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MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-510 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-510 - Separate Accounting Methods in Business and Other Activities Conducted by Trustee

    (a)    If a trustee who conducts a business or other activity determines that it is in the best interest of all the beneficiaries to account separately for the business or activity instead of accounting for it as part of the trust’s general accounting records, the trustee may maintain separate accounting records for its transactions, whether or not its assets are segregated from other trust assets.    (b)    (1)    A trustee who accounts separately for a business or other activity may determine the extent to which its net cash receipts must be retained for working capital, the acquisition or replacement of fixed assets, and other reasonably foreseeable needs of the business or activity, and the extent to which the remaining net cash receipts are accounted for as principal or income in the trust’s general accounting records.        (2)    If a trustee sells assets of the business or other activity, other than in the ordinary course of the business or activity, the trustee shall account for the net amount received as principal in the trust’s general accounting records to the extent the trustee determines that the amount received is no longer required in the conduct of the business.    (c)    Activities for which a trustee may maintain separate accounting records include:        (1)    Retail, manufacturing, service, and other traditional business activities;        (2)    Farming;        (3)    Raising and selling livestock and other animals;        (4)    Management of rental properties;        (5)    Extraction of minerals and other natural resources;        (6)    Timber operations; and        (7)    Activities to which § 15-521 of this subtitle applies.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-511 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-511 - Principal Receipts

    A trustee shall allocate to principal:         (1)    To the extent not allocated to income under this subtitle, assets received from a transferor during the transferor’s lifetime, a decedent’s estate, a trust with a terminating income interest, or a payer under a contract naming the trust or its trustee as beneficiary;        (2)    Money or other property received from the sale, exchange, liquidation, or change in form of a principal asset, including realized profit, subject to this subtitle;        (3)    Amounts recovered from third parties to reimburse the trust because of disbursements described in § 15-524(a)(9) of this subtitle or for other reasons to the extent not based on the loss of income;        (4)    Proceeds of property taken by eminent domain, but a separate award made for the loss of income with respect to an accounting period during which a current income beneficiary had a mandatory income interest is income;        (5)    Net income received in an accounting period during which there is no beneficiary to whom a trustee may or must distribute income; and        (6)    Other receipts as provided in Part III of this subtitle.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-512 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-512 - Rental Property

    (a)    To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from rental property pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as rent of real or personal property, including an amount received for cancellation or renewal of a lease.    (b)    An amount received as a refundable deposit, including a security deposit or a deposit that is to be applied as rent for future periods, shall be added to principal and held subject to the terms of the lease and is not available for distribution to a beneficiary until the trustee’s contractual obligations have been satisfied with respect to that amount.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-513 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-513 - Obligation to Pay Money

    (a)    An amount received as interest, whether determined at a fixed, variable, or floating rate, on an obligation to pay money to the trustee, including an amount received as consideration for prepaying principal, must be allocated to income without any provision for amortization of premium.    (b)    (1)    A trustee shall allocate to principal an amount received from the sale, redemption, or other disposition of an obligation to pay money to the trustee more than 1 year after it is purchased or acquired by the trustee, including an obligation whose purchase price or value when it is acquired is less than its value at maturity.        (2)    If the obligation matures within 1 year after it is purchased or acquired by the trustee, an amount received in excess of its purchase price or its value when acquired by the trust shall be allocated to income.    (c)    This section does not apply to an obligation to which § 15-516, § 15-517, § 15-518, § 15-519, § 15-521, or § 15-522 of this subtitle applies.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-515 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-515 - Insubstantial Allocations Not Required

    (a)    (1)    If a trustee determines that an allocation between principal and income required by § 15-516, § 15-517, § 15-518, § 15-519, or § 15-522 of this subtitle is insubstantial, the trustee may allocate the entire amount to principal unless one of the circumstances described in § 15-502.2(d) of this subtitle applies to the allocation.        (2)    This power may be exercised by a cotrustee in the circumstances described in § 15-502.2(e) of this subtitle, and may be released for the reasons and in the manner described in § 15-502.2(f) of this subtitle.    (b)    An allocation is presumed to be insubstantial if:        (1)    The amount of the allocation would increase or decrease net income in an accounting period, as determined before the allocation, by less than 10 percent; or        (2)    The value of the asset producing the receipt for which the allocation would be made is less than 10 percent of the total value of the trust’s assets at the beginning of the accounting period.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-517 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-517 - Liquidating Asset

