gross estate


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Noun 1. gross estate - the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death
estate - everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
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The gross estate of the decedent consists of an accounting of everything your client owns or has certain interests in at the date of death (Refer to Form 706 at www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f706.pdf) The fair market value of these items is used, not necessarily what was paid for them or what their values were when acquired.
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11 (2005)], the Tax Court ruled that the value of individual retirement accounts (IRA) in the gross estate could not be reduced by the anticipated income taxes paid by the beneficiaries following the distribution of the assets in the IRAs.
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To calculate your estate tax liability, first you'll need to have calculated your adjusted gross estate (AGE).
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Planning objectives you may want to focus on include transferring control to appropriate successors, reducing gross estate, retaining assets that will provide adequate retirement income, transferring future appreciation in the value of the business, and providing liquidity for the estate.
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This area becomes more troublesome when three-way JTWROS ownership of property is involved in the gross estate of a decedent spouse.
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