§ 3374. Transfers from income to reimburse principal
(a) If a trustee makes or expects to make a principal disbursement described in this section, the trustee may transfer an appropriate amount from income to principal in one or more accounting periods to reimburse principal or to provide a reserve for future principal disbursements.
(b) Principal disbursements to which subsection (a) of this section applies include the following, but only to the extent that the trustee has not been and does not expect to be reimbursed by a third party:
(1) an amount chargeable to income but paid from principal because it is unusually large, including extraordinary repairs;
(2) a capital improvement to a principal asset, whether in the form of changes to an existing asset or the construction of a new asset, including special assessments;
(3) disbursements made to prepare property for rental, including tenant allowances, leasehold improvements, and broker’s commissions;
(4) periodic payments on an obligation secured by a principal asset to the extent that the amount transferred from income to principal for depreciation is less than the periodic payments; and
(5) disbursements described in subdivision 3372(a)(7) of this title.
(c) If the asset whose ownership gives rise to the disbursements becomes subject to a successive income interest after an income interest ends, a trustee may continue to transfer amounts from income to principal as provided in subsection (a) of this section. (Added 2011, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 118 - Uniform Principal and Income Act
§ 3323. Fiduciary duties; general principles
§ 3324. Trustee’s power to adjust
§ 3325. Judicial control of discretionary power
§ 3326. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 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
§ 3352. Distribution from trust or estate
§ 3353. Business and other activities conducted by trustee
§ 3356. Obligation to pay money
§ 3357. Insurance policies and similar contracts
§ 3358. Insubstantial allocations not required
§ 3359. Deferred compensation, annuities, and similar payments
§ 3361. Minerals, water, and other natural resources
§ 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
§ 3376. Adjustments between principal and income because of taxes