WARD v. COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS & TAXATION


369 Mass. 3 (1975)

336 N.E.2d 862

ANN T. WARD & others vs. COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

October 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Hurley, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Phillips S. Davis for the plaintiffs.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation (Commissioner) appeals from a judgment granting an abatement of certain inheritance taxes assessed by him. At issue is the question whether the tax credit available under G.L.c. 65A, § 3, for State estate taxes paid with respect to future interests, is itself subject to inheritance taxes imposed by G.L.c. 65, § 1, at the time those future interests vest. We agree with the ruling below that the tax...

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