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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="15-527" title_number="15" title_name="Fiduciaries" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to income shall be paid from income.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to principal shall be paid from principal, even if the tax is called an income tax by the taxing authority.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A tax required to be paid by a trustee on the trust’s share of an entity’s taxable income shall be paid:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>From income to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated only to income;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>From principal to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated only to principal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Proportionately from principal and income to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated to both income and principal; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>From principal to the extent that the tax exceeds the total receipts from the entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>After applying subsections (a) through (c) of this section, the trustee shall adjust income or principal receipts to the extent that the trust’s taxes are reduced because the trust receives a deduction for payments made to a beneficiary.</text>
  </level>
</section>
