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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 701.1108

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • 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.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01

Unless prohibited by the will or trust instrument, a fiduciary may cause gains from the sale or exchange of estate or trust property, as determined for federal income tax purposes, to be taxed for federal income tax purposes as part of a distribution of income that has been increased by an adjustment from principal to income under s. 701.1104, of a unitrust distribution, of a fixed annuity distribution, or of a principal distribution to a beneficiary.