72-34-440. Insubstantial allocation -- allocation of entire amount to principal -- exceptions.
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72-34-440 . Insubstantial allocation -- allocation of entire amount to principal -- exceptions.
(1)If a trustee determines that an allocation between principal and income required by 72-34-441 , 72-34-442 , 72-34-443 , 72-34-444 , or 72-34-447 is insubstantial, the trustee may allocate the entire amount to principal unless one of the circumstances described in 72-34-424
(2)applies to the allocation. This power may be exercised by a cotrustee in the circumstances described in 72-34-424
(3)and may be released for the reasons and in the manner provided in 72-34-424
(4)and (5).
(2)An allocation is presumed to be insubstantial in either of the following cases:
(a)when the amount of the allocation would increase or decrease net income in an accounting period, as determined before the allocation, by less than 10%; or
(b)when the value of the asset producing the receipt for which the allocation would be made is less than 10% of the total value of the trust's assets at the beginning of the accounting period.
(3)Nothing in this section imposes a duty on the trustee to make an allocation under this section, and the trustee is not liable for failure to make an allocation under this section.