72-34-453. Adjustments between principal and income in certain cases. (1) A fiduciary may make adjustments between principal and income to offset the shifting of economic interests or tax benefits between income beneficiaries and remainder beneficiaries that arise from any of the following:
(a) elections and decisions, other than those described in subsection (2), that the fiduciary makes from time to time regarding tax matters;
(b) an income tax or any other tax that is imposed upon the fiduciary or a beneficiary as a result of a transaction involving or a distribution from the estate or trust; or
(c) the ownership by a decedent's estate or trust of an interest in an entity whose taxable income, whether or not distributed, is includable in the taxable income of the estate, trust, or a beneficiary.
(2) If the amount of an estate tax marital deduction or charitable contribution deduction is reduced because a fiduciary deducts an amount paid from principal for income tax purposes instead of deducting it for estate tax purposes and as a result estate taxes paid from principal are increased and income taxes paid by a decedent's estate, trust, or beneficiary are decreased, each estate, trust, or beneficiary that benefits from the decrease in income tax shall reimburse the principal from which the increase in estate tax is paid. The total reimbursement must equal the increase in the estate tax to the extent that the principal used to pay the increase would have qualified for a marital deduction or charitable contribution deduction but for the payment. The proportionate share of the reimbursement for each estate, trust, or beneficiary whose income taxes are reduced must be the same as its proportionate share of the total decrease in income tax. An estate or trust shall reimburse principal from income.
History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 506, L. 2003.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 34. Principal and Income
Part 4. Montana Uniform Principal and Income Act
72-34-413. through 72-34-415 reserved
72-34-417. through 72-34-420 reserved
72-34-423. Allocation between principal and income -- impartial exercise of discretion
72-34-424. Adjustments between principal and income
72-34-426. Proceedings relating to adjustments -- remedy
72-34-427. Application of part
72-34-428. Rules applicable after decedent's death or termination of income interest
72-34-429. Beneficiary's portion of net income -- maintenance of records -- distribution date
72-34-431. Allocation of income receipt or disbursement
72-34-432. Undistributed income -- definition -- payment to beneficiary
72-34-433. Allocation of receipts to income or principal -- entity defined
72-34-434. Allocation of amounts received from specified trusts or estates
72-34-435. Separate accounting records for business or other activity
72-34-436. Amounts allocated to principal
72-34-437. Amounts received from rental property allocation
72-34-438. Interest on obligation to pay money -- allocation
72-34-440. Insubstantial allocation -- allocation of entire amount to principal -- exceptions
72-34-442. Receipts from liquidating assets -- allocation
72-34-443. Receipts from mineral interests and other natural resources -- allocation
72-34-444. Receipts from sale of timber and related products -- allocation
72-34-445. Increasing income in order to maintain marital deduction
72-34-448. Disbursements from income
72-34-449. Disbursements from principal
72-34-451. Transfer from income to principal in anticipation of principal disbursement
72-34-453. Adjustments between principal and income in certain cases