2021 Colorado Code
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Article 12 - Probate of Wills and Administration
Part 14 - Colorado Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act
§ 15-12-1405. Credits and Deferrals

1. Except as otherwise provided for in sections 15-12-1406 and 15-12-1407, the following rules apply to credits and deferrals of estate taxes:
   1. A credit resulting from the payment of gift taxes or from estate taxes paid on property previously taxed inures ratably to the benefit of all persons to which the estate tax is apportioned.
   2. A credit for state or foreign estate taxes inures ratably to the benefit of all persons to which the estate tax is apportioned, except that the amount of credit for a state or foreign tax paid by a beneficiary of the property on which the state or foreign tax was imposed, directly or by a charge against the property, inures to the benefit of the beneficiary.
   3. If payment of a portion of an estate tax is deferred because of the inclusion in the gross estate of a particular interest in property, the benefit of the deferral inures ratably to the persons to whom the estate tax attributable to the interest is apportioned. The burden of any interest charges incurred on a deferral of taxes and the benefit of any tax deduction associated with the accrual or payment of the interest charge is allocated ratably among the persons receiving an interest in the property.

History. Source: L. 2011: Entire part added,(SB 11-165), ch. 184, p. 703, § 1, effective August 10.

Section 2013 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 allows a credit for federal estate taxes paid on certain properties that were included in the taxable estate of a person who died within a relatively short time of the decedent's death. This credit often is referred to as a credit for property previously taxed.

A beneficiary of property attracting a foreign or State death tax may have paid that tax directly or may have paid it indirectly by virtue of the tax's being paid out of the property passing to that person. If that occurs, while the beneficiary's payment of the foreign or State tax reduces the amount that the beneficiary will receive, it will not reduce the value of the beneficiary's interest in the apportionable estate according to the definition of “value” in this Act. See section 15-12-1402 (8) . The Act mitigates the beneficiary's burden by giving the beneficiary the benefit of any estate tax credit allowed for the foreign or State tax and paid by the beneficiary.

The benefits and burdens described in subsection (1)(c) are to be allocated ratably among persons in accordance with the amount of deferral or extension attributable to their interests in the apportionable estate.