Payment of undistributed income upon end of mandatory income interest; prorating final payment upon end of obligation to pay fixed annuity or fixed fraction of value of trust’s assets.
1. 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.
2. 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, his share of the undistributed income that is not disposed of under the terms of the trust unless he has an unqualified power to revoke more than 5 percent 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.
3. When a trustee’s obligation to pay a fixed annuity or a fixed fraction of the value of the trust’s assets ends, he 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.
Last modified: February 25, 2006