
PRINCIPAL AND INCOME
• Remainder v. income beneficiaries
• Texas 113.103bi
• Subject to trust expenses
• Charge estate tax to principal – 113.111b6
• Income tax goes against income – 113.111a7
• 113.111a6 – you can decide to get your fees from either
• 113.111a, b – income v. principal designations
• All this stuff is really important
• Uniform Principal and Income Act (1931 and 1962) has been very successful
• Tait
• Hurting corpus by giving an income to beneficiary and not ever adding to principal
• Texas 113.103c3 says the same thing
• 6% rule
• Englund
• Did TA grant trustee authority to divide principal and income? NO – just to resolve ambiguous situations
• Almost always how these cases come out
• What you invest in doesn’t matter for prudent investor but it does for income v. principal
• Uniform Principal and Income Act – 103, 104
• This is default law and trustee can adjust
• Three requirements under the UPIA:
• Prudent investor law complied with
• Mandatory income trust
• Violated duty of impartiality? Must be able to be charged with partiality (103b)
• 4% Unitrust – income beneficiary gets 4% each year and trust revaluation (NY and PA are considering this)
• Why 4% when current CD interest rate is 6%? Then taking 2% from beneficiary and giving to remaindermen
• But remaindermen normally stolen FROM
• Take into account fees and expenses?
• Should the goal be income not the remainder because income normally to kids/spouse
• Can change percentage
• Can signify that income/remaindermen are more important and trustee should focus on one or other OR
• Could create discretionary trust
• Accounting
• Allow waiver
• Surcharge – personal liability for difference
• Res judicata if not appealed but must include everything or be liable – drown them in paperwork
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