U.S. Estate Tax Return for Qualified Domestic Trusts

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Instructions for
Form 706-QDT

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

(Rev. February 2007)
U.S. Estate Tax Return for Qualified Domestic Trusts
Section references are to the Internal
Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

Who Must File

What’s New

Either the trustee or the designated
filer, as described below, must file Form
706-QDT for any year in which the
QDOT has a taxable event (defined
below) or makes a distribution on
account of hardship.

• The trustee or designated filer must
now file Form 706-QDT at the
Cincinnati Service Center, regardless of
whether the estate of the decedent
(grantor of the QDOT) filed a Form 706,
U.S. Estate (and Generation-Skipping
Transfer) Tax Return; or a Form
706-NA, U.S. Estate (and
Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax
Return, Estate of nonresident not a
citizen of the United States. See Where
To File on page 2 for the address.
• You can apply for an automatic
6-month extension of time to file Form
706-QDT by filing Form 4768,
Application for Extension of Time To
File a Return and/or Pay U.S. Estate
(and Generation-Skipping Transfer)
Taxes. When asking for an automatic
6-month extension, you are not
required to provide an explanation for
your request. See Form 4768 for more
details.

General Instructions
Purpose of Form
The trustee or designated filer
(described below) of a qualified
domestic trust (QDOT) uses Form
706-QDT to figure and report the estate
tax due on:
• Certain distributions from the QDOT,
• The value of the property remaining
in the QDOT on the date of the
surviving spouse’s death, and
• The corpus portion of certain annuity
payments.
Under certain circumstances, the
trustee/designated filer uses Form
706-QDT to notify the IRS that the trust
is exempt from future filing because the
surviving spouse has become a U.S.
citizen and meets the requirements
listed under Line 4. Spousal Election on
page 4.
The qualified domestic trust rules
apply only in those situations where a
decedent’s surviving spouse is not a
U.S. citizen.

Trustee
If the surviving spouse is the
beneficiary of only one QDOT, the
trustee of that QDOT is liable for filing
Form 706-QDT and paying the tax.
The trustee must also file Form
706-QDT if the surviving spouse is the
beneficiary of more than one QDOT,
unless the decedent’s executor
designated one U.S. trustee as the
designated filer.
If there is more than one trustee for
any single trust, each trustee is liable
for filing the return and paying the tax.
If there is a designated filer, the
trustee must still complete a separate
Schedule B of Form 706-QDT for each
trust for which he or she is the trustee
and provide the completed Schedule B
to the designated filer at least 60 days
before the due date for filing Form
706-QDT.

Designated Filer
If the surviving spouse is the
beneficiary of more than one QDOT
from a single decedent, and the
decedent’s executor has made such a
designation, then the designated filer
selected by the executor is liable for
filing the return and paying the tax for
all QDOTs. This designation can be
made on either the decedent’s estate
tax return or the first Form 706-QDT
that is timely filed.
In this case, the trustee of each
QDOT is responsible for completing
Schedule B of Form 706-QDT for his
or her trust and giving it to the
designated filer.

Definitions
Qualified domestic trust. A qualified
domestic trust is any trust that qualifies
for an estate tax marital deduction
under section 2056 and also meets all
of the following requirements.
• The trust instrument requires that at
least one trustee be either a U.S.
citizen or a domestic corporation,
Cat. No. 12384F

• The trust instrument requires that no

distribution of corpus from the trust may
be made unless that trustee has the
right to withhold from the distribution
the QDOT tax imposed on the
distribution,
• The QDOT election under section
2056A(d) has been made for the trust
by the executor of the estate on the
decedent’s estate tax return, and
• The requirements of all applicable
regulations have been met.
Taxable event. A taxable event is any
of the following:
1. Any distribution from a QDOT
(and certain annuity payments) before
the death of the surviving spouse,
except:
a. Distributions of income to the
surviving spouse, and
b. Any distributions made to the
surviving spouse on account of
hardship;
2. The death of the surviving
spouse; and
3. The failure of the trust to qualify
as a QDOT.
Hardship distribution. A distribution
of principal is treated as made on
account of hardship if it is made to the
spouse from the QDOT in response to
an immediate and substantial financial
need relating to the spouse’s health,
maintenance, education, or support, or
the health, maintenance, education, or
support of any person that the surviving
spouse is legally obligated to support.
Decedent. In these instructions,
decedent means the grantor of the
QDOT on whose estate tax return the
executor makes the QDOT election.
Surviving spouse. In these
instructions, surviving spouse means
the individual who is both the surviving
spouse of the decedent and also the
beneficiary of the decedent’s QDOT.

