Question: Mr. Jackson died on June 19 when the total FMV of his property was $23 million and his debts totaled $2.789 million. His executor paid
Mr. Jackson died on June 19 when the total FMV of his property was $23 million and his debts totaled $2.789 million. His executor paid $23,000 funeral expenses and $172,000 accounting and legal fees to settle the estate. Mr. Jackson bequeathed $500,000 to the First Lutheran Church of Milwaukee and $1 million to Western Wisconsin College. He bequeathed his art collection (FMV $6.4 million) to his wife and the residual of his estate to his three children.
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Compute Mr. Jacksons taxable estate.
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Compute the estate tax payable by Mr. Jacksons executor if Mr. Jackson made no taxable gifts during his lifetime.
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Compute the estate tax payable by Mr. Jacksons executor if Mr. Jackson made a substantial taxable gift in 2011 and used $5 million of his lifetime transfer tax exclusion to reduce the amount on which gift tax was owed to zero.
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