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Instructions for
                                                                                                          Department of the Treasury
                                                                                                          Internal Revenue Service

Form 706-GS(D-1)
(Rev. November 2021)
Use with the October 2008 revision of Form 706-GS(D-1)

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Notification of Distribution From a Generation-Skipping Trust
Section references are to the Internal Revenue
Code unless otherwise noted.
                                                 Trusts
                                                 Nonexplicit trusts. An arrangement
                                                                                                   A distribution is not considered a
                                                                                                taxable distribution if, had it been made
                                                                                                while an individual was alive, it would

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Future Developments                              that has substantially the same effect as      have been a nontaxable gift because of
For the latest information about                 a trust will be treated as a trust even        section 2503(e) (relating to transfers
developments related to Form                     though it is not an explicit trust.            made for certain educational or medical
706-GS(D-1) and its instructions, such           Examples of such arrangements are              expenses).
as legislation enacted after they were           insurance and annuity contracts,
                                                 arrangements involving life estates and            Also, a distribution (or any portion
published, go to IRS.gov/Form706-
                                                 remainders, and estates for years.             thereof) is not a taxable distribution to
GS(D-1).
                                                                                                the extent that:
                                                      In general, a transfer of property in
                                                                                                • The property distributed was
General Instructions                             which the identity of the transferee is
                                                 conditioned on the occurrence of an
                                                                                                previously subject to GST tax and
                                                 event is a transfer in trust. However, this
                                                                                                • The distributee in the prior distribution
Purpose of Form                                  rule does not apply to a testamentary
                                                                                                is assigned to a generation the same as
A trustee uses Form 706-GS(D-1) to                                                              or lower than the distributee in the
                                                 trust if the event is to occur within 6
report certain distributions from a trust                                                       current distribution.
                                                 months of the transferor's date of death.
that are subject to the generation-                                                                This rule does not apply if the
                                                      Nonexplicit trusts do not include
skipping transfer (GST) tax and to                                                              transfers have the effect of avoiding
                                                 decedents' estates.
provide the skip person distributee with                                                        GST tax for any transfer.
information needed to figure the tax due              In the case of a nonexplicit trust, the
on the distribution.                             person in actual or constructive               Exceptions
                                                 possession of the property involved is
                                                                                                Irrevocable trusts. The GST tax does
Who Must File                                    considered the trustee and is liable for
                                                                                                not apply to any distribution from a trust
In general, the trustee of any trust that        filing Form 706-GS(D-1).
                                                                                                that was irrevocable on September 25,
makes a taxable distribution must file a              If you are filing this return for a       1985. Any trust in existence on
Form 706-GS(D-1) for each skip                   nonexplicit trust, see Line 2a. Trust's        September 25, 1985, will be considered
person. See Distributions Subject to             Employer Identification Number.                irrevocable unless:
GST Tax, later, for a discussion of what         Separate trusts. You must treat the            • On September 25, 1985, the value of
constitutes a taxable distribution. The          following as separate trusts:                  the trust could have been included in
trustee must file a return for each skip         • Portions of a trust that are attributable    the settlor's gross estate for federal
person even if the inclusion ratio               to transfers from different transferors        estate tax purposes by reason of
applicable to the distribution is zero.          and                                            section 2038 if the settlor had died on
See Column d. Inclusion Ratio.                   • Substantially separate and                   September 25, 1985, or
                                                 independent shares of different                • Regarding a policy of life insurance
When to File                                     beneficiaries in a trust.                      that is treated as a trust under section
The trustee must file Copy A of Form                                                            2652(b), the insured was an owner on
                                                     You must report such separate trusts       September 25, 1985, and this would
706-GS(D-1) with the IRS and send                under different item numbers in column
Copy B to the distributee by April 15th of                                                      have caused the insurance proceeds to
                                                 a of line 3, even if they have the same        be included in the insured's gross estate
the year following the calendar year             inclusion ratios.
when the distribution was made. If the                                                          for federal estate tax purposes if the
due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or                                                        insured had died on September 25,
legal holiday, file on the next business
                                                 Distributions Subject to                       1985.
day.                                             GST Tax                                            For more information, see
                                                 In general, all taxable distributions are      Regulations section 26.2601-1(b).
Where To File                                    subject to the GST tax. A taxable
                                                                                                Trusts containing qualified termina-
The trustee must send Copy A of Form             distribution is any distribution from a
                                                 trust to a skip person (other than a           ble interest property. If an irrevocable
706-GS(D-1) to the following address:                                                           trust in existence on September 25,
                                                 taxable termination or a direct skip).
                                                                                                1985, holds qualified terminable interest
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                                                    If any GST tax imposed on a                 property (QTIP) (as defined in section
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election had not been made. Thus,               decimal places (for example,                   Transition Rule in Case of
transfers from such a trust will not be         “0.00001”).                                    Mental Disability
subject to the GST tax.
                                                Transition Rule for Revocable                  If the settlor was under a disability on
Additions to irrevocable trusts. To             Trusts                                         October 22, 1986, the GST tax may not
the extent that a distribution from a trust                                                    apply. See Regulations section
is from an addition to an irrevocable           The GST tax will not apply to any
                                                                                               26.2601-1(b)(3) for a definition of the
trust made after September 25, 1985,            distributions from a revocable trust,
                                                provided:                                      term “mental disability” and details on
such distribution is subject to the GST                                                        the application of this rule.

