Reg. § 53.4947-2 Special rules.

26 CFR § 53.4947-2eCFR, current through 2026-07-14

(a) Limit to segregated amounts If any amounts held in trust are segregated within the meaning of , the value of the net assets for purposes of section and (g) shall be limited to the segregated amounts with respect to which a deduction under section , , 556(b)(2), , , , or was allowed. See the regulations under section and (g).

(b) Applicability of section 4943 and 4944 to split-interests trusts

(1) General rule Under section , section and do not apply to a split-interest trust described in section if:

(i) All the income interest (and none of the remainder interest) of the trust is devoted solely to one or more of the purposes described in section and all amounts in the trust for which a deduction was allowed under section , , 556(b)(2), , , , or have an aggregate value (at the time for which the deduction was allowed) of not more than 60 percent of the aggregate fair market value of all amounts in the trust (after the payment of estate taxes and all other liabilities), or

(ii) A deduction was allowed under section , , 556(b)(2), , , or for amounts payable under the terms of the trust to every remainder beneficiary, but not to any income beneficiary.

This (1) shall apply to a trust described in of this section only if all amounts payable under the terms of the trust to every remainder beneficiary are to be devoted solely to one or more of the purposes described in section . After the expiration of all income interests in a trust described in of this section, the trust shall become subject to section under , and section shall no longer apply to the trust. A pooled income fund described in section will generally meet the requirements of of this section, as will a charitable remainder trust described in section , if in either case it does not make payments to any income beneficiary described in section .

(2) Definitions (i) For purposes of section , the term “income interest” shall include an interest in property transferred in trust which is in the form of a guaranteed annuity interest or unitrust interest as described in , or and the term “remainder interest” shall include an interest which succeeds an “income interest” within the meaning of this

(i)

(ii) For purposes of section , the term “income beneficiary” shall include a recipient of payments described in section from a pooled income fund, payments described in section from a charitable remainder annuity trust, or payments described in section or (3) from a charitable remainder unitrust. The term “remainder beneficiary” shall include a beneficiary of a remainder interest described in or or .

(c) Effective date Except as otherwise provided in and and the regulations under sections (d) and (e), and shall take effect on January 1, 1970.

(Secs. 4947 and 7805, Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (68A Stat. 917: 26 U.S.C. 7805))

[T.D. 7431, 41 FR 35515, Aug. 23, 1976]