Reference no: EM132064847

When Yuji died in March 2013, his gross estate was valued at $8 million. He owed debts totaling $300,000. Funeral and administration expenses were $12,000 and $120,000, respectively. The marginal estate tax rate exceeded his estate's marginal income tax rate because the estate collected only about $8,000 of income. Yuji willed his church $300,000 and his spouse $1.1 million. Calculate Yuji's taxable estate.

Marital Deduction. Assume the same facts as in Problem C:13-47 except that Yuji's will also provided for setting up a trust to be funded with $400,000 of property with a bank named as trustee. His wife is to receive all the trust income semiannually for life, and upon her death the trust assets are to be distributed equally among Yuji's children and grandchildren.

Marital Deduction. Assume the same facts as in Problem C:13-48 and that before Yuji's death in 2013 his wife already owned property valued at $300,000.

Assume that each asset owned by each spouse increased 8% in value by the surviving spouse's date of death in 2013 and that Yuji's executor elected to claim the maximum marital deduction possible. Assume there were no state death taxes.

From a tax standpoint, was the execu- tor's strategy of electing the marital deduction on the QTIP trust a wise decision? Support your answer with computation

You only need help with determinng if the executors strategy of electing the marital deduction on QTIP trust was wise.