The principal issue is whether the circuit court has jurisdiction in equity to enjoin the Wisconsin Department of Taxation from assessing gift taxes where the taxpayer has not exhausted his statutory administrative remedies.
The authority for the imposition of gift taxes is generally contained in secs. 72.75 through 72.81, Stats. Sec. 72.81 (5) provides:
"All provisions of the income tax law...
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