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Old 3rd July 2008, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by twostep View Post
The nut shell version - resident alien surviving spouse does not qualify for marital deduction of probated property. Give or take up to 40% tax are due:>(
I have a cousin married to a GC holder - though the GC holder is about 10 years older than his wife, so hopefully they won't have the problem. If she survives him, there's no problem for her to inherit with the full marital deduction.
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Bev
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