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the right amount of tax. Subtitle B, Estate and Gift Taxes, of the
Internal Revenue Code, imposes a tax in some cases on qualified heirs
who dispose of property valued under special valuation rules. This
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Where To File on page 1.
General Instructions
Item You Should Note.
The 10-15 year phasedown of the recapture tax does not apply
to the estates of decedents dying after 1981. For these estates, no
recapture tax is imposed on dispositions or cessations occurring more
than 10 years after the commencement date. (If you are filing this
form for the estate of a decedent dying after 1976 and before 1982,
see the March 1997 revision of Form 706-A.)
Who May Use This Form
This Form 706-A may be used for the estates of decedents dying
after December 31, 1981, to report all dispositions or cessations of
qualified use that occurred after December 31, 1981.
Purpose of Form
An heir must use Form 706-A to report the additional estate tax
imposed by section 2032A(c) for an early disposition of specially
valued property or for an early cessation of a qualified use of
specially valued property.
The recapture tax is limited to the tax savings attributable to the
property actually disposed of (or for which qualified use ceased)
rather than to the tax savings attributable to all the specially
valued property received by the heir.
Who Must File
The qualified heir must file Form 706-A if there was any taxable
event (as defined below) with respect to the specially valued
property even if no tax is ultimately due. Further, the qualified heir
must file Form 706-A if there was any involuntary conversion or
exchange of the specially valued property even if the conversion or
exchange is nontaxable.
When To File and Pay
File Form 706-A and pay any additional taxes due within 6 months
after the taxable disposition or cessation of the qualified use unless
an extension of time has been granted.
Use Form 4768, Application for Extension of Time to File
a Return and/or Pay U.S. Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer)
Taxes, to apply for an extension of time to file. Circle Form 706-A
at the top of Form 4768.
Make the check or money order payable to the United States Treasury
and write the qualified heir's social security number on the check or
money order.
Where To File
File Form 706-A with the Internal Revenue Service office where Form
706 for the decedent's estate was filed.
Statute of Limitations
The additional estate tax may be assessed until 3 years after the
IRS receives notice that the qualified heir disposed of the specially
valued property or ceased to use it for the qualified use.
However, if the property was disposed of in an involuntary
conversion or in an exchange, the tax may be assessed up to 3 years
after the IRS receives notice that the property was replaced or will
not be replaced. See section 2032A(f).
Lien
If the estate elected special use valuation, section 6324B
establishes a special lien against the specially valued property equal
to the adjusted tax difference attributable to the special use
valuation.
Definitions
Specially valued property.
The term specially valued property means farm or closely
held business property that the executor elected to value at actual
use rather than fair market value. The executor makes the election on
Form 706, United States Estate (and Generation- Skipping
Transfer) Tax Return, filed for the decedent. Specially valued
property refers to the qualified real property described in section
2032A and includes qualified real property owned indirectly, such as
interests in certain partnerships, corporations, and trusts as
described in section 2032A. If special valuation was elected on Form
706, each qualified heir consented in writing to his or her personal
liability for the additional estate tax attributable to his or her
interest in the specially valued property.
Qualified heir.
The term qualified heir means, for any property, a member of
the decedent's family who acquired the property (or to whom the
property passes) from the decedent. If a qualified heir disposes of
any interest in qualified real property to any member of his or her
family, that member shall thereafter be treated as the qualified heir
for the interest.
Taxable Events
The qualified heir causes a taxable event by disposing of any
interest in the specially valued property or ceasing to use the
specially valued property for its qualified use if:
- The disposition or cessation of qualified use was before the
death of the qualified heir, and
- The disposition or cessation was within 10 years after the
decedent's death. (But see Two-Year Grace Period below.)
Only one additional estate tax will be imposed with respect to any
one part of specially valued property. For example, if additional
estate tax is imposed for early cessation of a qualified use, a second
additional estate tax will not be imposed for a subsequent early
disposition of the same part of the specially valued property.
Disposition to family member.
A disposition of an interest in property to a family member of the
qualified heir is a taxable event that must be reported on Form
706-A. If the transferee enters into an agreement to be personally
liable for any additional tax under section 2032A(c), the disposition
is nontaxable and you should enter it on Schedule C.
If the family member does not enter into the agreement, the
disposition is taxable and you should enter it on Schedule A.
Disposition of timber.
If the executor made a qualified woodlands election (section
2032A(e)(13)(A)), the disposition or severing of timber from the
woodland is a disposition of a portion of the interest in the
property. The disposition of a right to sever is treated as a
disposition of the standing timber.
The additional estate tax on this disposition is the amount equal
to the lesser of:
- The amount realized on the disposition (or, if other than a
sale or exchange at arm's length, the fair market value of the
interest disposed of), or
- The amount of additional estate tax that would have been
imposed if the entire interest of the qualified heir in the qualified
woodland had been disposed of, minus any additional estate tax imposed
on all earlier transactions involving the woodland.
