Inclusion of amounts in gross income of beneficiaries of trusts distributing current income only

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Title 26—INTERNAL REVENUE CODE > Subtitle A—Income Taxes > CHAPTER 1—NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES > Subchapter J—Estates, Trusts, Beneficiaries, and Decedents > PART I—ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND BENEFICIARIES > Subpart B—Trusts Which Distribute Current Income Only

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Subject to subsection (b), the amount of income for the taxable year required to be distributed currently by a trust described in section 651 shall be included in the gross income of the beneficiaries to whom the income is required to be distributed, whether distributed or not. If such amount exceeds the distributable net income, there shall be included in the gross income of each beneficiary an amount which bears the same ratio to distributable net income as the amount of income required to be distributed to such beneficiary bears to the amount of income required to be distributed to all beneficiaries.

( Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 , 68A Stat. 219 ; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A) , Oct. 4, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1834 .)

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