(1) A unitrust policy may:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 22-3-309

  • 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
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     (1)(a) provide methods and standards for:

          (1)(a)(i) determining the timing of distributions;
          (1)(a)(ii) making distributions in cash or in kind or partly in cash and partly in kind; or
          (1)(a)(iii) correcting an underpayment or overpayment to a beneficiary based on the unitrust amount if there is an error in calculating the unitrust amount;
     (1)(b) specify sources and the order of sources, including categories of income for federal income tax purposes, from which distributions of a unitrust amount are paid; or
     (1)(c) provide other standards and rules the fiduciary determines serve the interests of the beneficiaries.
(2) If a trust qualifies for a special tax benefit or a fiduciary is not an independent person:

     (2)(a) the unitrust rate established under Section 22-3-306 may not be less than 3% or more than 5%;
     (2)(b) the only provisions of Section 22-3-307 that apply are Subsections 22-3-307(1) and (2)(a), (d), (e)(i), and (i);
     (2)(c) the only period that may be used under Section 22-3-308 is a calendar year under Subsection 22-3-308(1); and
     (2)(d) the only other provisions of Section 22-3-308 that apply are Subsection 22-3-308(2)(b)(i) and (c).