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University of Michigan Law School

Michigan Law Review

1942

Life insurance

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The Revenue Act Of 1942: Federal Estate And Gift Taxation, Paul G. Kauper Dec 1942

The Revenue Act Of 1942: Federal Estate And Gift Taxation, Paul G. Kauper

Michigan Law Review

The Revenue Act of 1942 marks important changes in the substantive law. Most of these changes have been obscured by the publicity accorded the higher rates and other features that distinguish it as the first great taxing measure borne out of the travail of the present conflict. Yet it is remarkable that despite the urgency of the need for war revenues, time and effort should have been expended by Congressional committees and Treasury officials in working out with care and thought revisions that constitute a notable contribution to the clarification and restatement of the substantive law of federal taxation. Important …


Taxation - Federal Gift Tax - Integration With Income Tax, Katherine Kempfer Dec 1942

Taxation - Federal Gift Tax - Integration With Income Tax, Katherine Kempfer

Michigan Law Review

Beck in 1935 created an irrevocable funded insurance trust of $172,000 in securities together with seven policies of insurance on his life. The income from the securities was to be applied to pay the premiums on the policies and any surplus was to be distributed to his wife and daughter. At grantor's death the proceeds of the policies were to be added to the corpus of the trust and all income was to go to the same beneficiaries for life with remainders over. There was no possibility of reverter in the grantor and no right to alter, modify or revoke …


Taxation Of Annuity Contracts Under Federal Income Tax, Robert Meisenholder May 1942

Taxation Of Annuity Contracts Under Federal Income Tax, Robert Meisenholder

Michigan Law Review

A number of questions dealing with the taxability of commercial annuity policies under death tax statutes have received judicial consideration. By contrast, only a few questions dealing with the taxability of these contracts under income tax laws have been raised before the courts. But the income tax problems are equally important in terms of tax liability. Moreover, they will in the future assume an even larger significance in view of the large number of annuity contracts of various types which have been issued and are now being offered by insurance companies. Accordingly some explanation of these problems is warranted.