After having been divorced for several years, Mrs. Blended has remarried a man with three children of his own. She has set up a revocable trust in which she deposited funds that she inherited when her mother died, so that the monies will go uncontested to her two biological children in the event of her own death. These two adult children are the only beneficiaries of the trust. Mrs. Blended has no plans to touch any of the money in the trust unless circumstances demand it in the future. The trust is invested in a mutual fund that paid $500 in dividend income and distributed $3,000 in long-term capital gain income to the trust this year. Which of the following statements is true regarding the tax treatment of these distributions?
