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Current Problems Facing The Executor Taking The Section 2053 Estate Tax Deduction, Jay D. Christiansen May 1977

Current Problems Facing The Executor Taking The Section 2053 Estate Tax Deduction, Jay D. Christiansen

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Section 2053 of the Internal Revenue Code allows the executor to deduct from the gross estate amounts attributable to expenses, indebtedness, and taxes. This Note will examine problems currently confronting an executor who is attempting to utilize the 2053 deduction. The first problem examined in this Note is the conflict in the federal courts of appeals regarding the deductibility of expenses incurred as a result of a sale of decedent's property. The statute,cases, and regulations in this area will be examined, and a suggested approach for the executor encountering this problem will be provided. The second problem considered is the …


Book Note, Law Review Staff Feb 1955

Book Note, Law Review Staff

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Tax Planning for Estates (1955 Revision)

By William J. Bowe

Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1955. Pp. 98. $3.00