1. A. Returns by fiduciaries and receivers shall be made in accordance with forms and instructions provided by the Tax Commission. The fiduciary of any resident estate or trust or of any nonresident estate or trust having income derived from Utah sources and who is required to make a return for federal income tax purposes shall make and file a corresponding return for state income tax purposes.

   1. 1. Each return shall include a listing of the beneficiaries and their distributable shares of the state taxable income.
   2. 2. In the case of a nonresident estate or trust, the return shall include detailed information showing how the amount of income derived from or connected with Utah sources was determined.
2. B. The fiduciary is required to pay the taxes on the income taxable to the estate or trust. Liability for payment of the tax attaches to the executor or administrator up to his discharge. If the executor or administrator failed to file a return as required by law or failed to exercise due diligence in determining and satisfying the tax liability, the liability is not extinguished until the return is filed and paid.
3. C. Liability for the tax also follows the estate itself. If by reason of the distribution of the estate and the discharge of the executor or administrator, it appears that collection of tax cannot be made from the executor or administrator, each legatee or distributee must account for his proportionate share of the tax due and unpaid to the extent of the distributive share received by him.

KEY: historic preservation, income tax, tax returns, enterprise zones

Date of Last Change: January 1, 2026

Notice of Continuation: November 9, 2021

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 31A-32A-106; 53B-8a-112; 59-1-1301 through 59-1-1309; 59-2-1201 through 59-2-1220; 59-6-102; 59-7-3; 59-10; 59-10-103; 59-10-108 through 59-10-122; 59-10-108.5; 59-10-114; 59-10-124; 59-10-127; 59-10-128; 59-10-129; 59-10-130; 59-10-207; 59-10-210; 59-10-303; 59-10-401 through 59-10-403; 59-10-405.5; 59-10-406 through 59-10-408; 59-10-501; 59-10-503; 59-10-504; 59-10-507; 59-10-512; 58-10-514; 59-10-516; 59-10-517; 59-10-522; 59-10-533; 59-10-536; 59-10-602; 59-10-603; 59-10-1003; 59-10-1006; 59-10-1014; 59-10-1017; 59-10-1021; 59-10-1023; 59-10-1106; 59-10-1403; 59-10-1403.2; 59-10-1405; 59-13-202; 59-13-301; 59-13-302; 63M-1; 63N-2-201 through 63N-2-215