    (a)    (1)    In this section, “liquidating asset” means an asset whose value will diminish or terminate because the asset is expected to produce receipts for a period of limited duration.        (2)    “Liquidating asset” includes a leasehold, patent, copyright, royalty right, and right to receive payments during a period of more than 1 year under an arrangement that does not provide for the payment of interest on the unpaid balance.        (3)    “Liquidating asset” does not include a payment subject to § 15-516 of this subtitle, resources subject to § 15-518 of this subtitle, timber subject to § 15-519 of this subtitle, an activity subject to § 15-521 of this subtitle, an asset subject to § 15-522 of this subtitle, or any asset for which the trustee establishes a reserve for depreciation under § 15-525 of this subtitle.    (b)    A trustee shall allocate to income 10 percent of the receipts from a liquidating asset and the balance to principal.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-518 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-518 - Minerals, Water, and Other Natural Resources

    (a)    To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from an interest in minerals or other natural resources pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate them as follows:        (1)    If received as nominal delay rental or nominal annual rent on a lease, a receipt shall be allocated to income;        (2)    If received from a production payment, a receipt shall be allocated:            (i)    If and to the extent that the agreement creating the production payment provides a factor for interest or its equivalent, to income; and            (ii)    The balance shall be allocated to principal;        (3)    If an amount received as a royalty, shut–in–well payment, take–or–pay payment, bonus, or delay rental is more than nominal, 90% shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income; and        (4)    If an amount is received from a working interest or any other interest not provided for in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, 90% of the net amount received shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income.    (b)    (1)    An amount received on account of an interest in water that is renewable shall be allocated to income.        (2)    If the water is not renewable, 90% of the amount shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income.    (c)    This subtitle applies whether or not a decedent or donor was extracting minerals, water, or other natural resources before the interest became subject to the trust.    (d)    (1)    If a trust owns an interest in minerals, water, or other natural resources on October 1, 2000, the trustee may allocate receipts from the interest as provided in this subtitle or in the manner used by the trustee before October 1, 2000.        (2)    If the trust acquires an interest in minerals, water, or other natural resources after October 1, 2000, the trustee shall allocate receipts from the interest as provided in this subtitle.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-519 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-519 - Timber

    (a)    To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from the sale of timber and related products pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate the net receipts:        (1)    To income to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land does not exceed the rate of growth of the timber during the accounting periods in which a beneficiary has a mandatory income interest;        (2)    To principal to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land exceeds the rate of growth of the timber or the net receipts are from the sale of standing timber;        (3)    To or between income and principal if the net receipts are from the lease of timberland or from a contract to cut timber from land owned by a trust, by determining the amount of timber removed from the land under the lease or contract and applying the rules in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; or        (4)    To principal to the extent that advance payments, bonuses, and other payments are not allocated pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection.    (b)    In determining net receipts to be allocated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a trustee shall deduct and transfer to principal a reasonable amount for depletion.    (c)    This subtitle applies whether or not a decedent or transferor was harvesting timber from the property before it became subject to the trust.    (d)    (1)    If a trust owns an interest in timberland on October 1, 2001, the trustee may allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in this subtitle or in the manner used by the trustee before October 1, 2000.        (2)    If the trust acquires an interest in timberland after October 1, 2000, the trustee shall allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in this subtitle.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-520 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-520 - Property Not Productive of Income

    (a)    (1)    If a marital deduction is allowed for all or part of a trust whose assets consist substantially of property that does not provide the spouse with sufficient income from or use of the trust assets, and if the amounts that the trustee transfers from principal to income under § 15-502.2(a) of this subtitle and distributes to the spouse from principal in accordance with the terms of the trust are insufficient to provide the spouse with the beneficial enjoyment required to obtain the marital deduction, the spouse may require the trustee to make property productive of income, convert property within a reasonable time, or may request the trustee exercise the power conferred by § 15-502.2(a) of this subtitle.        (2)    The trustee may decide which action or combination of actions to take.    (b)    In cases not governed by subsection (a) of this section, proceeds from the sale or other disposition of an asset are principal without regard to the amount of income the asset produces during any accounting period.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-521 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-521 - Derivatives and Options

    (a)    In this section, “derivative” means a contract or financial instrument or a combination of contracts and financial instruments which gives a trust the right or obligation to participate in some or all changes in the price of a tangible or intangible asset or group of assets, or changes in a rate, an index of prices or rates, or other market indicator for an asset or a group of assets.    (b)    To the extent that a trustee does not account under § 15-510 of this subtitle for transactions in derivatives, the trustee shall allocate to principal receipts from and disbursements made in connection with those transactions.    (c)    (1)    If a trustee grants an option to buy property from the trust, whether or not the trust owns the property when the option is granted, grants an option that permits another person to sell property to the trust, or acquires an option to buy property for the trust or an option to sell an asset owned by the trust, and the trustee or other owner of the asset is required to deliver the asset if the option is exercised, an amount received for granting the option shall be allocated to principal.        (2)    An amount paid to acquire the option shall be paid from principal.        (3)    A gain or loss realized on the exercise of an option, including an option granted to a settlor of the trust for services rendered, shall be allocated to principal.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-522 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part IV - Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust|Section 15-522 - Asset-Backed Securities

