Terms Used In Alabama Code 5-12A-15

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

A common trust fund, whether established, maintained, and administered pursuant to the requirements of this chapter or established, maintained, administered, and invested in without regard to the requirements and limitations of this chapter, as provided in Section 5-12A-13, shall not be subject to taxation under any income tax law of the State of Alabama. The computation of gain, loss, basis, taxable income, taxable loss, and other income tax treatment of a common trust fund and its participants, shall be determined in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 584, as amended from time to time. Every trust institution maintaining a common trust fund shall make a return under oath for each fiscal year stating specifically with respect to the fund the items of gross income and the deductions allowed by law, and shall include in the return the names and addresses of the participants entitled to share in the net income of the fund and the amount of the proportionate share of each participant.