Amounts reported in Box 5 are not considered passive income, and consist of this beneficiary/taxpayer's share of any royalties, annuities and other income items (such as retirement benefits paid to an estate, investment income from other entities owned by the estate or trust such as pass through entities such as partnerships and S-Corporations or income with respect to a decedent) not otherwise reported on other Lines of the Schedule K-1 (1041).
You are really asking if this should have been distributed to you. Please see a local estate attorney.
