United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form 706-QDT U.S. Estate Tax Return for Qualified Domestic Trusts	Form	Modified	Available
Form 706-NA United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return Estate of Nonresident Not a Citizen of the United States	Form	Modified	Available
Form 706-GS(T) Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for Terminations	Form	Modified	Available
Form 706-GS(D-1) Notification of Distribution From a Generation-Skipping Trust	Form	Modified	Available
Form 706-GS(D) Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for Distributions	Form	Modified	Available
Form 706-CE Certificate of Payment of Foreign Death Tax	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form 706-A United States Additional Estate Tax Return	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch W Continuation Schedule for Form 706 Schedules	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch U Qualified Conservation Easement Exclusion	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch T Section 2032A Property Valuation	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch R-1 Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch R Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch Q Credit for Tax on Prior Transfers	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch PC Protective Claim for Refund	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch P Credit for Certain Foreign Taxes	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch O Charitable, Public, and Similar Gifts and Bequests	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch M Bequests, etc., to Surviving Spouse	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch L Net Losses During Administration and Expenses Incurred in Administering Property Not Subject to Claims	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch K Debts, Mortgages, and Liens	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch J Funeral Expenses and Expenses Incurred in Administering Property Subject to Claims	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch I Annuities	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch H Powers of Appointment	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch G Transfers During Decedent's Life	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch F Other Miscellaneous Property Not Reportable Under Any Other Schedules	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch E Jointly Owned Property	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch D Insurance on the Decedent's Life	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch C Mortgages, Notes, and Cash	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch B Stocks and Bonds	Form	Modified	Available
Form Sch A Real Estate	Form	Modified	Available
Form 706 United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Available
Form 706 United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form Sch R-1 Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax	Form	Removed	Available
Form Sch R-1 Schedule R-1 - Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax (Form 706)	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Supporting Statement 1545-0015.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2025-06-24	Repair queued
Supporting Statement 1545-0015.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2025-06-24	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	U.S. Estate Tax Return for Qualified Domestic Trusts
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return Estate of Nonresident Not a Citizen of the United States
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for Terminations
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Notification of Distribution From a Generation-Skipping Trust
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for Distributions
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form and Instruction	Modified	Certificate of Payment of Foreign Death Tax
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	United States Additional Estate Tax Return
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Continuation Schedule for Form 706 Schedules
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Qualified Conservation Easement Exclusion
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Section 2032A Property Valuation
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Credit for Tax on Prior Transfers
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Protective Claim for Refund
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Credit for Certain Foreign Taxes
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Charitable, Public, and Similar Gifts and Bequests
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Bequests, etc., to Surviving Spouse
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Net Losses During Administration and Expenses Incurred in Administering Property Not Subject to Claims
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Debts, Mortgages, and Liens
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Funeral Expenses and Expenses Incurred in Administering Property Subject to Claims
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Annuities
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Powers of Appointment
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Transfers During Decedent's Life
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Other Miscellaneous Property Not Reportable Under Any Other Schedules
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Jointly Owned Property
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Insurance on the Decedent's Life
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Mortgages, Notes, and Cash
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Stocks and Bonds
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	Real Estate
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Form	Modified
39328	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	Instruction	Modified
194455	Schedule R-1 - Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax (Form 706)	Form	Removed	Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
194455	Schedule R-1 - Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax (Form 706)	Form	Removed

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1545-0015	ICR Reference No: 202506-1545-008
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202311-1545-008
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/IRS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/13/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/30/2025
Terms of Clearance:

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2027
Responses	25,037	0	14,267
Time Burden (Hours)	254,424	0	517,090
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The federal estate tax is a tax on the transfer of property at death. It is applied to estates for which at-death gross assets ("gross estate") plus adjusted taxable gifts exceed the filing threshold. Chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provides the rules and requirements for estate taxes. IRC section 2001 imposes a tax on the transfer of the taxable estate of every decedent who was a citizen or resident of the United States. Chapter 13 of the IRC provides rules and requirements for certain generation-skipping transfers (GST). IRC section 2601 imposes a tax on a GST. Form 706 and related forms are used to report and compute both taxes. IRC section 2603(a)(2) provides that the GST tax imposed on a direct skip from a trust must be paid by the trustee (not the estate). This information collection request (ICR) covers the actual reporting burden associated with preparing and submitting the prescribed return forms, by executors required to file Form 706 and any of its affiliated forms.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 26 USC 2001 Name of Law: Imposition and rate of tax
   US Code: 26 USC 2601 Name of Law: Tax imposed
   US Code: 26 USC 2603 Name of Law: Liability for tax
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 14520	04/02/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 27391	06/26/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Schedule R-1 - Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax (Form 706)	Sch R-1	Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return	706-QDT, Sch D, Sch K, Sch O, Sch R, Sch W , 706, Sch P, Sch PC, Sch Q , Sch R-1, Sch T, Sch U, 706-A, 706-CE , 706-GS(D), Sch A, Sch B, Sch C, Sch E , Sch F, Sch G, Sch H , 706-GS(D-1), 706-GS(T), 706-NA, Sch J , Sch L, Sch I, Sch M	United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return ,   Real Estate ,   Stocks and Bonds ,   Mortgages, Notes, and Cash ,   Insurance on the Decedent's Life ,   Jointly Owned Property ,   Other Miscellaneous Property Not Reportable Under Any Other Schedules ,   Transfers During Decedent's Life ,   Powers of Appointment ,   Annuities ,   Funeral Expenses and Expenses Incurred in Administering Property Subject to Claims ,   Debts, Mortgages, and Liens ,   Net Losses During Administration and Expenses Incurred in Administering Property Not Subject to Claims ,   Bequests, etc., to Surviving Spouse ,   Charitable, Public, and Similar Gifts and Bequests ,   Credit for Certain Foreign Taxes ,   Protective Claim for Refund ,   Credit for Tax on Prior Transfers ,   Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax ,   Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax ,   Section 2032A Property Valuation ,   Qualified Conservation Easement Exclusion ,   Continuation Schedule for Form 706 Schedules ,   United States Additional Estate Tax Return ,   Certificate of Payment of Foreign Death Tax ,   Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for Distributions ,   Notification of Distribution From a Generation-Skipping Trust ,   Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for Terminations ,   United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return Estate of Nonresident Not a Citizen of the United States ,   U.S. Estate Tax Return for Qualified Domestic Trusts

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	25,037	14,267	0	-200	10,970	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	254,424	517,090	0	-268	-262,398	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Forms

Short Statement: Changes in the layout of the forms along with updated burden estimates will increase the annual responses by 10,770 and decrease the annual estimated burden by 262,666 hours.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $297,408

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 06/30/2025

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