A. A unitrust policy may:
1. Provide methods and standards for:
a. Determining the timing of distributions;
b. Making distributions in cash or in kind or partly in cash and partly in kind; or
c. Correcting an underpayment or overpayment to a beneficiary based on the unitrust amount if there is an error in calculating the unitrust amount;
2. Specify sources and the order of sources, including categories of income for federal income tax purposes, from which distributions of a unitrust amount are paid; or
3. Provide other standards and rules the fiduciary determines serve the interests of the beneficiaries.
B. If a trust qualifies for a special tax benefit or a fiduciary is not an independent person:
1. The unitrust rate established under § 64.2-1044 may not be less than three percent or more than five percent;
2. The only provisions of § 64.2-1045 that apply are subsection A and subdivisions B 1, B 4, B 5 a, and B 9 of § 64.2-1045;
3. The only period that may be used under § 64.2-1046 is a calendar year under subdivision A 1 of § 64.2-1046; and
4. The only other provisions of § 64.2-1046 that apply are subdivisions B 2 a and B 3 of § 64.2-1046.
2022, c. 354.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 64.2 - Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Chapter 10.1 - Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act
§ 64.2-1036. Fiduciary duties; general principles
§ 64.2-1037. Judicial review of exercise of discretionary power; request for instruction
§ 64.2-1038. Fiduciary's power to adjust
§ 64.2-1040. Application; duties and remedies
§ 64.2-1041. Authority of fiduciary
§ 64.2-1047. Special tax benefits; other rules
§ 64.2-1048. Character of receipts from entity
§ 64.2-1049. Distribution from trust or estate
§ 64.2-1050. Business or other activity conducted by fiduciary
§ 64.2-1051. Principal receipts
§ 64.2-1053. Receipt on obligation to be paid in money
§ 64.2-1054. Insurance policy or contract
§ 64.2-1055. Insubstantial allocation not required
§ 64.2-1056. Deferred compensation, annuity, or similar payment
§ 64.2-1057. Liquidating asset
§ 64.2-1058. Minerals, water, and other natural resources
§ 64.2-1060. Marital deduction property not productive of income
§ 64.2-1061. Derivative or option
§ 64.2-1062. Asset-backed security
§ 64.2-1063. Other financial instrument or arrangement
§ 64.2-1064. Disbursement from income
§ 64.2-1065. Disbursement from principal
§ 64.2-1066. Transfer from income to principal for depreciation
§ 64.2-1067. Reimbursement of income from principal
§ 64.2-1068. Reimbursement of principal from income
§ 64.2-1070. Adjustment between income and principal because of taxes
§ 64.2-1071. Determination and distribution of net income
§ 64.2-1072. Distribution to successor beneficiary
§ 64.2-1073. When right to income begins and ends
§ 64.2-1075. Apportionment when income interest ends
§ 64.2-1076. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 64.2-1077. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act