McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 3rd Edition by Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

Exercise 66

Jones is seriously ill and has $6 million of property that he wants to leave to his four children.He is considering making a current gift of the property (rather than leaving the property to pass through his will).Assuming any taxable transfer will be subject to the highest transfer tax rate, determine how much gift tax Jones will owe if he makes the transfers now.How much estate tax will Jones save under the 2011 rate schedule and unified credit if he dies after three years, during which time the property appreciates to $6. million?