Wisconsin Code § 701.1201

Private foundations
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(1) (a) In the administration of any trust that is a private foundation, as defined in section
509 of the Internal Revenue Code, a charitable trust, as described
in section 4947 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a split-interest trust as described in section 4947 (a) (2) of the Internal
Revenue Code, all of the following acts shall be prohibited:
1. Engaging in any act of self-dealing, as defined in section
4941 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code, that would give rise to any
liability for the tax imposed by section 4941 (a) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
2. Retaining any excess business holdings, as defined in section 4943 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, that would give rise
to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4943 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
3. Making any investments that would jeopardize the carrying out of any of the exempt purposes of the trust, within the
meaning of section 4944 of the Internal Revenue Code, so as to
give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4944 (a) of
the Internal Revenue Code.
4. Making any taxable expenditures, as defined in section
4945 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code, that would give rise to any
liability for the tax imposed by section 4945 (a) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(b) This subsection does not apply either to those split-interest
trusts or to amounts thereof that are not subject to the prohibitions applicable to private foundations by reason of the provisions
of section 4947 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) In the administration of any trust that is a private foundation, as defined in section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code, or
that is a charitable trust, as described in section 4947 (a) (1) of
the Internal Revenue Code, there shall be distributed, for the purposes specified in the trust instrument, for each taxable year,
amounts at least sufficient to avoid liability for the tax imposed
by section 4942 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to any trust to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the application would be contrary to the terms of the trust and that the
same may not properly be changed to conform to such
subsections.

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