Vermont § 7305 - Allowance for exemptions, deductions, and credits

§ 7305. Allowance for exemptions, deductions, and credits

• (a) In making an apportionment, allowances shall be made for any exemptions granted, any
  classification made of persons interested in the estate, and for any deductions and
  credits allowed by the law imposing the tax. (b) Any exemption or deduction allowed by reason of the relationship of any person to
  the decedent or by reason of the purposes of the gift shall inure to the benefit of
  the person bearing such relationship or receiving the gift, except that when an interest
  is subject to a prior present interest that is not allowable as a deduction, the tax
  apportionable against the present interest shall be paid from principal. (c) Any deduction for property previously taxed and any credit for gift taxes or death
  taxes of a foreign country paid by the decedent or the decedent’s estate shall inure
  to the proportionate benefit of all persons liable to apportionment. (d) Any credit for inheritance, succession, or estate taxes or taxes in the nature thereof
  in respect to property or interests includable in the estate shall inure to the benefit
  of the persons or interests chargeable with the payment thereof to the extent that,
  or in proportion as, the credit reduces the tax. (e) To the extent that property passing to or in trust for a surviving spouse or any charitable,
  public, or similar gift or bequest does not constitute an allowable deduction for
  purposes of the tax solely by reason of an inheritance tax or other death tax imposed
  upon and deductible from the property, the property shall not be included in the computation
  provided for in section 7302 of this title, and to that extent no apportionment shall be made against the property. The sentence
  immediately preceding shall not apply to any case where the result will be to deprive
  the estate of a deduction otherwise allowable under 26 U.S.C. § 2053(d) relating to deductions for State death taxes on transfers for public, charitable,
  or religious uses. (Added 1975, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; amended 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 555, eff. July 1, 2022.)