Cessation of qualified use.
The specially valued real property must be used as a farm for
farming purposes, or used in a trade or business other than the trade
or business of farming. For more details, see the Instructions for
Form 706.
The qualified use ceases if the specially valued real property is
not used for the qualified use described above. Use of the property as
a farm or other business is also considered to cease if, during any
8-year period that ends after the decedent's death, there were periods
totaling more than 3 years during which:
- Neither the decedent nor any member of the decedent's family
materially participated in the operation of the farm or other business
(while the decedent held the property); and
- Neither the qualified heir nor any member of the qualified
heir's family materially participated in the operation of the farm or
other business (while the heir held the property).
If the decedent was retired or disabled before death, there are
special rules for applying the 8-year period to paragraph 1
above. See section 2032A(b)(4) and the Instructions for Form
706.
Member of family.
The term member of the family includes only:
- An ancestor (parent, grandparent, etc.) of the individual
(where individual refers to either the decedent or a qualified
heir),
- The spouse of the individual,
- A lineal descendant (child, stepchild, grandchild, etc.) of
the individual, the individual's spouse, or a parent of the
individual, or
- The spouse, widow, or widower of any lineal descendant
described above.
A legally adopted child of an individual is treated as a child of
that individual by blood.
Period of material participation.
To determine whether the material participation requirement is
satisfied, include periods during which the decedent's estate held the
property.
If a qualified heir dies before the required period has passed, any
material participation requirement ends for that heir's portion of the
property, provided the heir received a separate or other undivided
interest from the decedent.
If qualified heirs receive successive interests in specially valued
property (e.g., a life estate and remainder interests), the material
participation requirement does not end for any part of the property
until the later of the expiration of the recapture period or the death
of the last qualified heir.
In determining whether the required participation has occurred,
disregard brief periods (30 days or less) during which there was no
material participation. But you may disregard these periods only if
they were both preceded and followed by substantial periods (more than
120 days) in which there was uninterrupted material participation.
Required activities for material participation.
See the Instructions for Form 706.
Basis
See section 1014(a). For an election to increase basis, see section
1016(c) and Temporary Regulations section 301.9100-4T.
Two-Year Grace Period:
Commencement Date
For the 2 years immediately following the date of the decedent's
death, the failure by the qualified heir to begin using the property
in a qualified use will not be considered a cessation of qualified use
and therefore will not trigger the additional estate tax. The date on
which the qualified heir begins to use the property in a qualified use
is the commencement date.
The 10-year recapture period is extended by the period after the
decedent's death and before the commencement date.
For example, if the decedent died February 28, 1989, and the
commencement date is August 1, 1990, the recapture period would begin
August 1, 1990, and end July 31, 2000.
How To Complete Form 706-A
You may only file Form 706-A for one qualified heir. If a
disposition, cessation, involuntary conversion, or exchange involves
more than one qualified heir, you must file a separate Form 706-A for
each.
Complete Form 706-A in this order:
- Part I;
- Schedules A and B;
- Part II;
- Schedule C.
The qualified heir must sign the return.
Specific Instructions
Valuation
When computing the amounts to enter on Form 706-A, use the same
values and estate tax that the executor reported on the Form 706 filed
for the decedent. However, if the IRS has completed the audit of the
estate tax return, use the agreed values and tax rather than the
reported values and tax.
Schedule A
On Schedule A list every specially valued property interest that
the qualified heir disposed of or discontinued use of since the date
of the decedent's death and for which a Form 706-A has not been
previously filed. Do not list any interests that have already been
reported on a previously filed Form 706-A. In general, do not list
property interests disposed of to family members of the qualified
heir. These interests should be listed on Schedule C.
Column A.
Within each Part, list and number the property interests in
chronological order of disposition or cessation.
Column B.
Use the same description in column B that the executor used for the
specially valued property on the Form 706 filed for the decedent.
Please include in column B the schedule and item number where the
specially valued property was reported on the Form 706 filed for the
decedent's estate.
Column C.
Report in column C the date that the qualified heir disposed of the
specially valued property or discontinued the qualified use.
Column D.
If the qualified heir disposed of the specially valued property in
an arm's length transaction, report in column D the amount realized.
An arm's length transaction is a transaction where there is
no bargain or gift element for affection or other reasons.
The amount realized is the sum of the money received plus the fair
market value of property (other than money) received. For the real
property taxes that must be taken into account, see section 1001(b).
If the qualified heir owned only a part of the specially valued
property, report in column D the pro rata share of the amount realized
that is allocable to the part owned by the qualified heir.
