Pay Now, Die Later

Newman, Joel

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Pay Now, Die Later

Joel S. Newman

Wake Forest University - School of Law

Tax Notes, Vol. 80, No. 6, 1998
Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1086118

Abstract:
The story of the enactment of Internal Revenue Code Section 685, which facilitates separate taxation of pre-need funeral trusts. The enactment of Section 685 was a mistake. it stems from the failure of Congress, and especially the staffs of the tax-writing committees, to understand what was truly at stake.

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Keywords: taxation, funerals, trusts

JEL Classification: H24

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Date posted: January 22, 2008

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Newman, Joel S., Pay Now, Die Later. Tax Notes, Vol. 80, No. 6, 1998; Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1086118. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1086118

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