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Decedent passed away leaving Surviving Spouse. Decedent's residuary estate passed to Trust, including various assets and an IRA, with Surviving Spouse as beneficiary. Trust's provisions stated the principal and income from Trust were held for the benefit of Surviving Spouse. The Executors of the estate filed Form 706, but did not elect qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) treatment for any assets of Trust. Trustee later filed a petition to modify Trust and divide it into two trusts, Trust and Non-IRA Trust. Trustee intends to elect QTIP treatment for Non-IRA Trust after separating it from Trust. Decedent's estate requested an extension of time under Sec. 301.9100-3 to sever Trust into two trusts and to make a QTIP election for Non-IRA Trust.
Under Sec. 2001(a), a tax is imposed on the transfer of the taxable estate of every U.S. decedent citizen or resident. The value of the taxable estate is determined by deducting amounts passed to the surviving spouse from the gross estate. Sec. 2056(a). Section 2056(b)(1) states a deduction will not be allowed if any interest passing to the surviving spouse will terminate or fail due to an event or contingency. Section 2056(b)(7) provides an exception for QTIP elections. To qualify for a QTIP election, the surviving spouse must have a qualifying income interest for life in the trust, payable at least annually and the trust cannot be appointed to any person other than surviving spouse. Sec. 2056(b)(7)(B)(i). A trust may have a partial QTIP election, if the elective portion reflects the proportionate share of the value of the property. Sec. 20.2056(b)-7(b)(2)(i). The property may be divided into separate trusts to reflect partial QTIP elections. Sec. 202056(b)-7(b)(2)(ii). Regulation 301.9100-3 allows for an extension of time to be granted if the taxpayer acted reasonably and in good faith and the relief granted will not prejudice the interests of the government. Regulation 301.9100-3(b)(1)(ii) states that a taxpayer will be deemed to have acted reasonably and in good faith if the taxpayer failed to make the election because of intervening events beyond the taxpayer's control. Here, the Service determined that Surviving Spouse met the requirements of Sec. 301.9100-3 and granted an extension of 120 days from the date of the letter to sever the Trust and make a QTIP election on Non-IRA Trust.
PLR 201832003 QTIP Election Extension Granted
8/10/2018 (4/30/ 2018)
This letter responds to your authorized representative's letter dated September 29, 2017, and subsequent correspondence, requesting an extension of time under § 301.9100-1 and § 301.9100-3 of the Procedure and Administration Regulations to make a qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) election under § 2056(b)(7)(B)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code.
On Date 1, Decedent, a resident of State, executed Trust, a revocable trust. On Date 2, Decedent amended and restated Trust. On Date 3, Decedent died testate survived by Spouse. Trust became irrevocable upon Decedent's death.
Under Decedent's will, after the payment of certain residuary bequests, Decedent's residuary estate passed to Trust. The residuary estate included various assets, including a retirement account (IRA).
Article IV of Trust provides, in relevant part, that upon Decedent's death, the principal and any undistributed income then remaining shall be held by the trustee in trust for the benefit of Spouse.
Article IV, Paragraph A. of Trust provides that,
In each taxable year of the Trust during the lifetime of [Spouse], the Trustee[s] shall pay to [Spouse] an amount equal to the greater of (i) [ z] Percent (z%) percent of the net fair market value of the assets of the Trust valued as of the first day of each taxable year of the Trust (including but not limited to any retirement account payable to the Trust); or (ii) the [required minimum distribution] amount. . . . The first day of the payment period shall be the date of [Decedent's] death and the last day of the payment period shall be the date of [Spouse's] death. If possibly [sic], the payment shall be made in equal quarterly installments at the end of each calendar quarter.
Article IV, Paragraph E. provides that at Spouse's death, the trustees are to distribute all of the principal and income of the trust to specified charities.
On Date 4, the executors of Decedent's estate timely filed a complete Form 706, United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return (with extension). Based upon the value of the gross estate and amount of taxable gifts, the executors of Decedent's estate had a filing requirement under § 6018(a) and paid estate tax on or about Date 4. On the Form 706, the executors did not evidence any intent to divide Trust into separate trusts or elect under § 2056(b)(7) to treat any assets of Trust as QTIP.
