Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 203d - Principal and Income
Section 25 - Disbursements From Income

Section 25. A trustee shall make the following disbursements from income if they are not disbursements to which clause (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (2) of section 6 applies:
(1) so much of the regular compensation of the trustee and of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee, and expenses for accountings, judicial proceedings or other matters that involve both the income and remainder interests as shall be determined by the trustee;
(2) all of the other ordinary expenses incurred in connection with the administration, management or preservation of trust property and the distribution of income, including interest, ordinary repairs, regularly recurring taxes assessed against principal and expenses of a proceeding or other matter that concerns primarily the income interest; and
(3) recurring premiums on insurance covering the loss of a principal asset or the loss of income from or use of the asset.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations

Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts

Chapter 203d - Principal and Income

Section 1 - Short Title

Section 2 - Definitions

Section 3 - Fiduciary Duties; General Principles

Section 4 - Trustee's Power to Adjust

Section 5 - Judicial Control of Discretionary Powers

Section 6 - Determination and Distribution of Net Income

Section 7 - Distribution to Residuary and Remainder Beneficiaries

Section 8 - When Right to Income Begins and Ends

Section 8a - Apportionment of Receipts and Disbursements When Decedent Dies or Income Interest Begins

Section 9 - Apportionment When Income Interest Ends

Section 10 - Character of Receipts

Section 11 - Distribution From Trust or Estate

Section 12 - Business and Other Activities Conducted by Trustee

Section 13 - Principal Receipts

Section 14 - Rental Property

Section 15 - Obligation to Pay Money

Section 16 - Insurance Policies and Similar Contracts

Section 17 - Insubstantial Allocations Not Required

Section 18 - Deferred Compensation, Annuities and Similar Payments

Section 19 - Liquidating Asset

Section 20 - Minerals, Water, and Other Natural Resources

Section 21 - Timber

Section 22 - Property Not Productive of Income

Section 23 - Derivatives and Options

Section 24 - Asset-Backed Securities

Section 25 - Disbursements From Income

Section 26 - Disbursements From Principal

Section 27 - Transfers From Income to Principal for Depreciation

Section 28 - Transfers From Income to Reimburse Principal

Section 29 - Income Taxes