This regulation concerns the
availability of the gift and estate tax marital deduction when the
donee spouse or the surviving spouse is not a United States
citizen. The regulation provides guidance to individuals or
fiduciaries: (1) For making a qualified domestic trust election on
the estate tax return of a decedent whose surviving spouse is not a
United States citizen in order that the estate may obtain the
marital deduction, and (2) for filing the annual returns that such
an election may require.
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USC 2056 Name of Law: Requests, etc., to surviving spouse
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.