Taxation of Legacies and Successions in Massachusetts with Citations of Supreme Court Decisions ...Wright & Potter Printing Company, State printers, 1921 - 58 pages |
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... instructions upon the question whether he is liable to pay a tax upon the property , real and personal , of the testate found herein . The executor of a foreign will proved in this Commonwealth is liable to pay a tax under St. 1891 , c ...
... instructions upon the question whether he is liable to pay a tax upon the property , real and personal , of the testate found herein . The executor of a foreign will proved in this Commonwealth is liable to pay a tax under St. 1891 , c ...
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... instructions as to the payment of a collateral inheritance tax on the residuary legacies , it appeared that when the tes- tator died he was domiciled at S. in this Commonwealth , and nearly all his estate , consisting of bonds and stock ...
... instructions as to the payment of a collateral inheritance tax on the residuary legacies , it appeared that when the tes- tator died he was domiciled at S. in this Commonwealth , and nearly all his estate , consisting of bonds and stock ...
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... instructions as to whether the tax on collateral legacies and suc- cessions , provided by R. L. c . 15 , § 1 , should be assessed upon the value of the real estate without deducting the amount of the mortgage or only upon the value of ...
... instructions as to whether the tax on collateral legacies and suc- cessions , provided by R. L. c . 15 , § 1 , should be assessed upon the value of the real estate without deducting the amount of the mortgage or only upon the value of ...
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... instructions , brought by the trustee , and by an information filed by the Attorney General at the relation of the Treasurer and Receiver General , the question was raised whether the principal fund was subject to an inheritance tax ...
... instructions , brought by the trustee , and by an information filed by the Attorney General at the relation of the Treasurer and Receiver General , the question was raised whether the principal fund was subject to an inheritance tax ...
Page 36
... instructions as to whether the tax should be paid , for the purpose of ascertaining whether the services rendered fulfil the requirement of the statute by equalling or exceeding in " money's worth " the value of the property transferred ...
... instructions as to whether the tax should be paid , for the purpose of ascertaining whether the services rendered fulfil the requirement of the statute by equalling or exceeding in " money's worth " the value of the property transferred ...
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Page 33 - ... made or Intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment after the death of the grantor...
Page 8 - ... in the same manner as though the property to which such appointment relates belonged absolutely to the donee of such power and had been bequeathed or devised by such donee by will...
Page 8 - Whenever any person or corporation shall exercise a power of appointment derived from any disposition of property made either before or after the passage of this act, such appointment when made shall be deemed a transfer taxable under the provisions of this act...
Page 9 - ... shall omit or fail to exercise the same within the time provided therefor, in whole or in part, a transfer taxable under the provisions of this act, shall be deemed to take place to the extent of such omission or failure, in the same manner as though the persons or corporations thereby becoming entitled to the possession or enjoyment of the property to which such power related had succeeded thereto by a will of the donee of the power failing to exercise such power, taking effect at the time of...
Page 35 - ... tax, to take effect in possession, or come into actual enjoyment after the expiration of one or more life estates, or a...
Page 31 - ... probate court having jurisdiction of the settlement of the estate of the decedent, which court shall, subject to appeal as in other cases, hear and determine all questions relative to said tax, and the state treasurer shall represent the state in any such proceeding.
Page 5 - Lineal ancestor, except father or mother; lineal descendant, except child or grandchild; lineal descendant of adopted child; lineal ancestor of adoptive parent; wife or widow of a son; husband of a daughter, 1% 2% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% CLASS C.
Page 41 - ... the common law and are in accord in respect of the character and incidents of tenancy by the entirety.' In legal contemplation the tenants constitute a unit; neither can dispose of any part of the estate without the consent of the other; and the whole continues in the survivor. In Maryland, such a tenancy may exist in personal property as well as in real estate. These decisions establish a state rule of property, by which, of course, this court is bound. Warburton v. White, 176 US 484, 496.
Page 35 - Information filed the same day by the attorney general, at the relation of the treasurer and receiver general, seeking to have the trustee ordered to pay the tax.
Page 21 - If, upon the decease of a person leaving an estate liable to a tax under the provisions of this act, a will disposing of such estate is not offered for probate, or an application for administration made within four months after such decease, the probate court, upon application by the tax commissioner, shall appoint an administrator, if it then appears that there is no will in existence.