Minnesota Legislature
SF 2951
as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/06/2018 08:54am
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A bill for an act
relating to taxation; estate; modifying qualified property provisions; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 291.03, subdivisions 8, 10; Minnesota Statutes
2017 Supplement, section 291.03, subdivisions 9, 11.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 291.03, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8.
Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given in this subdivision.
(b) "Family member" means a family member as defined in section 2032A(e)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code, or a trust whose present beneficiaries are all family members as
defined in section 2032A(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) "Qualified heir" means a family member who acquired qualified property upon the
death of the decedent and satisfies the requirement under subdivision 9, clause deleted text begin (7)deleted text end new text begin (8)new text end , or
subdivision 10, clause (5), for the property.
(d) "Qualified property" means qualified small business property under subdivision 9
and qualified farm property under subdivision 10.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 291.03, subdivision 9, is amended
to read:
Subd. 9.
Qualified small business property.
Property satisfying all of the following
requirements is qualified small business property:
(1) The value of the property was included in the federal adjusted taxable estate.
(2) The property consists of the assets of a trade or business or shares of stock or other
ownership interests in a corporation or other entity engaged in a trade or business. Shares
of stock in a corporation or an ownership interest in another type of entity do not qualify
under this subdivision if the shares or ownership interests are traded on a public stock
exchange at any time during the three-year period ending on the decedent's date of death.
For purposes of this subdivision, an ownership interest includes the interest the decedent is
deemed to own under sections 2036, 2037, and 2038 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) During the taxable year that ended before the decedent's death, the trade or business
must not have been a passive activity within the meaning of section 469(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code, and the decedent or the decedent's spouse must have materially participated
in the trade or business within the meaning of section 469(h) of the Internal Revenue Code,
excluding section 469(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and any other provision provided
by United States Treasury Department regulation that substitutes material participation in
prior taxable years for material participation in the taxable year that ended before the
decedent's death.
(4) The gross annual sales of the trade or business were $10,000,000 or less for the last
taxable year that ended before the date of the death of the decedent.
(5) The property does not include:
(i) cash;
(ii) cash equivalents;
(iii) publicly traded securities; or
(iv) any assets not used in the operation of the trade or business.
(6) For property consisting of shares of stock or other ownership interests in an entity,
the value of items described in clause (5) must be excluded in the valuation of the decedent's
interest in the entity.
(7) The decedentnew text begin or the decedent's spousenew text end continuously owned the property,new text begin or an
undivided or joint interest in the property,new text end including property the decedentnew text begin or the decedent's
spousenew text end is deemed to own under sections 2036, 2037, deleted text begin anddeleted text end 2038new text begin , 2040, or 2044new text end of the Internal
Revenue Code,new text begin or under subdivision 1d,new text end for the three-year period ending on the date of
death of the decedent. In the case of a sole proprietor, if the property replaced similar property
within the three-year period, the replacement property will be treated as having been owned
for the three-year period ending on the date of death of the decedent.new text begin For the purposes of
the three-year holding period under this clause, any ownership by the decedent's spouse,
whether the spouse predeceases or survives the decedent, is attributed to the decedent.
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(8) For three years following the date of death of the decedent, the trade or business is
not a passive activity within the meaning of section 469(c) of the Internal Revenue Code,
and a family member materially participates in the operation of the trade or business within
the meaning of section 469(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, excluding section 469(h)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code and any other provision provided by United States Treasury
Department regulation that substitutes material participation in prior taxable years for
material participation in the three years following the date of death of the decedent.
(9) The estate and the qualified heir elect to treat the property as qualified small business
property and agree, in the form prescribed by the commissioner, to pay the recapture tax
under subdivision 11, if applicable.
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This section is effective retroactively for estates of decedents
dying after December 31, 2017.
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 291.03, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 10.
Qualified farm property.
Property satisfying all of the following requirements
is qualified farm property:
(1) The value of the property was included in the federal adjusted taxable estate.
(2) The property consists of agricultural land and is owned by a person or entity that is
either not subject to or is in compliance with section 500.24.
(3) For property taxes payable in the taxable year of the decedent's death, the property
is classified as class 2a property under section 273.13, subdivision 23, and is classified as
agricultural homestead, agricultural relative homestead, or special agricultural homestead
under section 273.124.
(4) The decedentnew text begin or the decedent's spousenew text end continuously owned the property,new text begin or an
undivided or joint interest in the property,new text end including property the decedentnew text begin or the decedent's
spousenew text end is deemed to own under sections 2036, 2037, deleted text begin anddeleted text end 2038new text begin , 2040, or 2044new text end of the Internal
Revenue Code,new text begin or under subdivision 1d,new text end for the three-year period ending on the date of
death of the decedent either by ownership of the agricultural land or pursuant to holding an
interest in an entity that is not subject to or is in compliance with section 500.24.new text begin For the
purposes of the three-year holding period under this clause, any ownership by the decedent's
spouse, whether the spouse predeceases or survives the decedent, is attributed to the decedent.
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(5) The property is classified for property tax purposes as class 2a property under section
273.13, subdivision 23, for three years following the date of death of the decedent.
(6) The estate and the qualified heir elect to treat the property as qualified farm property
and agree, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, to pay the recapture tax under
subdivision 11, if applicable.
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This section is effective retroactively for estates of decedents
dying after December 31, 2017.
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Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 291.03, subdivision 11, is amended
to read:
Subd. 11.
Recapture tax.
(a) If, within three years after the decedent's death and before
the death of the qualified heir, the qualified heir disposes of any interest in the qualified
property, other than by a disposition to a family member, or a family member ceases to
satisfy the requirement under subdivision 9, clause deleted text begin (7)deleted text end new text begin (8)new text end ; or 10, clause (5), an additional
estate tax is imposed on the property. In the case of a sole proprietor, if the qualified heir
replaces qualified small business property excluded under subdivision 9 with similar property,
then the qualified heir will not be treated as having disposed of an interest in the qualified
property.
(b) The amount of the additional tax equals the amount of the exclusion claimed by the
estate under subdivision 8, paragraph (d), multiplied by 16 percent.
(c) The additional tax under this subdivision is due on the day which is six months after
the date of the disposition or cessation in paragraph (a).
(d) The tax under this subdivision does not apply to the acquisition of title or possession
of the qualified property by a federal, state, or local government unit, or any other entity
with the power of eminent domain for a public purpose, as defined in section 117.025,
subdivision 11, within the three-year holding period.
(e) This subdivision shall not apply as a result of any of the following:
(1) a portion of qualified farm property consisting of less than one-fifth of the acreage
of the property is reclassified as class 2b property under section 273.13, subdivision 23, and
the qualified heir has not substantially altered the reclassified property during the three-year
holding period; or
(2) a portion of qualified farm property classified as 2a property at the death of the
decedent pursuant to section 273.13, subdivision 23, paragraph (a), consisting of a residence,
garage, and immediately surrounding one acre of land is reclassified as 4bb property during
the three-year holding period, and the qualified heir has not substantially altered the property.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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