1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to taxation; estate and gift; linking the estate tax exemption to the 
1.3 	federal exclusion amount; repealing the gift tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2013 Supplement, sections 270B.01, subdivision 8; 270B.03, subdivision 
1.5 	1; 289A.10, subdivision 1; 291.005, subdivision 1; 291.03, subdivision 1; 
1.6 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 289A.10, subdivision 
1.7 	1a; 289A.12, subdivision 18; 289A.18, subdivision 3a; 289A.20, subdivision 3a; 
1.8 	291.03, subdivisions 8, 9, 10, 11; 292.16; 292.17; 292.18; 292.19; 292.20; 292.21.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 270B.01, subdivision 8, is 
1.11 	amended to read:
1.12 		Subd. 8.Minnesota tax laws. For purposes of this chapter only, unless expressly 
1.13 	stated otherwise, "Minnesota tax laws" means:
1.14 	(1) the taxes, refunds, and fees administered by or paid to the commissioner under 
1.15 	chapters 115B, 289A (except taxes imposed under sections 298.01, 298.015, and 298.24), 
1.16 	290, 290A, 291, 292, 295, 297A, 297B, 297H, and 403, or any similar Indian tribal tax 
1.17 	administered by the commissioner pursuant to any tax agreement between the state and 
1.18 	the Indian tribal government, and includes any laws for the assessment, collection, and 
1.19 	enforcement of those taxes, refunds, and fees; and
1.20 	(2) section 273.1315.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for gifts made after June 30, 2013.

1.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 270B.03, subdivision 1, is 
1.23 	amended to read:
2.1 		Subdivision 1.Who may inspect. Returns and return information must, on request, 
2.2 	be made open to inspection by or disclosure to the data subject. The request must be made 
2.3 	in writing or in accordance with written procedures of the chief disclosure officer of the 
2.4 	department that have been approved by the commissioner to establish the identification 
2.5 	of the person making the request as the data subject. For purposes of this chapter, the 
2.6 	following are the data subject:
2.7 	(1) in the case of an individual return, that individual;
2.8 	(2) in the case of an income tax return filed jointly, either of the individuals with 
2.9 	respect to whom the return is filed;
2.10 	(3) in the case of a return filed by a business entity, an officer of a corporation, 
2.11 	a shareholder owning more than one percent of the stock, or any shareholder of an S 
2.12 	corporation; a general partner in a partnership; the owner of a sole proprietorship; a 
2.13 	member or manager of a limited liability company; a participant in a joint venture; the 
2.14 	individual who signed the return on behalf of the business entity; or an employee who is 
2.15 	responsible for handling the tax matters of the business entity, such as the tax manager, 
2.16 	bookkeeper, or managing agent;
2.17 	(4) in the case of an estate return:
2.18 	(i) the personal representative or trustee of the estate; and
2.19 	(ii) any beneficiary of the estate as shown on the federal estate tax return;
2.20 	(5) in the case of a trust return:
2.21 	(i) the trustee or trustees, jointly or separately; and
2.22 	(ii) any beneficiary of the trust as shown in the trust instrument;
2.23 	(6) if liability has been assessed to a transferee under section 270C.58, subdivision 
2.24 	1, the transferee is the data subject with regard to the returns and return information 
2.25 	relating to the assessed liability;
2.26 	(7) in the case of an Indian tribal government or an Indian tribal government-owned 
2.27 	entity,
2.28 	(i) the chair of the tribal government, or
2.29 	(ii) any person authorized by the tribal government; and
2.30 	(8) in the case of a successor as defined in section 270C.57, subdivision 1, paragraph 
2.31 	(b), the successor is the data subject and information may be disclosed as provided by 
2.32 	section 270C.57, subdivision 4; and
2.33 	(9) in the case of a gift return, the donor.

2.34 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 289A.10, subdivision 1, is 
2.35 	amended to read:
3.1 		Subdivision 1.Return required. In the case of a decedent who has an interest in 
3.2 	property with a situs in Minnesota, the personal representative must submit a Minnesota 
3.3 	estate tax return to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, if:
3.4 	(1) a federal estate tax return is required to be filed; or
3.5 	(2) the sum of the federal gross estate and federal adjusted taxable gifts made within 
3.6 	three years of the date of the decedent's death exceeds $1,000,000.
3.7 	The return must contain a computation of the Minnesota estate tax due. The return 
3.8 	must be signed by the personal representative.

3.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for estates of decedents dying after 
3.10 	June 30, 2013.

