For $5,000, D purchased a straight life annuity and gave it to his wife, W. What would be the gift and estate tax consequences of the annuity if:

a. D died two years after purchasing the annuity?

b. D died more than three years after purchasing the annuity, and D reserved the right to add additional annuitants during W’s life, but D died without exercising the right?

c. The annuity provided that if W died before receiving 120 payments, the remaining payments would be made to D if living, or to X, if D were then dead, but D died while W was alive?

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