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Ark. Code Ann. § 28-70-503

Transfers from income to principal for depreciation

Known as the Uniform Principal and Income Act

The act spans §§ 28–28 (36 sections).

Acts 1999, No. 647, § 503.

(1) 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.

(2) 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: 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;

(3) during the administration of a decedent's estate; or

(4) under this section if the trustee is accounting under § 28-70-403 for the business or activity in which the asset is used.

(5) An amount transferred to principal need not be held as a separate fund.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.