Annual Installment Example 2

 

Annual Installment Example 2

Feb-17-2016Date of death
Nov-17-2016Estate tax return due date. Form 4768 is filed to request an automatic 6-month extension of time to file with a separate request to extend the time to pay. The estimated amount of tax that will not be deferred under §6166 is $2,500,000, which designated sum is paid with the Form 4768 filing.
May-17-2017Estate tax return filing date. The estate makes a regular section 6166(a) 14-year election. The first installment will be due on Nov-17-2021.
 There is a $2,000,000 charitable deduction.
 

The payments due with the return are:

  • the balance of non-deferred tax, plus
  • regular rate interest thereon.
 The actual amount of non-deferred tax is $2,803,802.19. The unpaid balance of non-deferred tax is $303,802.19. Regular rate interest on the balance of non-deferred tax calculated through the return filing date of May-17-2017 is $4,550.13, for a total payment of $308,352.32.
Annual Installment Computation - Example 2
§6166(b)(6) Adjusted Gross Estate Computation
Gross estate 50,000,000.00
Schedule J -  
 A.Funeral expenses25,000.00 
 B.1.Executors' commissions1,000,000.00 
  2.Attorney fees1,400,000.00 
  3.Accountant fees415,000.00 
  4.Miscellaneous  
   a.Appraisals250,000.00 
   b.Utilities14,375.00 
   c.Other1,215.00 
   d.Interest accrued and paid on unpaid non-deferred tax calculated through the return filing date4,550.13 
 Total Schedule J3,110,140.13 
Schedule K - Debts  
 Debts of decedent144,535.00 
Schedule K - Mortgages and Liens  
 Mortgages876,550.00 
 Total Schedule K1,021,085.00 
Total Schedules J and K debts and expenses4,131,225.13 
Allowable amount of deductions4,131,225.13 
Schedule L - Net Losses0 
Schedule L - Expenses on property not subject to claims0 
Total Schedules J, K, and L debts and expenses4,131,225.134,131,225.13
Section 6166(b)(6) adjusted gross estate 45,868,774.87
Annual Installment Computation - Example 2
§6166(a)(2) Ratio Computation
Section 6166 business value, divided by 37,500,000.00
Section 6166(b)(6) adjusted gross estate, yields 45,868,774.87
Section 6166(a)(2) ratio for the maximum amount of tax which may be paid in installments 0.817550
Annual Installment Computation - Example 2
Estate Tax Computation
1Gross estate 50,000,000.00
  Schedules J, K, and L deductions4,131,225.13 
  Marital deduction0.00 
  Charitable deduction2,000,000.00 
2Total allowable deductions 6,131,225.13
3aTentative taxable estate 43,868,774.87
3bState death tax deduction 0.00
3cTaxable estate 43,868,774.87
4Adjusted taxable gifts 0.00
5Add lines 3c and 4 43,868,774.87
6Tentative tax on the line 5 amount 17,493,309.95
7Total gift tax paid or payable 0.00
8Gross estate tax 17,493,309.95
9aBasic exclusion amount5,450,000.00 
9bDSUE amount0.00 
9cApplicable exclusion amount5,450,000.00 
9dApplicable credit amount2,125,800.00 
10Adjustment to applicable credit amount 0.00
11Allowable applicable credit amount 2,125,800.00
12Subtract line 11 from line 8 15,367,509.95
13Credit for foreign death taxes0.00 
14Credit for tax on prior transfers0.00 
15Total credits 0.00
16Net estate tax 15,367,509.95
17Generation-Skipping taxes payable 0.00
18Total transfer taxes 15,367,509.95
Annual Installment Computation - Example 2
§6166(a) Catch-Up Payment Due May-17-2017
Net estate tax (equal to total transfer taxes in this example)15,367,509.95
Section 6166(a)(2) ratio expressed as a percentage81.7550%
Maximum amount of tax which may be paid in installments under §616612,563,707.76
Tax not deferred and due on the return due date of Nov-17-20162,803,802.19
Non-deferred tax paid on the return due date2,500,000.00
Balance of non-deferred tax due303,802.19
The Annual Installment
Maximum amount of tax eligible for the section 6166(b)(7) election12,563,707.76
Number of installments selected10
The annual installment, the first of which will be due Nov-17-20211,256,370.78
The Catch-Up Payment Due May-17-2017
Balance of non-deferred tax due303,802.19
Interest at regular underpayment interest rates on this sum due May-17-20174,550.13
Total catch-up payment due May-17-2017308,352.32