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Section 46-3A-501 – Disbursements from income.

A trustee shall make the following disbursements from income to the extent that they are not disbursements to which Section 201(2)(B) or (C) [46-3A-201 NMSA 1978] applies: (1) one-half of the regular compensation of the trustee and of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee; (2) one-half of all expenses for […]

Section 46-3A-502 – Disbursements from principal.

(a) A trustee shall make the following disbursements from principal: (1) the remaining one-half of the disbursements described in Section 501(1) and (2) [46-3A-501 NMSA 1978]; (2) all of the trustee’s compensation calculated on principal as a fee for acceptance, distribution or termination, and disbursements made to prepare property for sale; (3) payments on the […]

Section 46-3A-503 – Transfers from income to principal for depreciation.

(a) As used in this section, “depreciation” means a reduction in value due to wear, tear, decay, corrosion or gradual obsolescence of a fixed asset having a useful life of more than one year. (b) A trustee may transfer to principal a reasonable amount of the net cash receipts from a principal asset that is […]

Section 46-3A-504 – Transfers from income to reimburse principal.

(a) If a trustee makes or expects to make a principal disbursement described in this section, the trustee may transfer an appropriate amount from income to principal in one or more accounting periods to reimburse principal or to provide a reserve for future principal disbursements. (b) Principal disbursements to which Subsection (a) applies include the […]

Section 46-3A-505 – Income taxes.

A. A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to income must be paid from income. B. A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to principal must be paid from principal, even if the tax is called an income tax by the taxing authority. […]

Section 46-3A-506 – Adjustments between principal and income because of taxes.

(a) A fiduciary may make adjustments between principal and income to offset the shifting of economic interests or tax benefits between income beneficiaries and remainder beneficiaries which arise from: (1) elections and decisions, other than those described in Subsection (b), that the fiduciary makes from time to time regarding tax matters; (2) an income tax […]