A trustee may make adjustments between principal and income to offset the shifting of economic interests or tax benefits between income beneficiaries and remainder beneficiaries which arise from any of the following:
(1) An election or decision which the trustee makes regarding tax matters.
(2) An income tax or any other tax which is imposed upon the trustee or a beneficiary as a result of a transaction involving the trust or distribution from the trust.
(3) The ownership by a trust of an interest in an entity the taxable income of which, whether or not distributed, is includable in the taxable income of the trust or a beneficiary.
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