Ohio Code § 5812.18

§ 5812.18.

(A) As used in this section, “ entity ” means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, regulated investment

company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, or any other organization

in which a trustee has an interest other than a trust or estate to which section 5812.19 of the Revised Code applies, a business or activity to which section 5812.20 of the Revised Code applies, or an asset-backed security to which section 5812.38 of the Revised Code applies. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a trustee shall allocate to income

money received from an entity. (C) A trustee shall allocate all of the following receipts from an entity to principal: (1) Property other than money; (2) Money received in one distribution or a series of related distributions in exchange

for part or all of a trust's interest in the entity; (3) Money received in total or partial liquidation of the entity; (4) Money received from an entity that is a regulated investment company or a real estate

investment trust if the money distributed is a capital gain dividend for federal income

tax purposes. (D) Money is received in partial liquidation in either of the following circumstances: (1) To the extent that the entity, at or near the time of a distribution, indicates that

it is a distribution in partial liquidation; (2) If the total amount of money and property received in a distribution or series of

related distributions is greater than twenty per cent of the entity's gross assets,

as shown by the entity's year-end financial statements immediately preceding the initial

receipt. (E) Money is not received in partial liquidation, nor shall it be taken into account

under division (D)(2) of this section, to the extent that it does not exceed the amount

of income tax that a trustee or beneficiary must pay on taxable income of the entity

that distributes the money. (F) A trustee may rely upon a statement made by an entity about the source or character

of a distribution if the statement is made at or near the time of distribution by

the entity's board of directors or other person or group of persons authorized to

exercise powers to pay money or transfer property comparable to those of a corporation's

board of directors.