When To File
Form 706-QDT is an annual return.
Generally, the return to report
distributions is due on or after January
1 but not later than April 15 of the year
following any calendar year in which a
taxable event occurred or a distribution
was made on account of hardship.
However, if you are filing the return
because of the death of the surviving
spouse, you must file it within 9 months

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following the date of death. You must
also report on that return all reportable
distributions made during the calendar
year in which the surviving spouse died.
This rule may result in a return being
due before April 15. For example, if the
surviving spouse died on June 12,
2006, Form 706-QDT would be due
March 12, 2007, and must include all
reportable distributions made during
2006.
If the trust ceases to qualify as a
QDOT, you must file Form 706-QDT
within 9 months of the date on which
the trust ceased to qualify. You must
include on that return any reportable
distributions made during the calendar
year of the failure to qualify.
Use Form 4768 to apply for an
automatic 6-month extension of time to
file Form 706-QDT. Check the “Form
706-QDT” box in Part II of Form 4768.
Note. An extension of time to file does
not extend the time to pay the tax.

Where To File
File Form 706-QDT at the following
address:
Internal Revenue Service Center
Cincinnati, OH 45999

Paying the Tax
Generally, the QDOT estate tax is due
by April 15 of the year following the
calendar year in which taxable
distributions were made. However, if
the surviving spouse died during the
year or if the trust ceased to qualify as
a QDOT during the year, the tax on
those events and on any taxable
distributions occurring during that
calendar year is due within 9 months
following the date of death or the failure
to qualify.
If the QDOT qualifies, you may elect
under section 6166 to pay the tax in
installments. You may make either a
protective or final election by checking
“Yes” on line 3 of Part II — Elections by
the Trustee/Designated Filer, and
attaching the required statements. See
the instructions under Line 3.
Installment Payments on page 4 for
additional information.
Make the check payable to “United
States Treasury.” Write the surviving
spouse’s social security number (or
individual taxpayer identification
number (ITIN), if applicable) and “Form
706-QDT” on the check to assist us in
posting it to the proper account.

Signature
If the trustee is filing the return and
there is more than one trustee listed, all
listed trustees must verify and sign the
return. All trustees are responsible for
the return as filed and are liable for

penalties provided for erroneous or
false returns.
The trustee/designated filer who files
the return must, in every case, sign the
declaration on page 1 under penalties
of perjury. If you pay someone to
prepare the return, that person must
also sign the return at the bottom of
page 1.

Supplemental
Documents
You must attach a copy of the trust
instrument to the first Form 706-QDT
filed for the trust. You do not need to
attach a copy of the trust to any
subsequent filings of Form 706-QDT.
If you are filing the return due to the
death of the surviving spouse, attach a
copy of the death certificate.

Penalties
Section 6651 provides penalties for
both late filing and for late payment
unless there is reasonable cause for
the delay. The law also provides
penalties for willful attempts to evade
payment of tax.
Section 6662 provides penalties for
underpayment of estate taxes which
exceed $5,000 that are attributable to
valuation understatements. See
sections 6662(g) and (h) for more
details.

