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Taxation - Inheritance Tax - Transfers Subject To Take Effect At Or After Death, Harvey A. Howard S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Decedent was a participant in a company profit-sharing savings and retirement trust. Under the terms of the plan, the company made deposits with a trustee on an annual basis and relinquished the right to recapture or impair the fund for its own use or benefit. The contributions were to be held for ten years with accrued interest, and then were to be distributed to the employees in three annual instalments. Should an employee leave the company, he was entitled to his share in three instalments; in the event of retirement or illness he was to receive his entire share in …