Tennessee § 67-8-206 - Tax charged upon entire estate — Affidavit.

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§ 67-8-206. Tax charged upon entire estate — Affidavit.

The Tennessee estate tax shall be charged upon the entire Tennessee estate of the decedent, and the executor shall pay the tax to the commissioner of revenue, and shall file with such commissioner an affidavit showing: The amount of the federal estate tax before allowing the maximum credit for taxes of any of the kinds as provided in § 2011 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. § 2011); The proportion of nontaxable property to the entire estate, referred to in § 67-8-202; The amount of state taxes; The amount of any additional taxes allowable in computing the federal estate tax of the decedent; The amount of the Tennessee estate tax; and The amount of interest, if any, paid on such federal estate tax and the period covered by such interest, together with the amounts, if any, of any of the items theretofore paid and a duplicate of the federal estate tax return filed or being filed by the executor. Acts 1929 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 23, § 4; Code 1932, § 1299; modified; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; 1983, ch. 73, § 15; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1704.

Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 67-8-206 ("Tax charged upon entire estate — Affidavit.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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