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tax. Additions include constructive                1. The trust was executed before
additions described in Regulations              October 22, 1986;                              Exceptions to Additions Rule
section 26.2601-1(b)(1)(v).                        2. The trust as it existed on October       Do not treat as an addition to a trust any
    For purposes of figuring the inclusion      21, 1986, was not amended after                addition that is made pursuant to an
ratio (defined later), use only the value       October 21, 1986, in any way that              instrument or arrangement that is
of the total additions made to the trust        created or increased the amount of a           covered by the rules discussed earlier

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after September 25, 1985.                       generation-skipping transfer;                  under Transition Rule for Revocable
                                                   3. Except as provided later, no             Trusts and Transition Rule in Case of
Distributions from trusts to which                                                             Mental Disability. This also applies to
additions have been made. As                    addition was made to the trust; and
                                                                                               inter vivos transfers if the same property
described earlier, when an addition is             4. The settlor died before January 1,       would have been added to the trust by
made after September 25, 1985, to an            1987.                                          such an instrument. For examples
irrevocable trust, only the portion of the                                                     illustrating this rule, see Regulations
                                                    A revocable trust is any trust that on
trust resulting from the addition is                                                           section 26.2601-1(b)(4)(ii).
                                                October 22, 1986, was not an
subject to the GST tax. For distributions,
                                                irrevocable trust (as defined earlier) and
this portion is the product of the
                                                would not have been an irrevocable             Definitions
allocation fraction and the value of the
                                                trust had it been created before               Skip persons. For GST tax purposes,
property distributed (including
                                                September 25, 1985.                            skip person means:
accumulated income and appreciation
on that property).                                 The instructions under Trusts                  1. A natural person assigned to a
    The allocation fraction is a fraction,      containing qualified terminable interest       generation that is two or more
the numerator of which is the value of          property apply also to revocable trusts        generations below the settlor's
the addition as of the date it was made         covered by these transition rules.             generation, or
(regardless of whether it was subject to        Amendments to revocable trusts. An                2. A trust that meets the following
gift or estate tax, but reduced by the          amendment to a revocable trust in              conditions:
amount of federal or state estate or gift       existence on October 21, 1986, will not           a. All interests in the trust are held
tax imposed and paid by the trust). The         be considered to result in the creation of     by skip persons, or
denominator of the fraction is the fair         or an increase in the amount of a
market value of the entire trust                                                                  b. No person holds an interest in the
                                                generation-skipping transfer where:            trust, and at no time after the transfer to
immediately after the addition, less any        • The amendment is administrative or
trust amount that is similar to expenses,                                                      the trust may a distribution be made to a
                                                clarifying in nature; or                       non-skip person.
indebtedness, or taxes that would be            • It is designed to perfect a marital or
allowable as a deduction under section          charitable deduction for an existing           Non-skip person. A non-skip person is
2053, and further reduced by the same           transfer, and it only incidentally             any person who is not a skip person.
amount that the numerator was reduced           increases the amount transferred to a
by to reflect federal or state estate or gift   skip person.                                   Generation assignment. A generation
taxes paid by the trust.                                                                       is determined along family lines as
                                                Addition to revocable trusts. If an            follows:
    When there is more than one
                                                addition (including a constructive
addition, the allocation fraction is                                                               1. Where the beneficiary is a lineal
                                                addition) to a revocable trust is made
revised after each addition. The                                                               descendant of a grandparent of the
                                                after October 21, 1986, and before the
numerator of the revised fraction is the                                                       transferor (for example, the donor's
                                                death of the settlor, all subsequent
sum of:                                                                                        cousin, niece, nephew, etc.), the
                                                distributions from the trust will be
    1. The value of the trust subject to                                                       number of generations between the
                                                subject to the GST tax, provided the
the GST tax immediately before the last                                                        transferor and the descendant is
                                                other requirements of taxability are met.
addition and                                                                                   determined by subtracting the number
                                                For settlors dying before January 1,
                                                                                               of generations between the grandparent
    2. The amount of the latest addition.       1987, any addition made to a revocable
                                                                                               and the transferor from the number of
                                                trust after the death of the settlor will be
   The denominator of the revised                                                              generations between the grandparent
                                                treated as if made to an irrevocable
fraction is the total value of the entire                                                      and the descendant.
                                                trust.
trust immediately after the latest                                                                 2. Where the beneficiary is the lineal
addition. If the addition results from a           See Regulations section
                                                                                               descendant of a grandparent of a
generation-skipping transfer, reduce the        26.2601-1(b)(2)(vii) for examples
                                                                                               spouse (or former spouse) of the
numerator and denominator by the                demonstrating the operation of these
                                                                                               transferor, the number of generations
amount of any GST tax imposed on the            rules.
                                                                                               between the transferor and the
transfer and recovered from the trust.                                                         descendant is determined by
Round off the allocation fraction to five                                                      subtracting the number of generations
                                                                                               between the grandparent and the

