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• Publication 559, Survivors, Executors, and Administrators. This publication is designed to help those in charge of the property (estate) of an individual who has died (decedent). It explains how to complete and file federal income tax returns and points out the responsibility to pay any taxes due.
• Form 706, U.S. Estate Tax Return. Form to be filed on certain estates of a deceased resident or citizen. The catalog number for the instructions is 16779E. Prescribing Instructions are: IRC Sec. 6018; Regs. Sec. 20.6018-1.
• Form 706 Instructions, This item is used to assist in filing Form 706. Form 706 is used by the executor of a decedent's estate to figure the estate tax imposed by Chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code.  Instructions include rate schedules.
• Form 709, U.S. Gift Tax Return. Form 709 is used to report transfers subject to the Federal gift and certain generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes, and to figure the tax, if any, due on those transfers.
• Form 709 Instructions, This item contains helpful information to be used by the taxpayer in preparation of Form 709, U.S. Gift Tax Return.  Instructions include rate schedules.
• Notice -- Form 709-A is Now Obsolete and Should Not Be Filed.  All gift tax returns must now be filed using Form 709, United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return. -- 21-OCT-2003 Return To Estate and Gift Main Page
• Publication 950, Introduction to Estate and Gift Taxes. This publication informs taxpayers of estate and gift tax filing requirements. This overview is required to improve voluntary compliance.
• Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative. Used with respect to any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code (except alcohol and tobacco taxes and firearms activities). Form 2848 has separate instructions (11981U).
• Form 2848 Instructions, This item contains general instructions for using and preparing Form 2848.
• Form 4421, Fees and Commissions (Not a Fill-in Form).
• Form 4422 , Application for Certificate Discharging Property Subject to Estate Tax Lien.
• Form 1041, U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts.
• Form 1041, Instructions.
• Schedule K-1, Beneficiary's Share of Income, Deductions, Credit, etc.
• Section 7520, Interest rates to be used in valuing certain charitable transfers. 
• Form 4768, Extension of Time to File a Return and/or Pay U.S. Estate Taxes. (NOTICE:  Some errors are being made when this form is completed.  Please remember to file the second page and to be sure to fill in the decedent's name and social security number)

Visit the  Forms and Pubs  page for a complete listing of IRS Forms and Publications. Also, refer to the section on Where to File and Contact Information on locations where to mail Estate and Gift tax returns.

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