§ 10 — Character of receipts

Massachusetts § 10

• Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
• Part II: REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
• Title II: DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
• Ch. 203D: PRINCIPAL AND INCOME

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Section 10. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a trustee shall allocate to income money received from an entity.(b) A trustee shall allocate the following receipts from an entity to principal:(1) property other than money;(2) money received in one distribution or a series of related distributions in exchange for part or all of a trust's interest in the entity;(3) money received in total or partial liquidation of the entity; and(4) money received from an entity that is a regulated investment company or a real estate investment trust if the money distributed is a capital gain dividend for federal income tax purposes.(c) A trustee may rely upon a statement made by an entity about the source or character of a distribution if the statement is made at or near the time of distribution by the entity's board of directors or other person or group of persons authorized to exercise powers to pay money or transfer property comparable to those of a corporation's board of directors.