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spouse (or former spouse) from the             great-grandchildren who are lineal               If someone prepares your return and
number of generations between the              descendants of the deceased                   does not charge you, that person should
grandparent and the descendant.                grandchild are considered your                not sign the return. Generally, anyone
    3. For this purpose, a relationship        grandchildren for purposes of the GST         who is paid to prepare your return must
by adoption is considered a blood              tax.                                          sign it in the space indicated.
relationship. A relationship by half-blood         This rule also governs generation
is considered a relationship by whole
blood.
                                               assignment for other lineal
                                               descendants. For example, if property is
                                                                                             Specific Instructions

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    4. The spouse or former spouse of a        transferred to an individual who is a         Part I—General
transferor or lineal descendant is             descendant of a parent of the transferor,
considered to belong to the same               and that individual's parent (who is a        Information
generation as the transferor or lineal         lineal descendant of the parent of the        Line 1a. Skip Person
descendant, as the case may be.                transferor) is deceased at the time the
                                               transfer is subject to gift or estate tax,    Distributee's Identifying

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    A person who is not assigned to a          then for purposes of generation               Number
generation according to the rules above        assignment, the individual is treated as      Enter the social security number of an
is assigned to a generation based on his       if he or she is a member of the               individual distributee. (If the number is
or her birth date as follows.                  generation that is one generation below       unknown or the individual has no
    1. A person who was born not more          the lower of:                                 number, indicate “unknown” or “none.”)
than 121/2 years after the transferor is in    • The transferor's generation or              If the distributee is a trust, enter the
the transferor's generation.                   • The generation assignment of the            trust's employer identification number
    2. A person born more than 121/2           youngest living ancestor of the               (EIN).
years, but not more than 371/2 years,          individual, who is also a descendant of
                                               the parent of the transferor.                 Line 2a. Trust's Employer
after the transferor is in the first
                                                   The same rules apply to the               Identification Number
generation younger than the transferor.
                                               generation assignment of any                  Enter the EIN of the trust from which the
    3. Similar rules apply for a new
                                               descendant of the individual.                 distribution was made.
generation every 25 years.
                                                   This rule does not apply to a transfer       A nonexplicit trust as described
    If more than one of the rules for          to an individual who is not a lineal
assigning generations applies to a                                                           under Who Must File must have an EIN
                                               descendant of the transferor if the           that is separate from any other entity's
beneficiary, the beneficiary is generally      transferor has any living lineal
assigned to the youngest of the                                                              EIN and that will be used only by the
                                               descendants.                                  nonexplicit trust.
generations that apply.
                                                   If any transfer of property to a trust
    If an entity such as a partnership,        would have been a direct skip except for         A trust or nonexplicit trust that does
corporation, trust, or estate has an           this generation assignment rule, then         not have an EIN should apply for one on
interest in the property, each individual      the rule also applies to transfers from       Form SS-4, Application for Employer
who has a beneficial interest in the           the trust attributable to such property.      Identification Number. You can get
entity is treated as having an interest in                                                   Form SS-4, and other IRS tax forms and
the property. The individual is then              Ninety-day rule. For purposes of           publications, by visiting IRS.gov/Forms.
assigned to a generation using the rules       determining if an individual's parent is
described above.                               deceased at the time of a testamentary            Send Form SS-4 to the address