If the specially valued property is disposed of by the qualified
heir in other than an arm's length transaction, or if the qualified
use is discontinued by the qualified heir, report in column D the fair
market value of the specially valued property as of the date of
disposition or cessation of qualified use.
Fair market value is the price at which the property would change
hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being
under any compulsion to buy or to sell and both having reasonable
knowledge of relevant facts.
For additional information and examples, see Regulations section
20.2031-1(b). If the qualified heir owned only a part of the specially
valued property, report in column D the pro rata share of the fair
market value allocable to the part owned by the qualified heir.
Column E.
Report in column E the special use value at the date of the
decedent's death (or alternate valuation date) of the specially valued
property that passed from the decedent to the qualified heir who
disposed of the property or discontinued the qualified use. Use the
same special use value that the executor reported on the Form 706
filed for the decedent's estate. If the IRS has completed the audit of
the estate tax return, use the agreed value rather than the reported
value. If the qualified heir owned only a part of the specially valued
property, report in column E the pro rata share of the special use
value allocable to the part owned by the qualified heir.
Schedule B - Involuntary Conversions or Exchanges
Involuntary conversions of qualified real property (under the rules
of section 1033) and exchanges of qualified real property (under the
rules of section 1031) are treated similarly when computing the
additional estate tax on Form 706-A.
The rules below apply to all qualified heirs, whether or not they
made an election, for involuntary conversions and exchanges occurring
after 1981.
If you are reporting an involuntary conversion or exchange, you may
not use the same Form 706-A to report any cessations or other
dispositions that are not involuntary conversions or exchanges. Use a
separate Form 706-A for the cessations or other dispositions.
You may report conversions and exchanges together on the same
return.
Nontaxable Involuntary Conversions or Exchanges
If the qualified heir reinvests all of the involuntary conversion
proceeds in qualified replacement property or if the qualified heir
exchanges qualified real property solely for qualified exchange
property, then there is no additional estate tax.
You should complete Form 706-A, even though there is no tax, to
notify the IRS that the involuntary conversion or exchange took place.
However, you must complete only Part I, Schedule B, and Schedule A.
Write nontaxable on line 19 of Part II.
Partially Taxable Involuntary Conversions or Exchanges
If the cost of the qualified replacement property is less than the
amount realized in the involuntary conversion or if other property in
addition to qualified exchange property is received in the exchange,
the conversion or exchange is partially taxable. You should complete
all of Form 706-A and determine the tax using Part II.
List on Schedule A all specially valued property that the qualified
heir disposed of or discontinued use of, regardless of whether he or
she received replacement or exchange property for it. List on Schedule
B only the replacement or exchange property the qualified heir
actually received.
Qualified Replacement or Exchange Property
Qualified replacement property means any real property that is to
be used for the qualified use and that (a) was purchased by
the qualified heir within the time specified by section 1033 to
replace the qualified property, or (b) into which the
qualified real property is converted.
Qualified exchange property means any real property that is to be
used for the same qualified use that the property for which it was
exchanged was used.
The period of the decedent's or family member's ownership,
qualified use, or material participation with respect to replaced or
exchanged property is treated as the period of ownership, qualified
use, or material participation with respect to the qualified
replacement or exchange property. This applies only to that part of
the fair market value of the replacement or exchange property (at the
date of acquisition) that does not exceed the fair market value of the
replaced or exchanged property (at the date of disposition).
Note that the 10-year recapture period is extended under certain
circumstances.
How To Complete Schedule B
Column A.
Make one entry for each item of qualified replacement or exchange
property.
Column B.
Describe the qualified replacement property with enough detail so
that the IRS can locate and value it. For more information, see the
instructions to Schedule A of Form 706.
Column C.
For an involuntary conversion, enter the cost of the replacement
property. For an exchange, enter the fair market value of the
replacement property.
Part II - Tax Computation
Line 2
Enter the total value at the estate tax valuation date of all
specially valued property that the executor elected, on the Form 706
filed for the decedent's estate, to value at actual use rather than
fair market value.
Line 3a
Enter the amount of the estate tax for the decedent's estate that
is recomputed using fair market value at the estate tax valuation date
rather than actual use value. Attach a schedule showing the recomputed
estate tax.
Schedule C - Dispositions to Family Members of the Qualified Heir
Agreement by Transferee
You may enter a disposition to a family member of the qualified
heir on Schedule C only if you file this Form 706-A on time (including
extensions) and attach an agreement by the transferee to be personally
liable for any additional estate tax under section 2032A(c) on the
interest received. For a format for the agreement, see Form 706,
Schedule A-1.
If you are not filing this Form 706-A on time, or if the transferee
does not enter into the agreement, you must enter the disposition(s)
on Schedule A instead of Schedule C.
How To Complete the Schedule
See the instructions for completing columns A, B, and C of Schedule
A, beginning on page 2.
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