RCW 11.104B.460
Disbursements—Adjustment between income and principal because of taxes.
(1) A fiduciary may make an adjustment between income and principal to offset the shifting of economic interests or tax benefits between current income beneficiaries and successor beneficiaries which arises from:
(a) An election or decision the fiduciary makes regarding a tax matter, other than a decision to claim an income tax deduction to which subsection (2) of this section applies;
(b) An income tax or other tax imposed on the fiduciary or a beneficiary as a result of a transaction involving the fiduciary or a distribution by the fiduciary; or
(c) Ownership by the fiduciary of an interest in an entity a part of whose taxable income, whether or not distributed, is includable in the taxable income of the fiduciary or a beneficiary.
(2) If the amount of an estate tax marital or charitable 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 the fiduciary or a beneficiary are decreased, the fiduciary shall charge each beneficiary that benefits from the decrease in income tax to 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 the principal used to pay the increase would have qualified for a marital or charitable deduction but for the payment. The share of the reimbursement for each fiduciary or beneficiary whose income taxes are reduced must be the same as its share of the total decrease in income tax.
(3) A fiduciary that charges a beneficiary under subsection (2) of this section may offset the charge by obtaining payment from the beneficiary, withholding an amount from future distributions to the beneficiary, or adopting another method or combination of methods.
[ 2021 c 140 § 2507.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.104B - Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act.
11.104B.050 - Fiduciary duties—General principles.
11.104B.070 - Fiduciary duties—Power to adjust.
11.104B.100 - Unitrusts—Definitions.
11.104B.110 - Unitrusts—Application—Duties and remedies.
11.104B.120 - Unitrusts—Authority of fiduciary.
11.104B.130 - Unitrusts—Notice.
11.104B.140 - Unitrusts—Unitrust policies.
11.104B.150 - Unitrusts—Unitrust rates.
11.104B.160 - Unitrusts—Applicable value.
11.104B.170 - Unitrusts—Period.
11.104B.180 - Unitrust—Special tax benefits—Other rules.
11.104B.200 - Receipts from entities—Character.
11.104B.210 - Receipts from entities—Distributions from trusts and estates.
11.104B.220 - Receipts from entities—Businesses and other activities conducted by fiduciary.
11.104B.230 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Principal receipts.
11.104B.240 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Rental property.
11.104B.250 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Receipt on obligation to be paid in money.
11.104B.260 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Insurance policies and contracts.
11.104B.270 - Receipts normally apportioned—Insubstantial allocation not required.
11.104B.280 - Receipts normally apportioned—Deferred compensation, annuities, and similar payments.
11.104B.290 - Receipts normally apportioned—Liquidating assets.
11.104B.300 - Receipts normally apportioned—Minerals, water, and other natural resources.
11.104B.310 - Receipts normally apportioned—Timber.
11.104B.320 - Receipts normally apportioned—Marital deduction property not productive of income.
11.104B.330 - Receipts normally apportioned—Derivatives and options.
11.104B.340 - Receipts normally apportioned—Asset-backed securities.
11.104B.350 - Receipts normally apportioned—Other financial instruments and arrangements.
11.104B.400 - Disbursements—Disbursement from income.
11.104B.410 - Disbursements—Disbursement from principal.
11.104B.420 - Disbursements—Transfer from income to principal for depreciation.
11.104B.430 - Disbursements—Reimbursement of income from principal.
11.104B.440 - Disbursements—Reimbursement of principal from income.
11.104B.450 - Disbursements—Income taxes.
11.104B.460 - Disbursements—Adjustment between income and principal because of taxes.
11.104B.500 - Death or termination of interest—Determination and distribution of net income.
11.104B.510 - Death or termination of interest—Distribution to successor beneficiary.
11.104B.550 - Death or termination of interest—When right to income begins and ends.
11.104B.570 - Death or termination of interest—Apportionment when income interest ends.
11.104B.900 - Uniformity of application and construction.
11.104B.901 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
11.104B.903 - Application of chapter 11.96A RCW.
11.104B.904 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.