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US Persons for Transfer Tax Purposes: Citizenship, Domicile and Situs

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The federal estate and gift tax does not reach everyone in the same way. Two questions decide the exposure. The first is whether the person making the transfer is a United States person for transfer tax purposes. The second is where the transferred property is situated. The first question turns on citizenship and domicile, and not on residence, which is

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