738.506 Income taxes.
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(1)A tax required to be paid by a fiduciary which is based on receipts allocated to income must be paid from income.
(2)A tax required to be paid by a fiduciary which is 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)Subject to subsection
(4)and ss. 738.504 , 738.505 , and 738.507 , a tax required to be paid by a fiduciary on a share of an entity’s taxable income in an accounting period must be paid from:
(a)Income and principal proportionately to the allocation between income and principal of receipts from the entity in the period.
(b)Principal to the extent that the tax exceeds the receipts from the entity in the period.
(4)After applying subsections (1)-(3), a fiduciary shall adjust income or principal receipts, to the extent the taxes that the fiduciary pays are reduced because of a deduction for a payment made to a beneficiary.
(5)Subject to the limitations and excluded assets provided under s. 736.08145 , a reimbursement of state or federal income tax elected to be made by a fiduciary pursuant to s. 736.08145 must be allocated and paid under paragraphs (3)(a) and (b).