Estate tax rules dictate that you must file a Form 1041: U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts for any year either of these applies:
The estate tax savings come from the fact that you've already paid the income tax, not from any
special estate tax rule that applies to Roth IRAs.
Our bill provides tax relief to farmers and other landowners by
amending estate tax rules for conservation easements through an increase in the maximum exclusion amount to $ 2 million and increasing the base percentage to 60 %.
A ROTH IRA that's more than 5 years old will also be an exception if the amount is exempt under the current
federal estate tax rules» ($ 5.3 million for 2014.)
That means today is the first deadline to fall under
the estate tax rules that took effect as of 2011.
There is an exception to
the estate tax rule.
Many planners had taken the position that, due to the uncertainty in
the estate tax rules, it was better to wait to make gifts in 2010 until the landscape became clearer, probably near year end.
There is an exception to
the estate tax rule.
(Note that as of this writing, the Trump administration has just announced plans to withdraw
some estate tax rules, so this may be a moot point in the future.