(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:
(a) 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;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 386.486

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(b) 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;
(c) 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 paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection; or
(d) To principal to the extent that advance payments, bonuses, and other payments are not allocated pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) of this subsection.
(2) In determining net receipts allocated under subsection (1) of this section, a trustee shall deduct and transfer to principal a reasonable amount for depletion.
(3) KRS § 386.450 to KRS § 386.504 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 January 1, 2005, the trustee may allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in KRS
386.450 to 386.504 or in the manner used by the trustee before January 1, 2005. If the trust acquires an interest in timberland after January 1, 2005, the trustee shall allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in KRS § 386.450 to KRS § 386.504.
Effective: January 1, 2005
History: Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 19, effective January 1, 2005.