2014 Minnesota Statutes

291.016 MINNESOTA TAXABLE ESTATE.

Subdivision 1.General.

For purposes of the tax under this chapter, the Minnesota taxable estate equals the federal taxable estate as provided under section 2051 of the Internal Revenue Code, without regard to whether the estate is subject to the federal estate tax:

(1) increased by the value of any property in which the decedent had a qualifying income interest for life and for which an election was made under section 291.03, subdivision 1d, for Minnesota estate tax purposes, but was not made for federal estate tax purposes;

(2) increased by the additions under subdivision 2; and

(3) decreased by the subtraction under subdivision 3.

Subd. 2.Additions.

The following amounts, to the extent deducted in computing the federal taxable estate, must be added in computing the Minnesota taxable estate:

(1) the amount of the deduction for state death taxes allowed under section 2058 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(2) the amount of the deduction for foreign death taxes allowed under section 2053(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and

(3) the aggregate amount of taxable gifts as defined in section 2503 of the Internal Revenue Code, made by the decedent within three years of the date of death. For purposes of this clause, the amount of the addition equals the value of the gift under section 2512 of the Internal Revenue Code and excludes any value of the gift included in the federal estate.

Subd. 3.Subtraction.

The value of qualified small business property under section 291.03, subdivision 9, and the value of qualified farm property under section 291.03, subdivision 10, or the result of $5,000,000 minus the amount for the year of death listed in clauses (1) to (5), whichever is less, may be subtracted in computing the Minnesota taxable estate but must not reduce the Minnesota taxable estate to less than zero:

(1) $1,200,000 for estates of decedents dying in 2014;

(2) $1,400,000 for estates of decedents dying in 2015;

(3) $1,600,000 for estates of decedents dying in 2016;

(4) $1,800,000 for estates of decedents dying in 2017; and

(5) $2,000,000 for estates of decedents dying in 2018 and thereafter.

History:

2014 c 150 art 3 s 4; 2014 c 308 art 4 s 18