    Governmental entities and certain          transfer, an individual's parent who dies     listed under Where To File. If the EIN
charitable organizations are assigned to       no later than 90 days after a transfer        has not been received by the filing time
the transferor's generation. Distributions     occurring by reason of the death of the       for the GST form, write “Applied for” on
to them will never be                          transferor is treated as having               line 2a.
generation-skipping transfers.                 predeceased the transferor. The 90-day
                                               rule applies to transfers occurring on or     Part II—Distributions
Generation assignment where inter-             after July 18, 2005. See Regulations          Report all taxable distributions made
vening parent is deceased. If you              section 26.2651-1 for more information.       during the year from the trust listed on
made a gift or bequest to your                                                               line 2 to the skip person distributee
grandchild and at the time you made the        Multiple skips. If after a
                                               generation-skipping transfer the              listed on line 1. Report a distribution
gift or bequest, the grandchild's parent                                                     even if its inclusion ratio is zero.
(who is your or your spouse's or your          property transferred is held in trust, then
former spouse's child) is deceased,            for the purpose of determining the            Column a. Item No.
then for purposes of generation                taxability of subsequent distributions
                                               from the trust involving that property, the   Assign consecutive numbers to each
assignment, your grandchild will be                                                          distribution made during the year.
considered to be your child rather than        settlor of the property is assigned to the
                                               first generation above the highest            Different items of property having
your grandchild. Your grandchild's                                                           different inclusion ratios must be listed
children will be treated as your               generation of any person who has an
                                               interest in the trust immediately after the   separately in Part II. Include under a
grandchildren rather than your                                                               single item number any properties
great-grandchildren.                           initial transfer.
                                                                                             having the same inclusion ratio even if
    This rule is also applied to your lineal   Signature                                     they were distributed at different times.
descendants below the level of                                                               An exception to this is distributions from
grandchild. For example, if your               The trustee, or an authorized                 “separate trusts” as that term was
grandchild is deceased, your                   representative of the trustee, must sign      defined earlier. You must report
                                               Form 706-GS(D-1).                             distributions from such separate trusts

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under different item numbers even if          Applicable fraction. The applicable                     Once made, allocations are
they have the same inclusion ratio.           fraction is a fraction, the numerator of            irrevocable.
Column b. Description of                      which is the amount of the GST                          Allocation of the GST exemption is
                                              exemption allocated to the trust. The               made by the settlor on Form 709, United
Property                                      denominator of the fraction is:                     States Gift (and Generation-Skipping
Real estate. Describe the real estate in          1. The value of the property                    Transfer) Tax Return, and/or Form 706,
enough detail so that the IRS can easily      transferred to the trust, minus                     United States Estate (and
locate it for inspection and valuation.                                                           Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax
                                                  2. The sum of:

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For each parcel of real estate, report the                                                        Return, by the executor of the settlor's
location and, if the parcel is improved,          a. Any federal estate tax or state              estate. Therefore, you should obtain
describe the improvements. For city or        death tax actually recovered from the               information regarding the allocation of
town property, report the street number,      trust attributable to the property and              the exemption to this trust from the
ward, subdivision, block and lot, etc. For        b. Any charitable deduction allowed             settlor or the executor of the settlor's
rural property, report the township,          under section 2055 or 2522 with respect             estate, as applicable.

