Sec. 12-352. Net estate of nonresident transferor; deductions.
Sec. 12-352. Net estate of nonresident transferor; deductions. In the case of the
estate of a nonresident transferor, when property is transferred by will or intestate laws,
the net estate for the purpose of the tax imposed by the provisions of this chapter shall
be ascertained by deducting from the gross taxable estate the following items: (a) Fees
of the Connecticut Probate Court; (b) advertising expenses incidental to administration
in this state; (c) the reasonable compensation of appraisers of real estate or tangible
personal property situated within this state; (d) expenses incurred in connection with
procuring the fiduciary's bond filed in the Connecticut Probate Court; (e) commissions
paid in connection with the sale of real estate or tangible personal property situated
within this state; (f) reasonable compensation of executors and administrators, qualifying as such in the Connecticut Probate Court, and reasonable fees for Connecticut attorneys; (g) the amount at the date of the transferor's death of all unpaid mortgages upon
real or tangible personal property situated within this state, which mortgages were not
deducted in the appraisal of the property mortgaged; (h) unpaid taxes upon real or tangible personal property situated within this state which were a lien at the date of the
transferor's death; (i) any tax on untaxed property assessed by this state against the
estate of the transferor; (j) special assessments which, at the date of death, were a lien
on real property of the transferor situated within this state; (k) any amount exempted
pursuant to subsection (b) of section 12-344. In case the domiciliary estate is insolvent,
there shall be allowed as a deduction, in addition to the foregoing items, the amount by
which the total of the lawful claims against and administration expenses of the estate,
exclusive of Connecticut deductible items set forth above, exceeds the total value of
property wherever situated subject to such claims and expenses, exclusive of the gross
estate situated in this state. The foregoing deductions shall be allowed in the case of
property transferred by will and by laws relating to intestate estates, provided they reduce
the gross taxable estate. In the case of property transferred other than by will or by laws
relating to intestate estates, such deductions shall be allowed (1) only to the extent that
such property is includable in the decedent's gross taxable estate under the provisions
of this chapter, and (2) only to the extent that the transferee has actually paid the deductible items and either the transferee was legally obligated to pay such items or the assets
subject to probate are insufficient to pay such items.
(1949 Rev., S. 2032; 1949, S. 1142d; 1971, P.A. 863, S. 2; P.A. 86-81, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-230, S. 80, 101.)
History: 1971 act rephrased Subdiv. (c) to clarify that appraisers of real estate and tangible personal property intended,
effective January 1, 1972, and applicable to estates of persons dying on or after that date (all estates of persons dying before
January 1, 1972, are subject to succession or inheritance tax laws applicable before that date and continued in force for
that purpose); P.A. 86-81 provided for the allowance of deductions under this section for nonresident transferors in the
same manner as for resident transferors, effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to estates of persons dying on or after that
date; P.A. 90-230 added Subdiv. (k) re "any amount exempted pursuant to subsection (b) of section 12-344".
Cited. 44 CS 263.