Security for Payment of
the Tax
Assets in Excess of $2
Million
If the estate tax value of the assets
passing to the QDOT exceeds $2
million (determined without regard to
any indebtedness), the trust instrument
must require that the trust meet at least
one of the following conditions at all
times during the term of the QDOT:
• At least one U.S. trustee must be a
bank as defined in section 581,
• The U.S. trustee must furnish a bond
in favor of the Internal Revenue Service
in an amount equal to 65% of the fair
market value of the trust assets, or
• The U.S. trustee must furnish an
irrevocable letter of credit issued by a
bank in an amount equal to 65% of the
fair market value of the trust assets.
The trust instrument may also meet
this requirement by specific reference
to the applicable paragraph of
Regulations section 20.2056A-2(d).
The QDOT may alternate between
any of these arrangements provided
that one of the arrangements is
operative at any given time. The QDOT
may give the trustee the discretion to
use any one of the security
arrangements, or may limit the trustee

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to using only one or two of the
arrangements.

Assets of $2 Million or Less
If the estate tax value of the assets
passing to the QDOT is $2 million or
less (determined without regard to any
indebtedness), the trust instrument
must require that the trust meet at least
one of the following conditions at all
times during the term of the QDOT:
• That no more than 35% of the fair
market value of trust assets,
determined annually on the last day of
the taxable year of the trust, will consist
of real property located outside the
United States; or
• That the trust will meet the
requirements described above for
QDOTs with assets in excess of
$2 million.
For this purpose, if more than one
QDOT is established for the benefit of
the surviving spouse, the value of all of
the QDOTs is aggregated in
determining whether the $2 million
threshold is exceeded.

Personal Residence
For the purpose of (1) figuring the $2
million threshold, and (2) determining
the amount of any bond or letter of
credit, the executor of the decedent’s
estate can elect to exclude up to
$600,000 in value of real property that
meets the following requirements:
• It is used by or held for the use of the
surviving spouse as a personal
residence,
• It is owned directly by the QDOT, and
• It passed or was treated as passing
to the QDOT under the rules for the
marital deduction when the surviving
spouse is not a U.S. citizen (section
2056(d)(2)(B)).
The $600,000 can include the value
of any related furnishings.
Either election may have been made
by the executor on the estate tax return
for the decedent’s estate. The election
to exclude the personal residence
amount from the amount of the bond or
letter of credit can also be made
prospectively by the U.S. trustee by
attaching a statement to Form 706-QDT
claiming the exclusion. You can also
cancel this election whether made by
the executor or by a trustee, by
attaching such a statement to Form
706-QDT.

Filing a Bond or Letter of
Credit
If the bond or letter of credit
arrangement is selected, the executor
must have filed the bond or letter of
credit with the Form 706 or 706-NA on
which the QDOT election is made.
The U.S. trustee must provide a
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of credit listing the assets that will fund
the QDOT, the values of the assets,
and whether any exclusions for a
personal residence are being claimed.

Additional Information
For more information, including
additional requirements for a bond and
letter of credit, details on the exclusion
of a personal residence, rules on the
disallowance of the marital deduction
for substantial undervaluation of QDOT
property, rules regarding foreign real
property, and certain annual reporting
requirements (concerning ownership of
foreign real property, cessation of use
of a personal residence, and
look-through rules applied to the
ownership of foreign real property), see
Regulations section 20.2056A-2(d).

How To Complete Form
706-QDT
Trustee Filing the Return
If the trustee is filing the complete
return, prepare it in the following order:
1. Part I — General Information on
page 1;
2. Part II — Elections by the Trustee/
Designated Filer on page 1;
3. All of Schedule B (but only lines
1a and 1b of Part I);
4. Schedule A;
5. Part III — Tax Computation on
page 1.
Enter only the totals from Parts II
through VI of Schedule B in the
corresponding “Total” lines of
Schedule A.

Trustee Completing
Schedule B Only
If a designated filer will file the return,
the trustee must complete all applicable
parts of Schedule B for his or her
respective trust and provide it to the
designated filer at least 60 days before
the due date for filing Form 706-QDT.

Designated Filer Filing the
Return
The designated filer must receive a
completed Schedule B from the trustee
of every QDOT that has had a
reportable event or a hardship
distribution during the tax year. The
designated filer then summarizes these
on Schedule A.
Complete the return in the following
order:
1. Part I — General Information on
page 1;
2. Part II — Elections by the Trustee/
Designated Filer on page 1;
3. Schedule A;
4. Part III — Tax Computation on
page 1.

