Unless prohibited by the unitrust's governing instrument or specifically addressed by AS 13.38.350 or 13.38.420, the trustee of a unitrust may treat gains from the sale of capital assets of the unitrust as part of a distribution of principal to a beneficiary, and, if the trustee treats those gains as part of a distribution of principal to a beneficiary, the trustee shall treat those gains consistently on the unitrust's books, records, and tax returns as part of a distribution to a beneficiary.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 38. Alaska Principal and Income Act
Sec. 13.38.300. Power to convert to unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.310. Judicially approved conversion; beneficiary request for conversion.
Sec. 13.38.320. Factors to be considered.
Sec. 13.38.330. Directions after conversion.
Sec. 13.38.340. Trustee's discretionary powers regarding unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.350. Unitrust deductions and distributions.
Sec. 13.38.360. Court orders regarding unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.370. Effects of conversion.
Sec. 13.38.380. Prohibited conversions; exception.
Sec. 13.38.390. Permissible conversion where otherwise prohibited.
Sec. 13.38.400. Reconversion from a unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.410. Release of power to convert to unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.420. Express total return unitrusts.
Sec. 13.38.430. Power to treat gains as part of distribution of principal.