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Title 26 — Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§6039H Information with Respect to Alaska Native Settlement Trusts and Native Corporations

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— Procedure and Administration › Chapter 61— INFORMATION AND RETURNS › Subchapter A— Returns and Records › Part III— INFORMATION RETURNS › Subpart A— Information Concerning Persons Subject to Special Provisions › § 6039H

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The trustee of an electing Alaska Native Settlement Trust must attach a statement to the trust's income tax return showing how much was distributed to each beneficiary during the year, how those distributions are taxed, including any amount the beneficiary can exclude from income, and any amount treated as distributed by the sponsoring Native Corporation. Filing this statement replaces the usual requirement to send each beneficiary a separate distribution statement. The trust must also give a copy to the sponsoring Native Corporation, and the corporation must tell each recipient how much it is deemed to have distributed to them. When a Native Corporation contributes property to a Settlement Trust under a special deduction election, it must send the trust a statement by January 31 of the next year listing each contribution, its date, whether it was cash, and the basis and fair market value of any non-cash property.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §6039H

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(a)The fiduciary of an electing Settlement Trust (as defined in section 646(h)(1)) shall include with the return of income of the trust a statement containing the information required under subsection (c).
(b)The filing of any statement under this section shall be in lieu of the reporting requirements under section 6034A to furnish any statement to a beneficiary regarding amounts distributed to such beneficiary (and such other reporting rules as the Secretary deems appropriate).
(c)The information required under this subsection shall include—
(1)the amount of distributions made during the taxable year to each beneficiary,
(2)the treatment of such distribution under the applicable provision of section 646, including the amount that is excludable from the recipient beneficiary’s gross income under section 646, and
(3)the amount (if any) of any distribution during such year that is deemed to have been made by the sponsoring Native Corporation (as defined in section 646(h)(5)).
(d)(1)The electing Settlement Trust shall, on or before the date on which the statement under subsection (a) is required to be filed, furnish such statement to the sponsoring Native Corporation (as so defined).
(2)The sponsoring Native Corporation shall furnish each recipient of a distribution described in section 646(e)(3) a statement containing the amount deemed to have been distributed to such recipient by such corporation for the taxable year.
(e)(1)Any Native Corporation (as defined in subsection (m) of section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(m))) which has made a contribution to a Settlement Trust (as defined in subsection (t) of such section) to which an election under subsection (e) of section 247 applies shall provide such Settlement Trust with a statement regarding such election not later than January 31 of the calendar year subsequent to the calendar year in which the contribution was made.
(2)The statement described in paragraph (1) shall include—
(A)the total amount of contributions to which the election under subsection (e) of section 247 applies,
(B)for each contribution, whether such contribution was in cash,
(C)for each contribution which consists of property other than cash, the date that such property was acquired by the Native Corporation and the adjusted basis and fair market value of such property on the date such property was contributed to the Settlement Trust,
(D)the date on which each contribution was made to the Settlement Trust, and
(E)such information as the Secretary determines to be necessary or appropriate for the identification of each contribution and the accurate inclusion of income relating to such contributions by the Settlement Trust.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2017—Pub. L. 115–97, § 13821(c)(1)(A), struck out “sponsoring” before “Native Corporations” in section catchline. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 115–97, § 13821(c)(1)(B), added subsec. (e).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2017 Amendment Pub. L. 115–97, title I, § 13821(c)(3), Dec. 22, 2017, 131 Stat. 2182, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this subsection [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.”

Effective Date

Section applicable to taxable years ending after June 7, 2001, and to contributions made to electing Settlement Trusts for such year or any subsequent year, see section 671(d) of Pub. L. 107–16, set out as a note under section 646 of this title.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 6039H

Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73