Attach each Schedule B to the return
when you file it.
If there is not enough space on a
schedule to list all the items, attach an
additional sheet of the same size to the
back of the schedule.

Line 1. Alternate valuation. Unless
you elect at the time you file this return
to adopt alternate valuation under
section 2032, then you must value all
property of all trusts listed on Schedule
A, Part III on the date of the surviving
spouse’s death.

Rounding off to Whole
Dollars

Note. You may not elect alternate
valuation for any property reported on
Schedule A, Parts I and II.

You may show the money items on the
return and accompanying schedules as
whole dollars. To do so, drop any
amount less than 50 cents and
increase any amount from 50 cents
through 99 cents to the next higher
dollar.

Specific Instructions
Part I—General
Information
Line 1b. Enter the taxpayer
identification number (TIN) of the
surviving spouse. The TIN is the social
security number (SSN) or individual
taxpayer identification number (ITIN).
If trustee files entire return — Lines
2a, 2b, and 2c. If the trustee is filing
the entire return, enter the trustee’s
information on lines 2a, 2b, and 2c.
Line 2b. If the trustee/designated filer
is an individual, enter his or her SSN.
Otherwise, enter the employer
identification number (EIN) of the
trustee/designated filer.
Line 2c. Enter the address at which
you wish to receive correspondence
from the IRS regarding this return. This
must be an address for the designated
filer, or if the trustee is filing the return,
one of the individual trustees who is a
U.S. citizen or a trustee that is a
domestic corporation.
Line 4a. Enter the name of the
decedent on whose estate tax return
the QDOT election was made.
Line 4b. Enter the SSN of the
decedent or, if applicable, the number
previously assigned to the decedent’s
estate by the service center.

You may not elect alternate
valuation unless the election will
decrease both the value of the
Schedule A, Part III property, and the
net tax due on the return.
A designated filer filing for multiple
trusts must make this election for all of
the Schedule A, Part III property in all
of the trusts, taken as a whole. The
election cannot be made unless the
requirements are met for all of the
property.
You elect alternate valuation by
checking “Yes” on line 1 and filing Form
706-QDT. Once made, the election is
irrevocable.
If you elect alternate valuation, you
must value all of the property to which
the election applies as of the applicable
date as follows.
1. Any property distributed, sold,
exchanged, or otherwise disposed of by
any method within 6 months after the
surviving spouse’s death is valued on
the date of distribution, sale, exchange,
or other disposition, whichever occurs
first. Value the property on the date title
passes as a result of the sale,
exchange, or other disposition.
2. Any property not distributed, sold,
exchanged, or otherwise disposed of
within the 6-month period is valued on
the date 6 months after the date of the
surviving spouse’s death.
3. Any property that is “affected by
mere lapse of time” is valued as of the
date of the surviving spouse’s death.
However, you may change the date of
death value to account for any change
in value that is not due to “mere lapse
of time” on the date of its distribution,
sale, exchange, or other disposition.

Part II—Elections by the
Trustee/Designated Filer

For additional details, see Part 3 —
Elections by the Executor in the
separate Instructions for Form 706.

If this return is being filed because of
the death of the surviving spouse, and
any property remaining in the QDOT at
that time is includible in the estate of
the surviving spouse (or would be
includible if the surviving spouse had
been a U.S. citizen or resident), then
the trustee/designated filer may elect to
apply certain estate tax benefits on this
return, provided the estate of the
surviving spouse would be eligible for
these benefits.

Line 2. Special-use valuation of
section 2032A. Under section 2032A,
you may elect to value certain farm and
closely held business real property at
its farm or business use value rather
than its fair market value. You may
elect both special-use valuation and
alternate valuation. To elect this
valuation, you must check “Yes” on line
2 and complete and attach Schedule
A-1 of Form 706 and its required
additional statements.

