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Iowa Code § 637.420

Insubstantial allocations not required

Known as the Uniform Principal and Income Act

The act spans §§ 637.101 to 637.701 (45 sections).

1. If a trustee determines that an allocation between principal and income required by sections 637.421 through 637.424 or section 637.427 is insubstantial, the trustee may allocate the entire receipt to principal.

2. An allocation is presumed to be insubstantial if either of the following would be true if an allocation was made:

a. The amount of the allocation would increase or decrease an accounting period’s net income, as determined before the allocation, by less than ten percent.

b. The value of the asset producing the receipt for which the allocation would be made is less than ten percent of the total value of the trust’s assets at the beginning of the accounting period.

99 Acts, ch 124, §16

Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.