Sale of timber and related products, allocation of net receipts.

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Effective - 28 Aug 2001

469.443. Sale of timber and related products, allocation of net receipts. — 1. To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from the sale of timber and related products pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate the net receipts:

(1) To income to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land does not exceed the rate of growth of the timber during the accounting periods in which a beneficiary has a mandatory income interest;

(2) To principal to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land exceeds the rate of growth of the timber or the net receipts are from the sale of standing timber;

(3) To or between income and principal if the net receipts are from 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 the rules in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection; or

(4) To principal to the extent that advance payments, bonuses and other payments are not allocated pursuant to either subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection.

2. In determining net receipts to be allocated pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, a trustee shall deduct and transfer to principal a reasonable amount for depletion.

3. Sections 469.401 to 469.467 apply whether or not a decedent or transferor was harvesting timber from the property before it became subject to the trust.

4. If a trust owns an interest in timberland on August 28, 2001, the trustee may allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in sections 469.401 to 469.467 or in the manner used by the trustee before August 28, 2001. If the trust acquires an interest in timberland after August 28, 2001, the trustee shall allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in sections 469.401 to 469.467.

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(L. 2001 H.B. 241)


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