26 CFR 28.2801-0
§ 28.2801-0 Table of contents.
United States · 26 CFR — Internal Revenue · Status: effective
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This section lists the headings in §§ 28.2801-1 through 28.2801-7.
(a) In general.
(b) Applicability date.
(a) Overview.
(b) U.S. citizen or resident.
(c) Domestic trust.
(d) Foreign trust.
(1) In general.
(2) Electing foreign trust.
(3) Non-electing foreign trust.
(e) U.S. recipient.
(f) Covered bequest.
(g) Covered gift.
(h) Expatriate and covered expatriate.
(i) Indirect acquisition of property.
(j) Power of appointment.
(k) Section 2801 tax.
(l) Section 2801(c) amount.
(m) Statutory references.
(1) Code.
(2) Subtitle B.
(n) Applicability date.
(a) Covered gift.
(b) Covered bequest.
(c) Exceptions to covered gift and covered bequest.
(1) Reported taxable gifts.
(2) Property reported as subject to estate tax.
(3) Covered bequest previously subject to section 2801 tax as a covered gift.
(4) Transfers to charity.
(5) Transfers to spouse.
(6) Qualified disclaimers.
(d) Covered gifts and covered bequests made in trust.
(e) Powers of appointment.
(1) Covered expatriate as holder of power.
(2) Covered expatriate as grantor of power.
(f) Examples.
(g) Applicability date.
(a) Liability for tax.
(1) U.S. citizen or resident.
(2) Domestic trust.
(i) In general.
(ii) Generation-skipping transfer tax.
(iii) [Reserved].
(iv) Migrated foreign trust.
(3) Foreign trust.
(i) In general.
(ii) Income tax deduction.
(b) Computation of tax.
(1) In general.
(2) Net covered gifts and covered bequests.
(c) Value of covered gift or covered bequest.
(d) Date of receipt.
(1) In general.
(2) Covered gift.
(3) Covered bequest.
(4) Domestic trusts and electing foreign trusts.
(5) Non-electing foreign trusts.
(6) Powers of appointment.
(i) Covered expatriate as holder of power.
(ii) Covered expatriate as grantor of power.
(7) Indirect receipts.
(8) Future interest in property not in trust.
(i) Date of receipt.
(ii) Date-of-receipt election for future interest in property not in trust.
(e) Reduction of tax for foreign gift or estate tax paid.
(1) In general.
(2) Protective claim for refund.
(f) Examples.
(g) Applicability date.
(a) In general.
(b) Distribution defined.
(c) Amount of distribution attributable to covered gift or covered bequest.
(1) Section 2801 ratio.
(i) In general.
(ii) Computation.
(2) Effect of reported transfer and tax payment.
(3) Inadequate information to calculate section 2801 ratio.
(d) Foreign trust treated as domestic trust.
(1) Election required.
(2) Effect of election.
(3) Time and manner of making the election.
(i) When to make the election.
(ii) Requirements for a valid election.
(iii) Section 2801 tax payable with the election.
(iv) Designation of U.S. agent.
(A) In general.
(B) Role of designated agent.
(C) Effect of appointment of agent.
(4) Filing requirement.
(5) Duration of status as electing foreign trust.
(i) In general.
(ii) Termination.
(A) Manner of termination.
(B) Effective date of termination.
(C) Notice requirements upon termination.
(iii) Subsequent elections.
(6) Dispute as to amount of section 2801 tax owed by electing foreign trust.
(i) Procedure.
(ii) Effect of compliance.
(iii) Effect of failing to comply (imperfect election).
(A) In general.
(B) Notice to permissible distributees.
(C) Reasonable cause.
(D) Interim period.
(7) No overpayment caused solely by virtue of defect in election.
(e) Examples.
(f) Applicability date.
(a) Determination of basis.
(b) Generation-skipping transfer tax.
(c) Information returns.
(1) Gifts and bequests.
(2) Foreign trust distributions.
(3) Penalties and use of information.
(d) Application of penalties.
(1) Accuracy-related penalties on underpayments.
(2) Penalty for substantial and gross valuation misstatements attributable to incorrect appraisals.
(3) Penalty for failure to file a return and to pay tax.
(e) Applicability date.
(a) Responsibility of U.S. citizens or residents receiving gifts or bequests from expatriates.
(b) Disclosure of return and return information.
(1) In general.
(2) Rebuttable presumption.
(c) Protective return.
(d) Applicability date.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.