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The gift tax is imposed on inter vivos (lifetime) transfers.

A) True
B) False

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Jayden gave Olivia a ring when she agreed to marry him. The ring is a family heirloom valued at $67,000. What is the amount of the taxable gift?


A) zero - the marital deduction offsets the gift as long as Jayden and Olivia are married by year end.
B) $53,000
C) $67,000
D) zero - this transfer is not gratuitous.
E) None of these.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Last year Diego transferred a life insurance policy worth $75,000 to an irrevocable trust with directions to distribute the corpus of the trust to his grandson, Juan, upon his graduation from college, or to Juan's estate upon his death. Diego paid $5,000 of gift tax on the transfer of the policy. Early this year, Diego died and the insurance company paid $600,000 to the trust. What amount, if any, is included in Diego's gross estate?

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A future interest is a right to receive income or property in the future.

A) True
B) False

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Gabriel had a taxable estate of $6 million when he died in 2014. Calculate the amount of estate tax due (if any) if Gabriel made prior taxable gifts in 2005 totaling $1 million at which time he claimed a unified credit of $1 million and paid no tax. Gabriel was unmarried at his death.

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A serial gift strategy consists of arranging a trust to maximize the value of the unified credit.

A) True
B) False

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The unified credit is designed to:


A) apply only to taxable transfers included in the gross estate.
B) prevent taxation of cumulative transfers that do not exceed a certain minimum amount.
C) apply to amounts not already eliminated by the exemption equivalent.
D) exclude up to $1 million for any individual transfer.
E) None of these.

F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

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A serial gift strategy uses multiple gifts to maximize the value of the annual exclusion.

A) True
B) False

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A gratuitous transfer of cash to an individual who uses the cash to pay medical expenses is not subject to a gift tax.

A) True
B) False

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Christian transferred $60,000 to an irrevocable trust for the benefit of his three daughters. The three daughters share income equally for five years and then the corpus of the trust is to be divided equally between them. What is the amount of the taxable gifts, if any, made by Christian?


A) $60,000
B) $47,000
C) $34,000
D) $21,000
E) None of these - the amount of the taxable gifts cannot be ascertained without valuing each income interest.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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The marital and charitable deductions are common to both the estate tax and the gift tax formulas.

A) True
B) False

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This year Carlos and Hailey purchased realty for $480,000 and took title as equal tenants in common. However, Hailey was able to provide only $200,000 of the purchase price and Carlos paid the remaining $280,000. Has Carlos made a taxable gift to Hailey, and if so, in what amount?

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The amount of the estate tax is directly related to the amount of taxable gifts.

A) True
B) False

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The generation-skipping tax is designed to accomplish which of the following?


A) generate additional revenues to supplement the estate tax.
B) prevent the avoidance of transfer taxes (both estate and gift tax) through transfers that skip a generation of recipients.
C) eliminate the possibility that the estate tax can be avoided by gifts in contemplation of death.
D) replace the gift tax on distributions from trusts.
E) None of these.

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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Sophia is single and owns the following property:  Description  Value  Real estate property $4,500,000 Cash, stock, and bonds 2,800,000 Personal property 300,000\begin{array}{lr}{\text { Description }} & {\text { Value }} \\\text { Real estate property } & \$ 4,500,000 \\\text { Cash, stock, and bonds } & 2,800,000 \\\text { Personal property } & 300,000\end{array} Sophia owns the real property in joint tenancy with Daniel. They purchased the property several years ago for $1 million. Sophia was only able to provide $200,000 of the purchase price. If Sophia dies, what is the amount of her gross estate?

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The Federal transfer taxes are calculated using cumulative lifetime transfers.

A) True
B) False

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Grace transferred $800,000 into trust with the income to be paid annually to her spouse, Isaiah, for life and the remainder to Taylor. Calculate the amount of the taxable gifts from the transfers.

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Chloe's gross estate consists of the following property valued at the date of death: Description \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad Value Real estate $5,500,000\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad \$ 5,500,000 Cash, stock, and bonds 1,700,000\quad\quad\quad1,700,000 Personal property 300,000\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad 300,000 Chloe's real estate is encumbered by a mortgage of $450,000, and Chloe's executor paid her funeral costs of $6,000 and charged fees for $24,000. Which of the following is a true statement?


A) Chloe's adjusted gross estate is at least $7,020,000.
B) Chloe's taxable estate is at least $7,020,000.
C) Chloe's taxable estate is $7,050,000.
D) Chloe's estate will calculate the tentative estate tax on $7.5 million.
E) None of these is true.

F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

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Madison was married at the time of her death and her gross estate consisted of $22 million in stock and bonds. Madison left all of her property to her spouse. What is the result?


A) Madison's taxable estate will be zero.
B) Madison's surviving spouse will have an income tax basis in the inherited property of zero.
C) Madison's adjusted gross estate will be zero.
D) Madison's estate will have a tentative estate tax of zero.
E) None of these.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Only complete gifts are subject to the Federal gift tax.

A) True
B) False

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