(1) To the extent a fiduciary does not account for the management of rental property as a business under Section 75A-5-403, the fiduciary shall allocate to income an amount received as rent of real or personal property, including an amount received for cancellation or renewal of a lease.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 75A-5-405

  • 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
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiduciary: includes :
         (8)(a) a trustee, trust director as defined in Section 75-12-102, personal representative, life tenant, holder of a term interest, and person acting under a delegation from a fiduciary;
         (8)(b) a person that holds property for a successor beneficiary whose interest may be affected by an allocation of receipts and expenditures between income and principal; and
         (8)(c) if there are two or more co-fiduciaries, all co-fiduciaries acting under the terms of the trust and applicable law. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
  • 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
  • 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
  • Principal: means property held in trust for distribution to, production of income for, or use by a current or successor beneficiary. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) An amount received as a refundable deposit, including a security deposit or a deposit that is to be applied as rent for future periods:

     (2)(a) shall be added to principal and held subject to the terms of the lease, except as otherwise provided by law other than this chapter; and
     (2)(b) is not allocated to income or available for distribution to a beneficiary until the fiduciary’s contractual obligations have been satisfied with respect to that amount.