Tax on unallocated trust income risks top marginal taxation unless beneficiaries and shares are expressly stated and ascertainable.
Representative assesses holding income for beneficiaries with unspecified or indeterminate shares are taxable at the maximum marginal rate unless a court order, trust instrument or wakf deed expressly identifies beneficiaries and their ascertainable shares on the relevant date; limited exceptions allow taxation at association of persons rates where beneficiaries lack other significant income, where the trust is a sole testamentary trust, where a bona fide historical non testamentary trust for dependants exists, or for bona fide employee benefit funds, and business profits are normally subject to the top rate unless the narrow will trust exception applies.