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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.
Keywords: taxation, funerals, trusts
JEL Classification: H24
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
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: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1086118
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