ESTATE OF ATKINSON v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 20968-97.

115 T.C. 26 (2000)

ESTATE OF MELVINE B. ATKINSON, DECEASED, CHRISTOPHER J. MACQUARRIE, EXECUTOR, PETITIONER v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT

United States Tax Court.

Filed July 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Aughtry and Christopher J. MacQuarrie, for petitioner.

Francis C. Mucciolo, for respondent.


GERBER, Judge:

Respondent determined a deficiency in petitioner's Federal estate tax in the amount of $2,654,976. The deficiency arose in connection with the operation of a charitable remainder annuity trust (CRAT) created by decedent. The issue for our consideration is whether the trust functioned exclusively as a charitable remainder trust from its creation, thereby remaining a valid trust, so as to qualify the estate for a charitable deduction for the remainder...

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