Department of Treasury August 21, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document contains proposed amendments to the Federal estate tax regulations applicable to estates of decedents passing property to or for the benefit of a noncitizen spouse in a domestic trust for which the executor of the decedent's estate has made an election to be a qualified domestic trust and the trust satisfies all of the requirements for such treatment under applicable Federal tax law and regulations. The proposed regulations would modify those regulations to update outdated references, information, and procedures. The proposed regulations primarily would affect the estates of decedents passing property to or for the benefit of a noncitizen spouse in such a trust pursuant to applicable Federal tax law.

The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning information collection requirements related to distributions from pensions, annuities, retirement or profit-sharing plans, IRAs, insurance contracts, etc.