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You must file Schedule A-1 of
Form 706 and its required
CAUTION attachments with Form
706-QDT for this election to be valid.
The total value of the property
valued under section 2032A may not be
decreased from fair market value by
more than $900,000 for decedents
dying in 2006 ($940,000 for 2007). For
future years, the IRS will publish the
amount in an annual revenue
procedure.
Real property may qualify for the
section 2032A election if:
1. The real property is located in the
United States;
2. The real property is used for
farming or in a trade or business;
3. The real property was acquired
from or passed from the surviving
spouse to a qualified heir of the
surviving spouse;
4. The real property was owned and
used in a qualified manner by the
surviving spouse or a member of the
surviving spouse’s family for 5 of the 8
years before the surviving spouse’s
death; and
5. The qualified property is the
percentage of the surviving spouse’s
gross estate specified in section 2032A.

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For definitions and additional
information, see section 2032A and the
related regulations. Also see the Form
706 instructions for Part 3 — Elections
by the Executor and the instructions for
Schedule A-1 within the Form 706 itself.
Line 3. Installment payments. If you
check this line to make a protective
election, you should attach a notice of
protective election as described in
Regulations section 20.6166-1(d). If
you check this line to make a final
election, you should attach the notice of
election described in Regulations
section 20.6166-1(b).
In computing the adjusted gross
estate under section 6166(b)(6) for
purposes of determining whether an
election may be made under section
6166, the net amount of any real estate
in a closely held business must be
used.
Bond or lien required. The IRS
requires that an estate furnish a surety
bond when electing to pay the estate
tax in installments under section 6166.
In the alternative, the executor may
consent to elect the special lien
provisions of section 6324A, in lieu of
the bond.
If you elect the lien provisions,
section 6324A requires that the lien be
placed on property having a value
equal to the total deferred tax plus four
years of interest. The property must be
expected to survive the deferral period.
To be eligible for the section 6166
election, you must agree to furnish a

bond. Alternatively, the executor may
consent to the special lien provisions of
section 6324A, in lieu of the bond. The
IRS will contact you regarding the
specifics of furnishing the bond or
electing the special lien.
Line 4. Spousal election. If the
surviving spouse has become a U.S.
citizen, the QDOT tax will not apply to
any distributions made after the
surviving spouse became a citizen as
long as either:
• The surviving spouse had been a
U.S. resident at all times after the death
of the decedent and before becoming a
citizen or
• No QDOT tax had been imposed on
any distributions prior to the surviving
spouse becoming a citizen.

Send the completed Form SS-4 to
the Internal Revenue Service Center
listed under Where To File on page 2. If
the EIN has not been received by the
filing time for Form 706-QDT, write
“Applied for” on line 1b.
Line 2a. You must enter on this line
either the name of an individual trustee
who is a U.S. citizen or a trustee that is
a domestic corporation. If there is more
than one trustee, enter the one to be
contacted by the IRS. List the names of
all additional trustees on a sheet of
paper attached to this return. Include
the SSN or EIN of all U.S. citizens or
domestic corporations.
Line 2b. Enter the SSN or EIN, as
applicable, of the trustee listed on line
2a.

You should file a final Form
706-QDT to notify the IRS that the
QDOT tax no longer applies for this
reason.

Part II—Taxable
Distributions From Prior
Years

If the surviving spouse does not
meet either of the conditions above, the
QDOT tax will still not apply to
distributions after he or she became a
citizen if the surviving spouse elects
both:
1. To treat any distributions that
were subject to QDOT tax as taxable
gifts for purposes of determining the
estate or gift tax under sections 2001
and 2501, respectively, for the year the
surviving spouse became a citizen and
all subsequent years and
2. To treat any of the decedent’s
unified credit (applicable credit amount)
that was used to reduce the QDOT tax
on taxable distributions as use of the
surviving spouse’s own unified credit for
purposes of determining the spouse’s
available unified credit under section
2505 for the year he or she became a
citizen and for all subsequent years.

Enter here the total of all taxable
distributions that were or should have
been reported on previously filed Forms
706-QDT.

To make these elections, check
“Yes” on line 4.

