26 U.S.C. § 2015

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
Section 2015 - Credit for death taxes on remainders

Where an election is made under section 6163(a) to postpone payment of the tax imposed by section 2001, or 2101, such part of any estate, inheritance, legacy, or succession taxes allowable as a credit under section 2014, as is attributable to a reversionary or remainder interest may be allowed as a credit against the tax attributable to such interest, subject to the limitations on the amount of the credit contained in such sections, if such part is paid, and credit therefor claimed, at any time before the expiration of the time for payment of the tax imposed by section 2001 or 2101 as postponed and extended under section 6163.

26 U.S.C. § 2015

Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 379; Pub. L. 85-866, title I, §66(a)(1), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1657; Pub. L. 107-16, title V, §532(c)(4), June 7, 2001, 115 Stat. 74.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2001-Pub. L. 107-16 struck out "2011 or" before "2014". 1958-Pub. L. 85-866 substituted "the time for payment of the tax imposed by section 2001 or 2101 as postponed and extended under section 6163" for "60 days after the termination of the precedent interest or interests in the property".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2001 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 107-16 applicable to estates of decedents dying, and generation-skipping transfers, after Dec. 31, 2004, see section 532(d) of Pub. L. 107-16, set out as a note under section 2012 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 85-866, title I, §66(a)(3), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1658, provided that: "The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) [amending this section and section 927 of I.R.C. 1939] shall apply in the case of any reversionary or remainder interest in property only if the precedent interest or interests in the property did not terminate before the beginning of the 60-day period which ends on the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 2, 1958]."