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Practice question: Basic Principles and Concepts only

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Practice question

What is the basic object of the estate tax under Section 84, rather than an annual tax on mere continued possession?
  1. Transfer of the decedent's net estate under the statutory framework.
  2. Every heir's annual salary from an unrelated job.
  3. Every future purchase made by an heir for life.
  4. Only the cost of printing a title.
  5. The executor's unrelated personal savings.

Legal references

  • NIRC Sections84-85,98 and104, read with TRAIN amendments: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8424_1997.html
  • RA10963, TRAIN, estate and donor tax amendments including Sections99-100: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10963_2017.html

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