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Title 26
Title 26
ESTATE TAX
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Imposition and rate of tax
Liability for payment
Unified credit against estate tax
Credit for gift tax
Credit for tax on prior transfers
Credit for foreign death taxes
Credit for death taxes on remainders
Recovery of taxes claimed as credit
Definition of gross estate
Alternate valuation
Valuation of certain farm, etc., real property
Property in which the decedent had an interest
Dower or curtesy interests
Adjustments for certain gifts made within 3 years of decedent’s death
Transfers with retained life estate
Transfers taking effect at death
Revocable transfers
Annuities
Joint interests
Powers of appointment
Proceeds of life insurance
Transfers for insufficient consideration
Certain property for which marital deduction was previously allowed
Prior interests
Disclaimers
Definition of taxable estate
Expenses, indebtedness, and taxes
Losses
Transfers for public, charitable, and religious uses
Bequests, etc., to surviving spouse
Qualified domestic trust
State death taxes
Tax imposed
Credits against tax
Definition of gross estate
Property within the United States
Property without the United States
Taxable estate
Expatriation to avoid tax
Application of pre-1967 estate tax provisions
Combat zone-related deaths of members of the Armed Forces, deaths of astronauts, and deaths of victims of certain terrorist attacks
Definition of executor
Discharge of fiduciary from personal liability
Reimbursement out of estate
Liability of life insurance beneficiaries
Liability of recipient of property over which decedent had power of appointment
Right of recovery in the case of certain marital deduction property
Right of recovery where decedent retained interest
Certain residents of possessions considered citizens of the United States
Certain residents of possessions considered nonresidents not citizens of the United States