Vermont Statutes
Chapter 118 - Uniform Principal and Income Act
§ 3373. Transfers from income to principal for depreciation

§ 3373. Transfers from income to principal for depreciation
(a) As used in this section, “depreciation” means a reduction in value due to wear, tear, decay, corrosion, or gradual obsolescence of a fixed asset having a useful life of more than one year.
(b) A trustee may transfer to principal a reasonable amount of the net cash receipts from a principal asset that is subject to depreciation, but may not transfer any amount for depreciation in the following instances:
(1) of that portion of real property used or available for use by a beneficiary as a residence or of tangible personal property held or made available for the personal use or enjoyment of a beneficiary;
(2) during the administration of a decedent’s estate; or
(3) under this section if the trustee is accounting under section 3353 of this title for the business or activity in which the asset is used.
(c) An amount transferred to principal need not be held as a separate fund. (Added 2011, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations

Chapter 118 - Uniform Principal and Income Act

§ 3321. Short title

§ 3322. Definitions

§ 3323. Fiduciary duties; general principles

§ 3324. Trustee’s power to adjust

§ 3325. Judicial control of discretionary power

§ 3326. Uniformity of application and construction

§ 3327. Severability clause

§ 3331. Determination and distribution of net income

§ 3332. Distribution to residuary and remainder beneficiaries

§ 3341. When right to income begins and ends

§ 3342. Apportionment of receipts and disbursements when decedent dies or income interest begins

§ 3343. Apportionment when income interest ends

§ 3351. Character of receipts

§ 3352. Distribution from trust or estate

§ 3353. Business and other activities conducted by trustee

§ 3354. Principal receipts

§ 3355. Rental property

§ 3356. Obligation to pay money

§ 3357. Insurance policies and similar contracts

§ 3358. Insubstantial allocations not required

§ 3359. Deferred compensation, annuities, and similar payments

§ 3360. Liquidating asset

§ 3361. Minerals, water, and other natural resources

§ 3362. Timber

§ 3363. Property not productive of income

§ 3364. Derivatives and options

§ 3365. Asset-backed securities

§ 3371. Disbursements from income

§ 3372. Disbursements from principal

§ 3373. Transfers from income to principal for depreciation

§ 3374. Transfers from income to reimburse principal

§ 3375. Income taxes

§ 3376. Adjustments between principal and income because of taxes