Disclaimers

Authors

Mitchell M. Gans, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

N.Y.U. Institute on Federal Taxation

Publication Date

1988

Abstract

In essence, a disclaimer is a transfer that is not treated as a transfer for tax purposes. For where a person is entitled to receive an interest in property under a will or in the context of an inter vivos gift and disclaims ‒ i.e., refuses ‒ it, he or she is in effect making a transfer. Yet section 2518 provides that, where its requirements are satisfied, such a disclaimer (or refusal) is not to be treated as a transfer for transfer-tax purposes.

Recommended Citation

Mitchell M. Gans, Disclaimers, 46 N.Y.U. Institute on Federal Taxation 52-1 (1988)
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