(1) A unitrust policy shall provide the method for determining the fair market value of an asset for the purpose of determining the unitrust amount, including:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 75A-5-307

  • Applicable value: means the amount of the net fair market value of a trust taken into account under Section 75A-5-307. See Utah Code 75A-5-301
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Distribution: means a payment or transfer by a fiduciary to a beneficiary in the beneficiary's capacity as a beneficiary, made under the terms of the trust, without consideration other than the beneficiary's right to receive the payment or transfer under the terms of the trust. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Income: includes a part of receipts from a sale, exchange, or liquidation of a principal asset to the extent provided in Part 4, Allocation of Receipts. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Trust: includes :
              (23)(a)(i) an express trust, private or charitable, with additions to the trust, wherever and however created; and
              (23)(a)(ii) a trust created or determined by judgment or decree under which the trust is to be administered in the manner of an express trust. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
  • Unitrust: includes an express unitrust. See Utah Code 75A-5-301
  • Unitrust amount: means :
         (6)(a) an amount computed by multiplying a determined value of a trust by a determined percentage; and
         (6)(b) for a unitrust administered under a unitrust policy, the applicable value multiplied by the unitrust rate. See Utah Code 75A-5-301
  • Unitrust policy: means a policy described in Sections 75A-5-305 through 75A-5-309 and adopted under Section 75A-5-303. See Utah Code 75A-5-301
     (1)(a) the frequency of valuing the asset, which need not require a valuation in every period; and
     (1)(b) the date for valuing the asset in each period that the asset is valued.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 75A-5-309(2)(b), a unitrust policy may provide methods for determining the amount of the net fair market value of the trust to take into account in determining the applicable value, including:

     (2)(a) obtaining an appraisal of an asset for which fair market value is not readily available;
     (2)(b) exclusion of specific assets or groups or types of assets;
     (2)(c) other exceptions or modifications of the treatment of specific assets or groups or types of assets;
     (2)(d) identification and treatment of cash or property held for distribution;
     (2)(e) use of:

          (2)(e)(i) an average of fair market values over a stated number of preceding periods; or
          (2)(e)(ii) another mathematical blend of fair market values over a stated number of preceding periods;
     (2)(f) a limit on how much the applicable value of all assets, groups of assets, or individual assets may increase over:

          (2)(f)(i) the corresponding applicable value for the preceding period; or
          (2)(f)(ii) a mathematical blend of applicable values over a stated number of preceding time periods;
     (2)(g) a limit on how much the applicable value of all assets, groups of assets, or individual assets may decrease below:

          (2)(g)(i) the corresponding applicable value for the preceding period; or
          (2)(g)(ii) a mathematical blend of applicable values over a stated number of preceding periods;
     (2)(h) the treatment of accrued income and other features of an asset that affect value; and
     (2)(i) determining the liabilities of the trust, including treatment of liabilities to conform with the treatment of assets under Subsections (2)(a) through (h).