separate fund to a trust described in subdivision (1) shall be
allocated between income and principal in accordance with
subsection (e)(1) and (e)(2) and not in accordance with
subsection (d) or (f), even if part or all of the payment is
characterized as interest, a dividend, or an equivalent payment,
and even if the payment is the entire amount to which the
trustee is entitled. The trustee shall distribute to the surviving
spouse the part of the payment allocated to income. Upon
request of the surviving spouse, the trustee shall demand that
the person administering the separate fund distribute all of the
internal income of the fund to the trust. Upon request of the
surviving spouse, the trustee shall allocate principal to income
to the extent the internal income of the separate fund exceeds
payments from the separate fund to the trust during the
accounting period.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.143-2009,
SEC.19.
IC 30-2-14-32
Receipts from liquidating asset
Sec. 32. (a) As used in this section, "liquidating asset" means an
asset whose value will diminish or terminate because the asset is
expected to produce receipts for a period of limited duration. The
term includes a leasehold, patent, copyright, royalty right, and right
to receive payments during a period of more than one (1) year under
an arrangement that does not provide for the payment of interest on
the unpaid balance. The term does not include the following:
(1) A payment subject to section 31 of this chapter.
(2) Resources subject to section 33 of this chapter.
(3) Timber subject to section 34 of this chapter.
(4) An activity subject to section 36 of this chapter.
(5) An asset subject to section 37 of this chapter.
(6) Any asset for which the trustee establishes a reserve for
depreciation under section 40 of this chapter.
(b) A trustee shall allocate to income ten percent (10%) of the
receipts from a liquidating asset and the balance to principal.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-33
Receipts from an interest in minerals or other natural resources
Sec. 33. (a) To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from
an interest in minerals or other natural resources under this section,
the trustee shall allocate them as follows:
(1) If received as nominal delay rental or nominal annual rent
on a lease, a receipt must be allocated to income.
(2) If received from a production payment, a receipt must be
allocated to income if and to the extent that the agreement
creating the production payment provides a factor for interest
or its equivalent. The balance must be allocated to principal.
(3) If an amount received as a royalty, shut-in-well payment,
take-or-pay payment, bonus, or delay rental is more than
nominal, ninety percent (90%) must be allocated to principal
and the balance to income.
(4) If an amount is received from a working interest or any
other interest not provided for in subdivision (1), (2), or (3),
ninety percent (90%) of the net amount received must be
allocated to principal and the balance to income.
(b) An amount received on account of an interest in water that is
renewable must be allocated to income. If the water is not renewable,
ninety percent (90%) of the amount must be allocated to principal
and the balance to income.
(c) This chapter applies whether or not a decedent or donor was
extracting minerals, water, or other natural resources before the
interest became subject to the trust.
(d) If a trust owns an interest in minerals, water, or other natural
resources on January 1, 2003, the trustee may allocate receipts from
the interest as provided in this chapter or in the manner used by the
trustee before January 1, 2003. If the trust acquires an interest in
minerals, water, or other natural resources after December 31, 2002,
the trustee shall allocate receipts from the interest as provided in this
chapter.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-34
Net receipts from the sale of timber and related products
Sec. 34. (a) To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from
the sale of timber and related products under this section, the trustee
shall allocate the net receipts:
(1) to income to the extent that the amount of timber removed
from the land does not exceed the rate of growth of the timber
during the accounting periods in which a beneficiary has a
mandatory income interest;
(2) to principal to the extent that the amount of timber removed
from the land exceeds the rate of growth of the timber or the net
receipts are from the sale of standing timber;
(3) to or between income and principal if the net receipts are
from:
(A) the lease of timberland; or
(B) a contract to cut timber from land owned by a trust;
by determining the amount of timber removed from the land
under the lease or contract and applying the rules in
subdivisions (1) and (2); or
(4) to principal to the extent that advance payments, bonuses,
and other payments are not allocated under subdivision (1), (2),
or (3).
(b) In determining net receipts to be allocated under subsection
(a), a trustee shall deduct and transfer to principal a reasonable
amount for depletion.
(c) This chapter applies whether or not a decedent or transferor
was harvesting timber from the property before it became subject to
the trust.
(d) If a trust owns an interest in timberland, the trustee may
allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as
provided in this chapter or in the manner used by the trustee before
January 1, 2003. If the trust acquires an interest in timberland after
December 31, 2002, the trustee shall allocate net receipts from the
sale of timber and related products as provided in this chapter.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-35
Marital deduction for trust assets
Sec. 35. (a) If:
(1) a marital deduction is allowed for all or part of a trust whose
assets consist substantially of property that does not provide the
spouse with sufficient income from or use of the trust assets;
and
(2) the amounts that the trustee transfers from principal to
income under section 15 of this chapter and distributes to the
spouse from principal under the terms of the trust are
insufficient to provide the spouse with the beneficial enjoyment
required to obtain the marital deduction;
the spouse may require the trustee to make property productive of
income, convert property within a reasonable time, or exercise the
power conferred by section 15(a) of this chapter. The trustee may
decide which action or combination of actions to take.
(b) In cases not governed by subsection (a), proceeds from the
sale or other disposition of an asset are principal without regard to
the amount of income the asset produces during any accounting
period.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-36
Transactions in derivatives; granting, acquiring, or exercising an
option
Sec. 36. (a) As used in this section, "derivative" means a contract
or financial instrument or a combination of contracts and financial
instruments that gives a trust the right or obligation to participate in:
(1) some or all changes in the price of a tangible or intangible
asset or group of assets; or
(2) changes in a rate, an index of prices or rates, or other market
indicator for an asset or a group of assets.
(b) To the extent that a trustee does not account under section 25
of this chapter for transactions in derivatives, the trustee shall
allocate to principal receipts from and disbursements made in
connection with those transactions.
(c) If a trustee:
(1) grants an option to buy property from the trust, whether or
not the trust owns the property when the option is granted;
(2) grants an option that permits another person to sell property
to the trust; or
(3) acquires an option to buy property for the trust or an option
to sell an asset owned by the trust;
and the trustee or other owner of the asset is required to deliver the
asset if the option is exercised, an amount received for granting the
option must be allocated to principal. An amount paid to acquire the
option must be paid from principal. A gain or loss realized upon the
exercise of an option, including an option granted to a settlor of the
trust for services rendered, must be allocated to principal.
As added by P.L.84-2002, SEC.2.
IC 30-2-14-37
Asset backed securities
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