Schedule B
Part I—General Information
If the trustee is filing the entire return,
you need to complete only lines 1a and
1b of this part of Schedule B (but all of
Parts II through VI). When completing
Part I on page 1, enter the remaining
trustee’s information on lines 2a, 2b,
and 2c.
Line 1b. All trusts filing Form 706-QDT
must have an EIN. A trust that does not
have an EIN should apply for one on
Form SS-4, Application for Employer
Identification Number. You can get
Form SS-4, and other IRS tax forms
and publications, by calling
1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676)
or by accessing the IRS website at
www.irs.gov.

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Part III—Current Taxable
Distributions
Enter here the total amount of corpus
distributed during the calendar year or
other period covered by this return and
before the date of death of the surviving
spouse. Include as a distribution on this
line any QDOT estate tax paid during
the calendar year out of the QDOT.
Include all distributions even if the
hardship exemption is being claimed.
Also, include as distributions in this
part any reportable payments to the
surviving spouse from nonassignable
annuities and other arrangements when
the executor has filed with the estate
tax return for the decedent’s estate an
agreement to pay section 2056A estate
tax on such distributions. For details,
see Regulations section 20.2056A-4(c).
Column a. Date of distribution. The
date of distribution is the date on which
the title to the distributed property
passed from the trustee to the surviving
spouse.
Column b. Description. Include in the
description the name of the individual(s)
to whom the distribution was made.
Real estate. Describe the real
estate in enough detail so that the IRS
can easily locate it for inspection and
valuation. For each parcel of real
estate, report the location and, if the
parcel is improved, describe the
improvements. For city or town
property, report the street number,
ward, subdivision, block and lot, etc.
For rural property, report the township,
range, landmarks, etc.
Stocks and bonds. For stocks,
give:

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Number of shares;
Whether common or preferred;
Issue;
Par value, where needed for
valuation;
• Price per share;
• Exact name of corporation;
• Principal exchange upon which sold,
if listed on an exchange; and
• CUSIP number.
For bonds, give:
Quantity and denomination;
Name of obligor;
Date of maturity;
Interest rate;
Interest due date;
Principal exchange, if listed on an
exchange; and
• CUSIP number.

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If the stock or bond is unlisted, show
the company’s principal business office.
The CUSIP (Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedure)
number is a nine-digit number that is
assigned to all stocks and bonds traded
on major exchanges and many unlisted
securities. Usually the CUSIP number
is printed on the face of the stock
certificate. If the CUSIP number is not
printed on the certificate, it may be
obtained through the company’s
transfer agent.
Other personal property. Any
personal property distributed must be
described in enough detail that its value
can be ascertained by the IRS.
Column c. Value. The value of a
distribution is its fair market value on
the date of distribution. Fair market
value is the price at which the property
would change hands between a willing
buyer and a willing seller, when neither
is forced to buy or to sell, and both
have reasonable knowledge of all the
relevant facts. Fair market value may
not be determined by a forced sale
price, nor by the sale price of the item
in a market other than that in which the
item is most commonly sold to the
public. The location of the item must be
taken into account whenever relevant.
Stocks and bonds. The fair market
value of a stock or bond (whether listed
or unlisted) is the mean between the
highest and lowest selling prices quoted
on the valuation date. If only the closing
selling prices are available, then the fair
market value is the mean between the
quoted closing selling price on the
valuation date and on the trading day
before the valuation date. If there were
no sales on the valuation date, figure
the fair market value as follows:
1. Find the mean between the
highest and lowest selling prices on the
nearest trading day before and the
nearest trading day after the valuation
date. Both trading days must be
reasonably close to the valuation date.

2. Prorate the difference between
the mean prices to the valuation date.
3. Add or subtract (whichever
applies).
See the instructions for Schedule B
of Form 706 for additional information
on valuing stocks and bonds.
Column d. Amount of hardship
exemption claimed. Distributions to
the surviving spouse on account of
hardship are exempt from the QDOT
tax. Enter in column d the amount of
any distribution for which the hardship
exemption is being claimed. Do not
enter any amount here that has not
been included in the amount listed in
column c. Also, if the surviving spouse
is the beneficiary of more than one
QDOT, you may not claim the hardship
exemption unless the decedent’s
executor selected a designated filer as
explained on page 1.

