(a) Allowance of credit. — A resident beneficiary of a trust whose taxable income includes all or part of an accumulation distribution by such trust as defined in § 665 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 665] shall be allowed a credit, against the tax otherwise due under Chapter 11 of this title, for all or a proportionate part of any tax paid by the trust for any preceding taxable year which would not have been payable if the trust had in fact made distribution to its beneficiaries at the times and in the amounts specified in § 666 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 666].
(b) Limitation on credit. — The credit under this section shall not reduce the tax otherwise due from the beneficiary to an amount less than would have been due if the accumulation distribution, or the beneficiary's part thereof, were excluded from the beneficiary's taxable income, as modified by § 1106 of this title.
(c) Transition rule. — The credit under this section shall apply to accumulation distributions defined by § 665 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 665] in effect for the applicable taxable period.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 16. PASS-THROUGH ENTITIES, ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Subchapter III. Taxation of Estates, Trusts and Their Beneficiaries
§ 1632. Computation and payment.
§ 1635. Taxable income of resident estate or resident trust.
§ 1637. Credit for income tax of another state.
§ 1638. Accumulation distribution credit for resident beneficiary of trust.
§ 1639. Taxable income of a nonresident estate or nonresident trust.