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Home » US Law » 2022 Massachusetts General Laws » Part I - Administration of the Government » Title IX - Taxation » Chapter 65b - Settlement of Disputes Respecting the Domicile of Decedents for Death Tax Purposes

Section 2 – Procedure to Determine Domicile for Tax Purposes

Section 2. In any case in which this commonwealth and one or more other states each claims that it was a domicile of a decedent at the time of his death, and no judicial determination of domicile for death tax purposes has been made in any of such states, any executor, or the taxing official […]

Section 3 – Agreements as to Tax

Section 3. In any case in which an election is made as provided in section two and not rejected, the commissioner may enter into a written agreement with the other taxing officials involved and with the executors, to accept a certain sum in full payment of any death tax, together with interest and penalties, that […]

Section 4 – Determination of Domicile on Failure to Agree

Section 4. If in any such case it shall appear that an agreement cannot be reached as provided in section three, or if one year shall have elapsed from the date of the election without such an agreement having been reached, the domicile of the decedent at the time of his death shall be determined […]

Section 5 – Penalties and Interest for Non-Payment of Tax

Section 5. In any case where it is determined by the board of arbitration referred to in section four that the decedent died domiciled in this commonwealth, penalties and interest for nonpayment of the tax, between the date of the election and the final determination of the board, shall not exceed, in the aggregate, four […]

Section 6 – Application of Chapter

Section 6. The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to cases in which each of the states involved has in effect a law substantially similar to this chapter.