A trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as a distribution of income from a trust or an estate in which the trust has an interest other than a purchased interest and shall allocate to principal an amount received as a distribution of principal from such a trust or estate. If a trustee purchases an interest in a trust that is an investment entity or a decedent or donor transfers an interest in such a trust to a trustee, section 8141 (relating to character of receipts) or 8155 (relating to asset-backed securities) applies to a receipt from the trust.
Cross References. Section 8142 is referred to in section 8141 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 81 - Principal and Income
Section 8101 - Short title of chapter
Section 8103 - Fiduciary duties; general principles
Section 8104 - Trustee's power to adjust
Section 8105 - Power to convert to unitrust
Section 8106 - Judicial control of discretionary powers
Section 8113 - Charitable trusts
Section 8121 - Determination and distribution of net income
Section 8122 - Distribution to residuary and remainder beneficiaries
Section 8131 - When right to income begins and ends
Section 8133 - Apportionment when income interest ends
Section 8141 - Character of receipts
Section 8142 - Distribution from trust or estate
Section 8143 - Business and other activities conducted by trustee
Section 8144 - Principal receipts
Section 8145 - Rental property
Section 8146 - Obligation to pay money
Section 8147 - Insurance policies and similar contracts
Section 8148 - Insubstantial allocations not required
Section 8150 - Liquidating asset
Section 8151 - Minerals, water and other natural resources
Section 8153 - Property not productive of income
Section 8154 - Derivatives and options
Section 8155 - Asset-backed securities
Section 8161 - Mandatory disbursements from income
Section 8162 - Mandatory disbursements from principal
Section 8163 - Discretionary allocation of disbursements
Section 8164 - Transfers from income to principal for depreciation
Section 8165 - Transfers from income to reimburse principal
Section 8167 - Adjustments between principal and income because of taxes