Connecticut General Statutes 12-716 – Attribution of Connecticut fiduciary adjustment
(a)(1) The respective shares of an estate or trust and its beneficiaries, including, solely for the purpose of this allocation nonresident beneficiaries, in the Connecticut fiduciary adjustment shall be in proportion to their respective shares of federal distributable net income of the estate or trust.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-716
- 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
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Revenue Services or his authorized agent. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-701
- Connecticut fiduciary adjustment: means the net positive or negative total of the following items relating to income, gain, loss or deduction of a trust or estate:
(A) There shall be added together:
(i) Any interest income from obligations issued by or on behalf of any state, political subdivision thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar public entity, exclusive of such income from obligations issued by or on behalf of the state of Connecticut, any political subdivision thereof, or public instrumentality, state or local authority, district or similar public entity created under the laws of the state of Connecticut and exclusive of any such income with respect to which taxation by any state is prohibited by federal law. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-701
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- federal: refer to the corresponding terms defined in the laws of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-701
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Taxable year: means taxable year as determined in accordance with section 12-708. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-701
(2) If the estate or trust has no federal distributable net income for the taxable year, the share of each beneficiary in the Connecticut fiduciary adjustment shall be in proportion to his share of the estate or trust income for such year, determined under local law or the governing instrument, which is required to be distributed currently and any other amounts of such income distributed in such year. Any balance of the Connecticut fiduciary adjustment shall be allocated to the estate or trust.
(b) The commissioner may, by regulation establish such other method or methods of determining to whom the items comprising the fiduciary adjustment shall be attributed as may be appropriate and equitable. Such method may be used by the fiduciary in his discretion whenever the allocation of the fiduciary adjustment pursuant to subsection (a) would result in an inequity which is substantial both in amount and in relation to the amount of the fiduciary adjustment.