On Date 5, the executors filed a supplemental Form 706 to claim a refund for federal estate taxes paid. Date 5 is within the limitations period prescribed by § 6511.
On Date 6, the trustees petitioned Court to divide and modify Trust into two trusts, an IRA Trust consisting of the retirement accounts payable to Trust and a non-IRA Trust holding the other assets of Trust. The purpose of the division is to qualify the Non-IRA Trust for QTIP treatment.
On Date 7, Court approved the division and modification of Trust.
As modified, Article IV of Trust provides, in relevant part, that upon Decedent's death,
the principal and any undistributed income then remaining shall be held by [Decedent's] Trustees in two (2) separate trusts: Trust A ("IRA Trust") and Trust B ("Non-IRA Trust"). . . . Trust A shall include the retirement account payable to the Trust and Trust B shall include the remaining principal and undistributed income of the Trust.
Trust is further modified by the addition of Article XV ("Marital Deduction Provisions"), the terms of which govern the two separate trusts, Trust A and Trust B, upon the division of Trust at Decedent's death. In relevant part, Article XV provides that "if [Spouse] survives [Decedent], then notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement of Trust: . . . The Trustees shall not have any rights, powers, privileges, or immunities which would cause the trusts not to qualify for the federal estate tax marital deduction." Further, Article XV provides that "[a]ll provisions of [Trust] shall be construed in accordance with [Decedent's] primary intention that the trusts qualify for the federal estate tax marital deduction."
An extension of time under §§ 301.9100-1 and -3 and § 20.2056(b)-7(b)(2)(ii) to sever Trust into IRA Trust and Non-IRA Trust, effective as of the date of Decedent's death.
An extension of time under §§ 301.9100-1 and -3 to make a QTIP election under § 2056(b)(7)(B)(v) with respect to the assets of the Non-IRA Trust.
Section 2056(a) provides that for purposes of the tax imposed by § 2001, the value of the taxable estate is, except as limited by § 2056(b), determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate an amount equal to the value of any interest in property that passes or has passed from the decedent to the surviving spouse, but only to the extent that such interest is included in determining the value of the gross estate.
Section 2056(b)(1) provides, in relevant part, that where, on the lapse of time, on the occurrence of an event or contingency, or on the failure of an event or contingency to occur, an interest passing to the surviving spouse will terminate or fail, no deduction shall be allowed under § 2056(a) with respect to such interest if an interest in such property passes or has passed (for less than adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth) from the decedent to any person other than the surviving spouse (or the estate of the spouse), and if by reason of such passing such person (or his heirs or assigns) may possess or enjoy any part of such property after such termination or failure of the interest so passing to the surviving spouse.
Section 2056(b)(7) provides an exception to the rule of § 2056(b)(1) in the case of QTIP.
Section 2056(b)(7)(A) provides that for purposes of § 2056(a), QTIP is treated as passing to the surviving spouse and for purposes of § 2056(b)(1)(A) no part of the property is treated as passing to any person other than the surviving spouse. Section 2056(b)(7)(B)(i) defines QTIP as property that passes from the decedent, in which the surviving spouse has a qualifying income interest for life, and to which an election under § 2056(b)(7)(B)(v) applies. Under § 2056(b)(7)(B)(ii), a surviving spouse has a "qualifying income interest for life" if (I) the surviving spouse is entitled to all the income from the property, payable annually or at more frequent intervals, or has a usufruct interest for life in the property, and (II) no person has a power to appoint any part of the property to any person other than the surviving spouse.
Section 2056(b)(7)(B)(v) provides that an election under § 2056(b)(7) with respect to any property shall be made by the executor on the return of tax imposed by § 2001. Such an election, once made, shall be irrevocable.
Section 20.2056(b)-7(b)(2)(i) of the Estate Tax Regulations provides that the election may relate to all or any part of property that meets the requirements of § 2056(b)(7)(B)(i), provided that any partial election must be made with respect to a fractional or percentage share of the property so that the elective portion reflects its proportionate share of the increase or decrease in value of the entire property for purposes of applying § 2044 or 2519. The fraction or percentage may be defined by formula.
