Question: Complete a 2 0 2 3 form 7 0 6 with the information listed below: TAX RETURN SCENARIO Mark Smithson ( 7 5 years old

Complete a 2023 form 706 with the information listed below:
TAX RETURN SCENARIO
Mark Smithson (75 years old) of 830 Reading Ave, Mesa, AZ 85204 died on November 30,2023. He was survived by his wife, April (75 years old), and their son, Richard. At the time of his death, Mark was employed by a textile factory as a comptroller. The executor reports that he has discovered the property listed below:
Automobile in Marks name $26,000
Qualified retirement plan funded by Marks employer 840,000
Stocks in public companies in the name of Mark 11,200,000
Checking account, Mark and April, joint tenants with right of survivorship 14,000
Undeveloped land (not leased or farmed) in the name of Mark 5,600,000
Face value of term life insurance policy on Marks life 2,250,000
Other information includes the following:
1. Marks funeral expenses were $9,000 and the estates administrative expenses were $38,000.
2. The estate paid state estate taxes of $52,000.
3. Mark willed $2,750,000 of his stocks to April and the rest of his property to Richard.
4. April is the beneficiary of the retirement plan.
5. Mark owned the life insurance policy, and his estate is the beneficiary.
6. Mark made his only taxable gift, $7 million taxable amount, in August 2017 and paid all the gift taxes from an account solely in his name.
7. Mark owed $14,600 on a car loan

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