Part IV—Taxable Property in
Trust at Death of Surviving
Spouse
You must report in Part IV all property
remaining in the QDOT on the date of
death of the surviving spouse (or the
date the trust failed to qualify as a
QDOT, if applicable). This includes both
corpus and undistributed income.
Interest accrued to the date of the
surviving spouse’s death on bonds,
notes, and other interest bearing
obligations is property of the QDOT on
the date of death. Rent accrued to the
date of the surviving spouse’s death on
leased real and personal property is
property of the QDOT on the date of
death.
Outstanding dividends that were
declared to stockholders of record on or
before the date of the surviving
spouse’s death are considered property
of the QDOT on the date of death.
Ordinary dividends declared to
stockholders of record after the date of
the surviving spouse’s death are not
property of the QDOT on the date of
death. However, if you have elected
alternate valuation on line 1 of Part II,
page 1, and dividends are declared to
stockholders of record after the date of
the surviving spouse’s death so that the
shares of stock at the later valuation
date do not reasonably represent the
same property at the date of the
surviving spouse’s death, include those
dividends (except dividends paid from
earnings of the corporation after the
date of the surviving spouse’s death) in
the alternate valuation.
If there is not enough space to list all
of the property, attach additional sheets
of the same size, using the same
format as Part IV.
Column a. Item no. Assign a separate
item number to each separate type of

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property. For example, you can include
under a single item number all stock of
the same issuer and type, but must list
separate types (for example, preferred
and common) under separate item
numbers.
Column b. Description. See the
instructions under Part III — Current
Taxable Distributions, Column b.
Description on page 4.
Column c. Alternate valuation date.
If this return involves only one trust,
enter the alternate valuation date only if
you answered “Yes” to question 1 of
Part II — Elections by the Trustee/
Designated Filer.
If the designated filer is filing this
return for multiple trusts, the individual
trustees will complete Part IV, but only
the designated filer can elect alternate
valuation. To allow the designated filer
to make this decision, the trustee must
provide on an attachment to Schedule
B both the regular and the alternate
value (and the alternate valuation date)
for all assets, unless the designated
filer has notified the trustee that this is
not required.
Column d. Value. See the instructions
under Column c. Value for Part III on
this page.

Parts V and VI—Marital and
Charitable Deductions
Marital and charitable deductions are
allowable for any property that both
remained in the QDOT on the date of
the surviving spouse’s death and was
includible in the gross estate of the
surviving spouse (or would have been
includible if the surviving spouse had
been a U.S. citizen or resident).
Do not make an entry in Parts V and
VI unless there is an entry in Part IV of
Schedule B. Also, the sum of the total
of the amounts entered in Parts V and
VI cannot exceed the total of the
amount entered in Part IV of
Schedule B.
For details on the marital and
charitable deductions, see the
instructions for Schedule M and
Schedule O of Form 706, as applicable.

Schedule A
When a designated filer is filing Form
706-QDT for more than one trust, use
Schedule A to summarize the Schedule
B amounts provided by the trustees.
Under “EIN of QDOT” (that is, column a
of Parts II, III, and IV) enter the EIN of
the appropriate trust. If the trustee is
filing the return, simply transfer the
totals from Schedule B to the
corresponding “Total” lines on
Schedule A.

