2017 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
Subtitle B - Estate and Gift Taxes
Chapter 13 - Tax on Generation-Skipping Transfers
Subchapter B - Generation-Skipping Transfers
Sec. 2611 - Generation-skipping transfer defined
| 26 U.S.C. § 2611 (2017) |
| §2611. Generation-skipping transfer defined |
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(a) In general
For purposes of this chapter, the term "generation-skipping transfer" means— (1) a taxable distribution, (2) a taxable termination, and (3) a direct skip. The term "generation-skipping transfer" does not include— (1) any transfer which, if made inter vivos by an individual, would not be treated as a taxable gift by reason of section 2503(e) (relating to exclusion of certain transfers for educational or medical expenses), and (2) any transfer to the extent— (A) the property transferred was subject to a prior tax imposed under this chapter, (B) the transferee in the prior transfer was assigned to the same generation as (or a lower generation than) the generation assignment of the transferee in this transfer, and (C) such transfers do not have the effect of avoiding tax under this chapter with respect to any transfer. |
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(Added Pub. L. 94–455, title XX, §2006(a), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1882; amended Pub. L. 99–514, title XIV, §1431(a), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2718; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, §§1014(g)(1), (2), 1018(u)(43), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3562, 3592.) |
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AMENDMENTS
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–647, §§1014(g)(1), 1018(u)(43), substituted "generation-skipping transfer" for "generation-skipping transfers" and "means" for "mean". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–647, §1014(g)(2), redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (1) and (2), respectively, and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "any transfer (other than a direct skip) from a trust, to the extent such transfer is subject to a tax imposed by chapter 11 or 12 with respect to a person in the 1st generation below that of the grantor, and". 1986—Pub. L. 99–514 amended section generally, substituting provisions defining "generation-skipping transfers" and what that term does not include, for former provisions which defined "generation-skipping transfer", "transfer", and "generation-skipping trust", contained provisions to be used in determining the ascertainment of generation, and provided for a generation-skipping trust equivalent. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 100–647 effective, except as otherwise provided, as if included in the provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99–514, to which such amendment relates, see section 1019(a) of Pub. L. 100–647, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENTSection applicable to generation-skipping transfers (within the meaning of section 2611 of this title) made after Oct. 22, 1986, except as otherwise provided, see section 1433 of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 2601 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE |
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| Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE Subtitle B - Estate and Gift Taxes CHAPTER 13 - TAX ON GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFERS Subchapter B - Generation-Skipping Transfers Sec. 2611 - Generation-skipping transfer defined |
| section 2611 |
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| January 12, 2018 |
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| standard |
| 90 Stat. 1882 100 Stat. 2718 102 Stat. 3562 |
| Public Law 94-455, Public Law 99-514, Public Law 100-647 |