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range, landmarks, etc.                        to the property.                                        If the settlor's entire GST exemption
Stocks and bonds. For stocks, give:              Round the applicable fraction to at              is not allocated by the due date
• Number of shares;                           least the nearest one-thousandth (for               (including extensions) of the settlor's
• Whether common or preferred;                example, “0.001”).                                  estate tax return, the exemption is
• Issue;                                                                                          automatically allocated under the rules
• Par value where needed for                  Numerator (GST exemption). Every                    of section 2632.
valuation;                                    individual settlor is allowed a lifetime
                                              GST exemption to be allocated against               Transfers subject to an estate tax in-
• Price per share;                                                                                clusion period. If a transferor made an
• Exact name of corporation;                  property that the individual has
                                              transferred. For generation-skipping                inter vivos transfer, and the property
• Principal exchange upon which sold,                                                             transferred would have been includible
if listed on an exchange; and                 transfers made through 1998, the
                                              exemption was $1 million. The GST                   in the transferor's estate if he or she had
• CUSIP number.                                                                                   died immediately after the transfer
                                              exemption amounts thereafter are as
     For bonds, give:                         follows:                                            (other than by reason of the transferor
• Quantity and denomination;                                                                      dying within 3 years of making the gift),
• Name of obligor;                             Year                                   Amount      for purposes of determining the
• Date of maturity;                            1999 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $1,010,000   inclusion ratio, an allocation of GST
• Interest rate;                               2000 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $1,030,000   exemption will only become effective at
• Interest due date;                           2001 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $1,060,000   the close of the estate tax inclusion
• Principal exchange, if listed on an          2002 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $1,100,000   period (ETIP).
exchange; and                                  2003 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $1,120,000       The value of the property for the
• CUSIP number.                                2004 and 2005      . . . . . . . .    $1,500,000   purpose of figuring the inclusion ratio is
     If the stock or bond is unlisted, show    2006–2008 . .      . . . . . . . .    $2,000,000   the estate tax value if the property is
the company's principal business office.       2009 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $3,500,000   included in the transferor's gross estate,
     The CUSIP (Committee on Uniform           2010 and 2011      . . . . . . . .    $5,000,000   or its value at the close of the ETIP.
Security Identification Procedure)             2012 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $5,120,000       The ETIP closes at the earliest of:
number is a nine-digit number that is          2013 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $5,250,000
                                                                                                      1. The time the transferred property
assigned to all stocks and bonds traded        2014 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $5,340,000
                                                                                                  would no longer be includible in the
on major exchanges and many unlisted           2015 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $5,430,000
                                                                                                  settlor's estate,
securities. Usually the CUSIP number is        2016 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .    $5,450,000
                                               2017 . . . . . .                      $5,490,000       2. The date of a generation-
printed on the face of the stock                                  . . . . . . . .
                                                                                                  skipping transfer of the property, or
certificate. If the CUSIP number is not        2018 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .   $11,180,000
printed on the certificate, it may be          2019 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .   $11,400,000       3. The date of death of the settlor.
obtained through the company's                 2020 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .   $11,580,000
transfer agent.                                2021 . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .   $11,700,000   Denominator (valuation of trust as-
                                                                                                  sets). In general, the value to be used
Other personal property. Any                                                                      in the applicable fraction is the gift tax
personal property distributed must be                                                             value for an inter vivos transfer as long
described in enough detail that the IRS                A valid Deceased Spousal
                                                                                                  as the allocation of the GST exemption
can value it.                                    !     Unused Exclusion Amount
                                               CAUTION (“DSUE ” or portability) election
                                                                                                  was made on a timely filed gift tax
Column d. Inclusion Ratio                                                                         return. The value of a testamentary
                                              by an executor of a deceased spouse's
                                                                                                  transfer is generally the estate tax value.
Note. The trustee must provide the            estate does not apply to or impact GST
inclusion ratio for every distribution.       tax exemption.                                          If the allocation of the exemption to
All distributions, or any part of a single                                                        an inter vivos transfer, made before
                                                 For existing trusts, transferors may             January 1, 2001, is not made on a
distribution, that have different inclusion
                                              allocate the additional GST exemption               timely filed gift tax return, the value for
ratios must be listed as separate items
                                              amount attributable to section 2631(c)              purposes of the applicable fraction is
in column a.
                                              increases if they otherwise qualify under           the value of the property transferred at
   The inclusion ratio is the excess of 1     the existing rules for late allocations. For        the time the allocation is filed with the
over the applicable fraction determined       more information, see section 2632 and              IRS.
for the trust from which the distribution     Multiple transfers into a trust, later.
was made.