Section 20.2056(b)-7(b)(2)(ii) provides that a trust may be divided into separate trusts to reflect a partial election that has been made, or is to be made, if authorized under the governing instrument or otherwise permissible under local law. Any such division must be accomplished no later than the end of the period of estate administration. If, at the time of the filing of the estate tax return, the trust has not yet been divided, the intent to divide the trust must be unequivocally signified on the estate tax return.
Section 20.2056(b)-7(b)(4)(i) provides that, in general, the election referred to in § 2056(b)(7)(B)(i)(III) and (v) is made on the return of tax imposed by § 2001 (or § 2101). For purposes of this paragraph, the term "return of tax imposed by § 2001" means the last estate tax return filed by the executor on or before the due date of the return, including extensions or, if a timely return is not filed, the first estate tax return filed by the executor after the due date.
Section 20.2056(b)-7(d)(2) provides that the principles of § 20.2056(b)-5(f) apply in determining whether the surviving spouse is entitled to all of the income for life from the entire interest or a specific portion of the entire interest.
Section 20.2056(b)-5(f)(1) provides in part that, if an interest is transferred in trust, the surviving spouse is "entitled for life to all of the income from the entire interest or a specific portion of the entire interest," if the effect of the trust is to give the spouse substantially that degree of beneficial enjoyment of the trust property during the spouse's life which the principles of the law of trusts accord to a person who is unqualifiedly designated as the life beneficiary of a trust. In addition, the surviving spouse's interest shall meet the condition set forth in § 20.2056(b)-5(a)(1) if the spouse is entitled to all of the income as determined by applicable local law that provides for a reasonable apportionment between the income and remainder beneficiaries of the total return of the trust and that meets the requirements of § 1.643(b)-1 of the Income Tax Regulations.
Under § 20.2056(b)-5(f)(5) an interest passing in trust will not satisfy the condition in § 20.2056(b)-5(a)(1) that the surviving spouse be entitled to all the income if the primary purpose of the trust is to safeguard property without providing the spouse with the required beneficial enjoyment. For example, assume that the corpus of a trust consists substantially of property which is not likely to be income producing during the life of the surviving spouse and that the spouse cannot compel the trustee to convert or otherwise deal with the property as described in § 20.2056(b)-5(f)(4). An interest passing to such a trust will not qualify unless the applicable rules for trust administration require, or permit the spouse to require, that the trustee provide the required beneficial enjoyment, such as by payments to the spouse out of other assets of the trust.
Section 20.2056(b)-5(f)(8) provides that the terms "entitled for life" and "payable annually or at more frequent intervals" require that under the terms of the trust the income referred to must be currently (at least annually) distributable to the spouse or that the spouse must have such command over the income that it is virtually the spouse's. Thus, the surviving spouse will be entitled for life to all of the income from the trust, payable annually, if, under the terms of the trust instrument, the spouse has the right exercisable annually (or at more frequent intervals) to require distribution to the spouse of the trust income and, to the extent that right is not exercised, the trust income is to be accumulated and added to principal.
Section 301.9100-3 provides the standards used to determine whether to grant an extension of time to make an election whose due date is prescribed by a regulation (and not expressly provided by statute).
Section 301.9100-3(b)(1)(ii) provides that a taxpayer is deemed to have acted reasonably and in good faith if the taxpayer failed to make the election because of intervening events beyond the taxpayer's control.
Based on the facts submitted and representations made, we conclude that the requirements of § 301.9100-3 are satisfied. Therefore, Decedent's estate is granted an extension of time of 120 days from the date of this letter to (1) sever Trust into IRA Trust and Non-IRA Trust, effective as of the date of Decedent's death, and (2) make a QTIP election under § 2056(b)(7)(B)(v) with respect to the assets of Non-IRA Trust.
The above elections should be made on a supplemental Form 706 for Year. The Form 706 should be filed with the Cincinnati Service Center at the following address: Internal Revenue Service Center, Cincinnati, OH 45999. A copy of this letter should be attached to the supplemental Form 706. A copy is enclosed for this purpose.
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