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...(A) A trustee shall allocate to principal an income receipt or disbursement other than one to which division (A) of section 5812.07 of the Revised Code applies, if its due date occurs before a decedent dies in the case of an estate or before an income interest begins in the case of a trust or successive income interest. (B) A trustee shall allocate an income receipt or disbursement to income if its due date occurs o...

...ion to pay a fixed annuity or a fixed fraction of the value of the trust's assets ends, the trustee shall prorate the final payment if and to the extent required by applicable law to accomplish a purpose of the trust or its settlor relating to income, gift, estate, or other tax requirements.

...the Revised Code applies, a business or activity to which section 5812.20 of the Revised Code applies, or an asset-backed security to which section 5812.38 of the Revised Code applies. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a trustee shall allocate to income money received from an entity. (C) A trustee shall allocate all of the following receipts from an entity to principal: (1) Property other than mon...

...A trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as a distribution of income from a trust or an estate in which the trust has an interest other than a purchased interest, and shall allocate to principal an amount received as a distribution of principal from such a trust or estate. If a trustee purchases an interest in a trust that is an investment entity, or a decedent or donor transfers an interest in such a tr...

...trust that 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) A trustee that accounts se...

...ncome interest, or a payer under a contract naming the trust or its trustee as beneficiary; (B) Money or other property received from the sale, exchange, liquidation, or change in form of a principal asset, including realized profit, subject to sections 5812.18 to 5812.38 of the Revised Code; (C) Amounts recovered from third parties to reimburse the trust because of disbursements described in division (A)(7) of sec...

... a beneficiary until the trustee's contractual obligations have been satisfied with respect to that amount.

...(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, shall be allocated to income without any provision for amortization of premium. (B) A trustee shall allocate to principal an amount received from the sale, redemption, or other disposition of an obligation t...

...f a life insurance policy or other contract in which the trust or its trustee is named as beneficiary, including a contract that insures the trust or its trustee against loss for damage to, destruction of, or loss of title to a trust asset. The trustee shall allocate dividends on an insurance policy to income if the premiums on the policy are paid from income, and to principal if the premiums are paid from principal....

...If a trustee determines that an allocation between principal and income required by section 5812.32, 5812.33, 5812.34, 5812.35, or 5812.38 of the Revised Code is insubstantial, the trustee may allocate the entire amount to principal unless one of the circumstances described in division (C) of section 5812.03 of the Revised Code applies to the allocation. This power may be exercised by a cotrustee in the circumstanc...

...(B) To the extent that a payment is characterized as interest, a dividend, or a payment made in lieu of interest or a dividend, a trustee shall allocate the payment to income. The trustee shall allocate to principal the balance of the payment and any other payment received in the same accounting period that is not characterized as interest, a dividend, or an equivalent payment. (C) If no part of a payment is charact...

...section 5812.35 of the Revised Code, an activity subject to section 5812.37 of the Revised Code, an asset subject to section 5812.38 of the Revised Code, or any asset for which the trustee establishes a reserve for depreciation under section 5812.44 of the Revised Code. (B) A trustee shall allocate to income ten per cent of the receipts from a liquidating asset and the balance to principal.

...ting the production payment provides a factor for interest or its equivalent. 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, ninety per cent shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income. (4) If an amount is received from a working interest or any other interest not provided for ...

... 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 divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section; (4) To principal, to the extent that advance payments, bonuses, and other payments are not allocated pursuant to division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. (B) In determining net receipts ...

...t section. The trustee may decide which action or combination of actions to take. (B) In cases not governed by division (A) of this section, proceeds from the sale or other disposition of an asset shall be principal without regard to the amount of income the asset produces during any accounting period.

...this section, "derivative" means a contract or financial instrument or a combination of contracts and financial instruments that 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 do...

...(A) As used 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. "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 th...

...A trustee shall make all of the following disbursements from income to the extent that they are not disbursements to which division (B)(2) or (3) of section 5812.07 of the Revised Code applies: (A) One-half of the regular compensation of the trustee and of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee; (B) One-half of all expenses for accountings, judicial proceedings, or other matt...

...ntal 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 ...

...of the Revised Code 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.

...(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 division (A) of this section applies include all of the following, but only to the extent that the ...

...(A) A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to income shall be paid from income. (B) A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to principal shall be paid from principal, even if the tax is called an income tax by the taxing authority. (C) A tax required to be paid by a trustee on the trust's share of an entity's taxable income shall be paid as follows: (1) From i...

... or a beneficiary as a result of a transaction involving or a distribution from the estate or trust; (3) The ownership by an estate or trust of an interest in an entity whose taxable income, whether or not distributed, is includable in the taxable income of the estate, trust, or beneficiary. (B) If the amount of an estate tax marital deduction or charitable contribution deduction is reduced because a fiduciary dedu...

...ed as the "uniform principal and income act." (B) In applying and construing the "uniform principal and income act," consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the "uniform principal and income act."

...Sections 5812.01 to 5812.51 of the Revised Code apply to every trust or decedent's estate existing on January 1, 2003, except as otherwise expressly provided in the will or terms of the trust or in sections 5812.01 to 5812.51 of the Revised Code.