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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81750</law_id><section_number>64.2-1047</section_number><catch_line>Special tax benefits; other rules</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-1039</reference><reference>64.2-1043</reference><reference>64.2-1044</reference><reference>64.2-1045</reference><reference>64.2-1046</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Trusts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10.1">Uniform Fiduciary Income And Principal Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Unitrust</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">unitrust policy</span> may: <a id="paragraph-292852" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1047/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Provide methods and standards for:
				a. Determining the timing of <span class="dictionary">distributions</span>;
				b. Making <span class="dictionary">distributions</span> in cash or in kind or partly in cash and partly in kind; or
				c. Correcting an underpayment or overpayment to a beneficiary based on the <span class="dictionary">unitrust amount</span> if there is an error in calculating the <span class="dictionary">unitrust amount</span>; <a id="paragraph-292853" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1047/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Specify sources and the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of sources, including categories of <span class="dictionary">income</span> for federal <span class="dictionary">income</span> tax purposes, from which <span class="dictionary">distributions</span> of a <span class="dictionary">unitrust amount</span> are paid; or <a id="paragraph-292854" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1047/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Provide other standards and rules the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> determines serve the interests of the beneficiaries. <a id="paragraph-292855" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1047/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">trust</span> qualifies for a special tax benefit or a <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> is not an <span class="dictionary">independent person</span>: <a id="paragraph-292856" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1047/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">unitrust rate</span> established under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Unitrust rate" href="/64.2-1044/">64.2-1044</a> may not be less than three percent or more than five percent; <a id="paragraph-292857" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1047/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The only provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Applicable value" href="/64.2-1045/">64.2-1045</a> that apply are subsection A and subdivisions B 1, B 4, B 5 a, and B 9 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Applicable value" href="/64.2-1045/">64.2-1045</a>; <a id="paragraph-292858" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1047/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The only period that may be used under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Period" href="/64.2-1046/">64.2-1046</a> is a calendar year under subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Period" href="/64.2-1046/">64.2-1046</a>; and <a id="paragraph-292859" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1047/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The only other provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Period" href="/64.2-1046/">64.2-1046</a> that apply are subdivisions B 2 a and B 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Period" href="/64.2-1046/">64.2-1046</a>. <a id="paragraph-292860" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1047/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2022, c. 354.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