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Qualified terminable interest             attributable to such property) and any
property. For qualified terminable            charitable deduction allowed with             Paperwork Reduction Act Notice.
interest property (QTIP) that is included     respect to such property and                  We ask for the information on this form
in the estate of the surviving spouse of                                                    to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of
                                                 2. The value of all property in the        the United States. You are required to
the settlor because of section 2044,          trust immediately before the current
unless a special QTIP election has been                                                     give us the information. We need it to
                                              transfer.                                     ensure that you are complying with
made under section 2652(a)(3), the
surviving spouse is considered the                                                          these laws and to allow us to figure and
                                              Charitable lead annuity trusts. For           collect the right amount of tax.

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transferor under section 2652(a) for          distributions from a charitable lead
GST purposes, and the value is the            annuity trust, the numerator of the              You are not required to provide the
estate tax value in the estate of the         applicable fraction is the adjusted GST       information requested on a form that is
surviving spouse.                             exemption as defined below. The               subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
    A special QTIP election allows            denominator is the value of the trust         unless the form displays a valid OMB
property for which a QTIP election was        immediately after termination of the          control number. Books or records

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made for estate or gift tax purposes to       charitable lead annuity.                      relating to a form or its instructions must
be treated for GST tax purposes as if            The adjusted GST exemption is the          be retained as long as their contents
this QTIP election had not been made. If      sum of:                                       may become material in the
the special QTIP election has been               1. The exemption allocated to the          administration of any Internal Revenue
made, the predeceased settlor spouse          trust and                                     law. Generally, tax returns and return
is the transferor and the value is that                                                     information are confidential, as required
spouse's estate or gift tax value under          2. Interest on the exemption               by section 6103.
the rules described above. Either the         determined at the interest rate used to
settlor spouse or the executor of the         figure the estate or gift deduction for the      The time needed to complete and file
settlor spouse's estate must make the         charitable lead annuity and for the           this form will vary depending on
special QTIP election.                        actual period of the charitable lead          individual circumstances. The estimated
                                              annuity.                                      average time is:
    ETIP. If an individual could not make
a timely allocation of exemption                 In the case of a late allocation, the
                                                                                             Recordkeeping . . . . .        1 hr., 33 min.
because of an ETIP, the value of the          amount of interest accrued prior to the
property for the purpose of computing         date of allocation is zero.                    Learning about the
the inclusion ratio is the estate tax value                                                    law or the form . . .        1 hr., 46 min.
                                              Column e. Value
if the property is includible in the                                                         Preparing the
                                              Enter the value of the property
transferor's gross estate. If the property                                                     form . . . . . . . . . . .         42 min.
                                              distributed from the trust at the time of
is not includible in the transferor's gross
                                              distribution.                                  Copying,
estate, the property is valued at the
close of the ETIP, provided that the GST                                                      assembling, and
exemption is allocated on a timely filed      Part III—Trust Information                      sending the form
gift tax return for the calendar year in                                                      to the IRS . . . . . . .            20 min.
                                              Line 4
which the ETIP closes.
                                              An arrangement that has substantially
Multiple transfers into a trust. When         the same effect as a trust will be treated
a transfer is made to a pre-existing trust,   as a trust even though it is not an              We welcome your comments about
the applicable fraction must be               explicit trust. Examples of such              these instructions and your suggestions
recomputed. The numerator of the new          arrangements are insurance and                for future editions. You can send us
fraction is the sum of:                       annuity contracts, arrangements               comments through IRS.gov/
    1. The exemption allocated to the         involving life estates and remainders,        FormsComments. Or, you can write to
current transfer and                          and estates for years. Nonexplicit trusts     the Internal Revenue Service, Tax
                                              do not include decedent's estates.            Forms and Publications, 1111
    2. The nontax portion of the trust                                                      Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526,
immediately before the current transfer          In the case of a nonexplicit trust, the    Washington, DC 20224.
(the product of the applicable fraction       trustee is the person in actual or
and the value of all of the property in the   constructive possession of the property          Although we can't respond
trust immediately before the current          involved.                                     individually to each comment received,
transfer).                                                                                  we do appreciate your feedback and will
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    The denominator of the new fraction
                                              Whenever property is transferred into a       our tax forms, instructions, and
is the sum of:
                                              pre-existing trust, the inclusion ratio       publications. Do not send the tax form to
    1. The value of the current transfer      must be refigured. See Multiple               this address. Instead, see Where To
(minus any federal estate tax or state        transfers into a trust for the rule on how    File.
death tax actually paid by the trust          to refigure the inclusion ratio.

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