(a) Allowance of credit. — A resident beneficiary of a trust whose taxable income includes all or part of an accumulation distribution by such trust as defined in § 665 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 665] shall be allowed a credit, against the tax otherwise due under Chapter 11 of this title, for all or a proportionate part of any tax paid by the trust for any preceding taxable year which would not have been payable if the trust had in fact made distribution to its beneficiaries at the times and in the amounts specified in § 666 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 666].

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 1638

  • 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
  • Beneficiary: has the meaning ascribed to it by common law, including, without limitation, any heir, devisee or legatee of an estate or beneficiary of a trust. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 1601
  • Tax: shall be deemed also to refer to license fees imposed under Part III of this title. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
  • Taxable: means any person, fiduciary, association of persons, syndicate, joint venture or copartnership subject to making return or to payment of tax imposed by this title. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 101
  • Trust: means an entity classified as a trust for federal income tax purposes, other than a trust of which the grantor or another person is treated as the owner of the entire trust under §§ 672 through 679 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 1601
  • Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) Limitation on credit. — The credit under this section shall not reduce the tax otherwise due from the beneficiary to an amount less than would have been due if the accumulation distribution, or the beneficiary’s part thereof, were excluded from the beneficiary’s taxable income, as modified by § 1106 of this title.

(c) Transition rule. — The credit under this section shall apply to accumulation distributions defined by § 665 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 665] in effect for the applicable taxable period.

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