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Instructions for Form 706-QDT

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Part III—Tax
Computation (Page 1 of
Form 706-QDT)
Line 7. Enter the amount of the taxable
estate from one of the following as filed
for the decedent’s estate or as finally
determined by the IRS:
• Part 2 — Tax Computation, line 3 of
Form 706 (for estates of decedents
dying before January 1, 2005);
• Part 2 — Tax Computation, line 3c of
Form 706 (for estates of decedents
dying after January 1, 2005); or
• Part II — Tax Computation, line 1 of
Form 706-NA.
Lines 10 and 11. Using the same
revision of Form 706 or Form 706-NA
on which the executor filed the
decedent’s estate tax return, recompute
the decedent’s net estate tax by
substituting the amounts on line 9 and
line 8 of this Form 706-QDT for the
decedent’s taxable estate from one of
the following:
• Part 2 — Tax Computation, line 3 of
Form 706 (for estates of decedents
dying before January 1, 2005);
• Part 2 — Tax Computation, line 3c of
Form 706 (for estates of decedents
dying after January 1, 2005); or
• Part II — Tax Computation, line 1 of
Form 706-NA.
Prior year versions of Forms 706
and 706-NA can be obtained by calling
1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676) or
by accessing the IRS website at
www.irs.gov.
Note that as a result of the
recomputation, some items other than
the taxable estate might be different
from what was on the decedent’s actual
estate tax return. If the decedent’s
estate did not fully use its unified credit,
additional unified credit may be
allowable in the recomputation.
If the decedent’s estate claimed a
credit for tax on prior transfers and the
credit was limited by section 2013(c),
the recomputed credit may be different
than on the return as filed.
Also, if the decedent’s estate
claimed a credit for state death taxes
(for decedents dying before January 1,
2005) or a credit for foreign death taxes
and the amount of the credit that could
be claimed was limited by section
2011(b) (prior to its repeal on January
1, 2005) or section 2014(b),
respectively, the recomputed credit may
be different.
If the final determination of the tax
due on the estate of the decedent has
not been made at the time this return is
filed, you must compute the tax on
these lines using the highest rate of tax
(see Table of Maximum Tax Rates

below) in effect at the time of the
decedent’s death.
Also, if there is more than one
QDOT with respect to any decedent,
you must compute the tax on lines 10
and 11 using the highest rate of tax
(see Table of Maximum Tax Rates
below) in effect at the time of the
decedent’s death unless all of the
following conditions are met.
• The decedent’s executor has
designated a single person to be
responsible for filing Form 706-QDT for
all of the trusts (designated filer),
• That person is either an individual
who is a U.S. citizen or is a domestic
corporation, and
• The person meets the requirements
of all applicable regulations.
Further, if the return is being filed
because of the death of the surviving
spouse, then in computing line 10, any
foreign death taxes paid by the estate
of the surviving spouse may be used in
determining the allowable credits in
recomputing the decedent’s estate tax,
if all of the following conditions are met.
1. This return is being filed because
of the death of the surviving spouse;
2. Any property remaining in the
QDOT at that time is includible in the
estate of the surviving spouse (or would
be includible if the surviving spouse
had been a U.S. citizen or resident);
3. The credit is allowable (or would
be allowable if the surviving spouse
had been a U.S. citizen or resident) to
the estate of the surviving spouse with
respect to the property referred to in 2,
above; and
4. The taxes were actually paid to a
foreign jurisdiction.
For details on claiming this credit,
see the Instructions for Form 706. If
you claim the foreign death tax credit,
you must complete and attach
Schedule P of Form 706.

Table of Maximum Tax Rates
The
maximum
If the decedent died . . . . tax rate is
After December 31, 2003
but before January 1, 2005

48%

After December 31, 2004
but before January 1, 2006

47%

After December 31, 2005
but before January 1, 2007

46%

After December 31, 2006
but before January 1, 2010

45%

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Line 14. Make the check payable to
the “United States Treasury.” Please
write the surviving spouse’s SSN (or
ITIN, if applicable) and “Form 706-QDT”
on the check to assist us in posting it to
the proper account.
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The time needed to complete and
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individual circumstances. The
estimated average time is:
Recordkeeping . . . . .

1 hr., 12 min.

Learning about the
law or the form . . . . .

42 min.

Preparing the form . .

1 hr., 30 min.

Copying, assembling,
and sending the form
to the IRS . . . . . . . . .

1 hr., 3 min.

If you have comments concerning
the accuracy of these time estimates or
suggestions for making this form
simpler, we would be happy to hear
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see Where To File on page 2.