MS Code § 27-9-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 9 - Estate Tax|§ 27-9-15. Determination of net estate of nonresident decedent

 [For decedents dying on or after October 1, 1988, this section will read as follows:]    For the purposes of the tax in the case of a nonresident, the value of the net estate shall be determined by deducting from the value of that part of the gross estate which, at the time of death, is situated in the State of Mississippi that proportion of the deductions specified in subsection (1) of Section 27-9-9 that the value of such part of the gross estate situated in the State of Mississippi bears to the value of the entire gross estate.   For the purposes of the tax in the case of a nonresident, the value of the net estate shall be determined by deducting from the value of that part of the gross estate which, at the time of death is situated in the State of Mississippi, the value of property that is included in such part of the gross estate and for which a deduction would be allowed under Section 27-9-10 in the case of a resident.   An amount equal to the value of any property forming a part of the gross estate situated in the State of Mississippi of any person who died within two (2) years prior to the death of the decedent, where such property can be identified as having been received by the decedent from such prior decedent by gift, bequest, devise or inheritance, or which can be identified as having been acquired in exchange for property so received; provided, that this deduction shall be allowed only where an estate tax under this chapter or other laws was paid by or on behalf of the estate of such prior decedent and only in the amount of the value placed by the commissioner on such property in determining the value of the gross estate of such prior decedent, and only to the extent that the value of such property is included in that part of the decedent's gross estate which at the time of his death is situated in the state, and not deducted under the provisions of this chapter.   The amount of all bequests, legacies, devises or transfers, except bona fide sales for a fair consideration in money or money's worth, in contemplation of or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after the decedent's death, to or for the use of the State of Mississippi or any political subdivision thereof, for exclusive public purposes or to or for the use of any domestic corporation or association organized and operating exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual, or to a trustee or trustees exclusively for such religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes within the State of Mississippi, provided such bequests are not void under the provisions of the Mississippi statutes of mortmain, it being the intention of this chapter to allow charitable deductions to nonresidents only when such deductions are to be used in this state, or are contributed to charitable or educational institutions operating, at least, partly within this state.