3.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 291.005, subdivision 1, is 
3.12 	amended to read:
3.13 		Subdivision 1.Scope. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, the following 
3.14 	terms used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:
3.15 	(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue or any person to whom the 
3.16 	commissioner has delegated functions under this chapter.
3.17 	(2) "Federal gross estate" means the gross estate of a decedent as required to be valued 
3.18 	and otherwise determined for federal estate tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code.
3.19 	(3) "Internal Revenue Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 
3.20 	1986, as amended through January 3, 2013, but without regard to the provisions of section 
3.21 	2011, paragraph (f), of the Internal Revenue Code.
3.22 	(4) "Minnesota adjusted taxable estate" means federal adjusted taxable estate as 
3.23 	defined by section 2011(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, plus
3.24 	(i) the amount of deduction for state death taxes allowed under section 2058 of the 
3.25 	Internal Revenue Code;.
3.26 	(ii) the amount of taxable gifts, as defined in section 292.16, and made by the 
3.27 	decedent within three years of the decedent's date of death; less
3.28 	(iii)(A) the value of qualified small business property under section 291.03, 
3.29 	subdivision 9, and the value of qualified farm property under section 291.03, subdivision 
3.30 	10, or (B) $4,000,000, whichever is less.
3.31 	(5) "Minnesota gross estate" means the federal gross estate of a decedent after (a) 
3.32 	excluding therefrom any property included therein which has its situs outside Minnesota, 
3.33 	and (b) including therein any property omitted from the federal gross estate which is 
3.34 	includable therein, has its situs in Minnesota, and was not disclosed to federal taxing 
3.35 	authorities.
4.1 	(6) "Nonresident decedent" means an individual whose domicile at the time of 
4.2 	death was not in Minnesota.
4.3 	(7) "Personal representative" means the executor, administrator or other person 
4.4 	appointed by the court to administer and dispose of the property of the decedent. If there 
4.5 	is no executor, administrator or other person appointed, qualified, and acting within this 
4.6 	state, then any person in actual or constructive possession of any property having a situs in 
4.7 	this state which is included in the federal gross estate of the decedent shall be deemed 
4.8 	to be a personal representative to the extent of the property and the Minnesota estate tax 
4.9 	due with respect to the property.
4.10 	(8) "Resident decedent" means an individual whose domicile at the time of death 
4.11 	was in Minnesota.
4.12 	(9) "Situs of property" means, with respect to:
4.13 	(i) real property, the state or country in which it is located;
4.14 	(ii) tangible personal property, the state or country in which it was normally kept 
4.15 	or located at the time of the decedent's death or for a gift of tangible personal property 
4.16 	within three years of death, the state or country in which it was normally kept or located 
4.17 	when the gift was executed; and
4.18 	(iii) intangible personal property, the state or country in which the decedent was 
4.19 	domiciled at death or for a gift of intangible personal property within three years of death, 
4.20 	the state or country in which the decedent was domiciled when the gift was executed.
4.21 	For a nonresident decedent with an ownership interest in a pass-through entity 
4.22 	with assets that include real or tangible personal property, situs of the real or tangible 
4.23 	personal property is determined as if the pass-through entity does not exist and the real 
4.24 	or tangible personal property is personally owned by the decedent. If the pass-through 
4.25 	entity is owned by a person or persons in addition to the decedent, ownership of the 
4.26 	property is attributed to the decedent in proportion to the decedent's capital ownership 
4.27 	share of the pass-through entity.
4.28 	(10) "Pass-through entity" includes the following:
4.29 	(i) an entity electing S corporation status under section 1362 of the Internal Revenue 
4.30 	Code;
4.31 	(ii) an entity taxed as a partnership under subchapter K of the Internal Revenue Code;
4.32 	(iii) a single-member limited liability company or similar entity, regardless of 
4.33 	whether it is taxed as an association or is disregarded for federal income tax purposes 
4.34 	under Code of Federal Regulations, title 26, section 301.7701-3; or
4.35 	(iv) a trust to the extent the property is includible in the decedent's federal gross estate.

5.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for gifts made after June 30, 2013, 
5.2 	and estates of decedents dying after June 30, 2013.

5.3 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 291.03, subdivision 1, is 
5.4 	amended to read:
5.5 		Subdivision 1.Tax amount. (a) The tax imposed shall be an amount equal to the 
5.6 	proportion of the maximum credit for state death taxes computed under section 2011 
5.7 	of the Internal Revenue Code, but without regard to section 2011, paragraph (f), and 
5.8 	using Minnesota adjusted taxable estate instead of federal adjusted taxable estate, as the 
5.9 	Minnesota gross estate bears to the value of the federal gross estate. The tax is reduced by:
5.10 	(1) the gift tax paid by the decedent under section 292.17 on gifts included in the 
5.11 	Minnesota adjusted taxable estate and not subtracted as qualified farm or small business 
5.12 	property; and
5.13 	(2) any credit allowed under subdivision 1c.
5.14 	(b) The tax determined under this subdivision must not be greater than the sum of 
5.15 	the following amounts multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Minnesota 
5.16 	gross estate and the denominator of which is the federal gross estate:
5.17 	(1) the rates and brackets under section 2001(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as 
5.18 	amended through December 31, 2000, multiplied by the sum of:
5.19 	(i) the taxable estate, as defined under section 2051 of the Internal Revenue Code; plus
5.20 	(ii) adjusted taxable gifts, as defined in section 2001(b) of the Internal Revenue 
5.21 	Code; less
5.22 	(iii) the lesser of (A) the sum of the value of qualified small business property 
5.23 	under subdivision 9, and the value of qualified farm property under subdivision 10, or 
5.24 	(B) $4,000,000; less
5.25 	(2) the amount of tax allowed under section 2001(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
5.26 	Code; and less
5.27 	(3) the federal credit allowed under section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code, and 
5.28 	including the credit attributable to the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount.
5.29 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal 
5.30 	Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2000.

5.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for estates of decedents dying after 
5.32 	June 30, 2013.

5.33 	Sec. 6.  REPEALER.
 6.1 	Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 289A.10, subdivision 1a; 289A.12, 
6.2 	subdivision 18; 289A.18, subdivision 3a; 289A.20, subdivision 3a; 291.03, subdivisions 8, 
6.3 	9, 10, and 11; 292.16; 292.17; 292.18; 292.19; 292.20; and 292.21, are repealed.

6.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for gifts made after June 30, 2013.