951 - Applicable internal revenue code provisions.

§  951.  Applicable internal revenue code provisions.-- (a) Dates. For  purposes of this article, any reference to  the  internal  revenue  code  means  the  United  States  Internal  Revenue  Code  of  1986,  with all  amendments enacted on or before  July  twenty-second,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-eight,  and,  unless  specifically  provided  otherwise  in  this  article,  any  reference  to  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-six  or  January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven contained  in the provisions of such code which are applicable to the determination  of the tax imposed by this article shall be read as a reference to  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-eight  or  July  first,  nineteen  hundred seventy-eight, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing,  the  unified  credit  against the estate tax provided in section two thousand  ten of the internal revenue code shall, for purposes of this article, be  the amount allowable as if the federal applicable exclusion amount  were  one million dollars.    (b) Applicable generation-skipping transfer tax provisions.--Where any  reference  is made in this article (or in the provisions of the internal  revenue code which are made applicable by section two,  as  amended,  of  chapter one thousand thirteen of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-two,  to  the  determination  of  the tax imposed by this article and appended  thereto) to provisions of the internal revenue code contained in section  one thousand twenty-five of this chapter,  such  internal  revenue  code  provisions  contained  in  such  section  one thousand twenty-five shall  apply to the provisions of this article in the same manner and with  the  same  force  and  effect  as  if  the language of such provisions of the  internal revenue code had been incorporated in full  into  this  article  except to the extent that any such provision is either inconsistent with  a provision of this article or is not relevant thereto.