    (a)    (1)    In this section, “asset-backed security” means an asset whose value is based upon the right it gives the owner to receive distributions from the proceeds of financial assets that provide collateral for the security.        (2)    “Asset-backed security” includes an asset that gives the owner the right to receive from the collateral financial assets only the interest or other current return or only the proceeds other than interest or current return.        (3)    “Asset-backed security” does not include an asset to which § 15-508 or § 15-516 of this subtitle applies.    (b)    If a trust receives a payment from interest or other current return and from other proceeds of the collateral financial assets, the trustee shall allocate to income the portion of the payment which the payer identifies as being from interest or other current return and shall allocate the balance of the payment to principal.    (c)    (1)    If a trust receives one or more payments in exchange for the trust’s entire interest in an asset–backed security in one accounting period, the trustee shall allocate the payments to principal.        (2)    If a payment is one of a series of payments that will result in the liquidation of the trust’s interest in the security over more than one accounting period, the trustee shall allocate 10% of the payment to income and the balance to principal.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-523 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part V - Allocation of Disbursements During Administration of Trust|Section 15-523 - Disbursements From Income

    A trustee shall make the following disbursements from income to the extent that they are not disbursements to which § 15–503(c)(2) or (3) of this subtitle apply:        (1)    Regular compensation of the trustee on income, if determined in accordance with § 14.5–708(b) of this article;        (2)    That portion of the regular compensation of the trustee, if the compensation is determined in a manner other than in accordance with § 14.5–708(b) and (c) of this article, and that portion of the compensation of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee, as the trustee determines is fair and reasonable in accordance with § 15–502(b) of this subtitle;        (3)    One–half of all expenses for accountings, judicial proceedings, or other matters that involve both the income and remainder interests;        (4)    All of the other ordinary expenses incurred in connection with the administration, management, or preservation of trust property and the distribution of income, including interest, ordinary repairs, regularly recurring taxes assessed against principal, and expenses of a proceeding or other matter that concerns primarily the income interest; and        (5)    Recurring premiums on insurance covering the loss of a principal asset or the loss of income from or use of the asset.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-524 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part V - Allocation of Disbursements During Administration of Trust|Section 15-524 - Disbursements From Principal

    (a)    A trustee shall make the following disbursements from principal:        (1)    Regular compensation of the trustee on principal, if determined in accordance with § 14.5–708(c) of this article;        (2)    That portion of the regular compensation of the trustee, if the compensation is determined in a manner other than in accordance with § 14.5–708(b) and (c) of this article, and that portion of the compensation of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee, as the trustee determines is fair and reasonable in accordance with § 15–502(b) of this subtitle;        (3)    One–half of all expenses for accountings, judicial proceedings, or other matters that involve both the income and remainder interests;        (4)    All of the trustee’s compensation calculated on principal as a fee for acceptance, distribution, or termination, and disbursements made to prepare property for sale;        (5)    Payments on the principal of a trust debt;        (6)    Expenses of a proceeding that concerns primarily principal, including a proceeding to construe the trust or to protect the trust or its property;        (7)    Premiums paid on a policy of insurance not described in § 15–523(5) of this subtitle of which the trust is the owner and beneficiary;        (8)    Estate, inheritance, and other transfer taxes, including penalties, apportioned to the trust; and        (9)    Disbursements related to environmental matters, including reclamation, assessing environmental conditions, remedying and removing environmental contamination, monitoring remedial activities and the release of substances, preventing future releases of substances, collecting amounts from persons liable or potentially liable for the costs of those activities, penalties imposed under environmental laws or regulations and other payments made to comply with those laws or regulations, statutory or common law claims by third parties, and defending claims based on environmental matters.    (b)    If a principal asset is encumbered with an obligation that requires income from that asset to be paid directly to the creditor, the trustee shall transfer from principal to income an amount equal to the income paid to the creditor in reduction of the principal balance of the obligation.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-525 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part V - Allocation of Disbursements During Administration of Trust|Section 15-525 - Transfers From Income to Principal for Depreciation

    (a)    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 1 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:        (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 § 15-510 of this subtitle 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.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  15-526 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 15 - Fiduciaries|Subtitle 5 - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act|Part V - Allocation of Disbursements During Administration of Trust|Section 15-526 - 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) 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 § 15-524(a)(9) of this subtitle.    (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.