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Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-6-505

Income taxes

Known as the Uniform Principal and Income Act

The act spans §§ 35–35 (37 sections).

Acts 2000, ch. 829, § 1; 2010, ch. 725, § 2.

(1) A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to income must be paid from income.

(2) A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to principal must be paid from principal, even if the tax is called an income tax by the taxing authority.

(3) A tax required to be paid by a trustee on the trust's share of an entity's taxable income must be paid: From income to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated only to income;

(4) From principal to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated only to principal;

(5) Proportionately from principal and income to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated to both income and principal; and

(6) From principal to the extent that the tax exceeds the total receipts from the entity.

(7) After applying subsections (a)-(c), the trustee shall adjust income or principal receipts to the extent that the trust's taxes are reduced because the trust receives a deduction for payments made to a beneficiary.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.