KRS 386.486: Receipts from timber.

(1) To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from the sale of timber and related

products pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate the net receipts:

(a) To income to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land does

not exceed the rate of growth of the timber during the accounting periods in

which a beneficiary has a mandatory income interest;

(b) To principal to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land

exceeds the rate of growth of the timber or the net receipts are from the sale of

standing timber;

(c) To or between income and principal if the net receipts are from the lease of

timberland or from a contract to cut timber from land owned by a trust, by

determining the amount of timber removed from the land u nder the lease or

contract and applying the rules in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection; or

(d) To principal to the extent that advance payments, bonuses, and other payments

are not allocated pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) of this subsection.

(2) In determining net receipts allocated under subsection (1) of this section, a trustee

shall deduct and transfer to principal a reasonable amount for depletion.

(3) KRS 386.450 to 386.504 apply whether or not a decedent or transferor was

harvesting timber from the property before it became subject to the trust.

(4) If a trust owns an interest in timberland on January 1, 2005, the trustee may allocate

net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in KRS

386.450 to 386.504 or in the manner used by the trustee before January 1, 2005. If

the trust acquires an interest in timberland after January 1, 2005, the trustee shall

allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in

KRS 386.450 to 386.504.