ESTATE OF KRAUS v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 45576-85.

55 T.C.M. 600 (1988)

T.C. Memo. 1988-154

Estate of Arthur S. Kraus, Deceased, Renee Kraus, Executrix v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Filed April 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey J. Silverstone, 111 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill., and Lawrence C. Rubin, for the petitioner. David L. Zoss and Marjory A. Gerdes, for the respondent.


Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion

COHEN, Judge:

Respondent determined a deficiency of $152,279.37 in petitioner's Federal estate tax. After concessions by petitioner, the issue for decision is whether we should follow a state court's reformation of decedent's trust instrument, purporting to grant retroactively to the surviving spouse a general power of appointment over the trust property, for purposes of determining petitioner's estate tax marital...

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