Form 706 - United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return

Form 706 - United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return

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United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return. Form 706

Use Form 706, United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return, to:

The executor of a decedent's estate uses Form 706 to figure the estate tax imposed by Chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code. This tax is levied on the entire taxable estate, not just on the share received by a particular beneficiary. Form 706 is also used to compute the generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax imposed by Chapter 13 on direct skips (transfers to skip persons of interests in property included in the decedent's gross estate).

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"The executor of a decedent's estate uses Form 706 to figure the estate tax and to compute the generation-skipping transfer tax."

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