Gross Estate Quiz
Gross Estate Quiz
Gross Estate Quiz
Statement 1: The estate tax accrues at the moment of death of the decedent
Statement 2: The estate taxation, the taxpayer is the decedent
Which of the above statements is correct?
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Both statements
Statement 1 only
Neither statements
Statement 2 only
The following are the motives of a taxpayer that preclude the transfer in contemplation
of death, except one
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W A B Free portion
b. 3M 3M 3M P3M
c. None 6M 6M None
For estate tax purposes, the estate of the decedent shall be valued at the time
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Of the preparation of the estate tax return
Resident citizen
Resident alien
Which of the following is an intangible personal property within?
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Revocable transfers
P500,000
P300,000
P200,000
P1,500,000
On the belief that he was about to die of a liver cancer, Bongbong sold to Bengbeng a
property valued at P1, 100, 000 for the same amount. Six months later, Bongbong died
of a car accident. At that time, the property had already a value of P1,300,000. For
Philippine estate tax purposes, the amount includible in the gross estate tax purposes,
the amount includible in the gross estate of Bongbong is -
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P1,100,000
None
P200,000
P1,300,000
Case 1 - Designation of the beneficiary is revocable
Case 2 - Designation of the beneficiary is irrevocable
Case 3 - Policy is silent as to whether the designation is revocable or irrevocable
In which of the above cases will proceeds be exempt from estate tax, assuming that the
beneficiary of the life insurance proceeds is neither the estate, the executor nor the
administrator of the estate?
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Case 2
Case 1
Cases 1 and 3
Proceeds of life insurance includible in the taxable gross estate
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Transmission from the first heir or donee in favor of another beneficiary in accordance
with the desire of the predecessor
All bequests, devisees, legacies or transfers to social welfare, cultural and charitable
institutions.
One of the following is included in the gross estate
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conjugal property
community property
A. Share of the decedent in the community property
B. Share of the surviving spouse in the community property
C. Exclusive property of the decedent
D. Exclusive property of the surviving spouse
Which of the above properties are included in the gross estate of the decedent?
A and B
A and C
A, B and C
Aldo died leaving the following properties:
is:
A. P1,170,000
B. P1,820,000
C. P1,990,000
D. P2,495,000
spouses:
A. P1, 820, 000
B. P1, 990,000
C. P2, 495,000
D. P1, 170,000
Under absolute community of property regime, the gross estate of Aldo is:
A. P1, 170,000
B. P2, 495,000
C. P1,990,000
D. P1, 820,000
Pepe married Pilar on January 20, 1995 without any prior agreement in writing as to the
system of property relationship that will govern as to the system of property relationship
that will govern their properties when they are already married. Pepe brought into the
marriage an old Spanish house in Vigan, Ilocos Sur worth P2,000,000 while Pilar
brought with her a 200 hectare pineapple plantation in Bukidnon which she acquired
while she was still single.
As a consequence of her marriage. she received as gift from her parents another 200
hectare banana plantation in Cagayan de Oro City on January 31, 1995.
Twelve (12) years thereafter, she died of a car accident. The joint account deposit of the
spouses with Metrobank was P5,000,000.
She was insured with an insurance company for P2,500,000 with Pepe as the appointed
irrevocable beneficiary.
Classify the properties identified by choosing your answer from the options below:
A. Exclusive property of Pepe
B. Exclusive property of Pilar
C. Conjugal property of Pepe and Pilar
D. Community property of Pepe and Pilar
D
The old Spanish house in Ilocos Sur
B
The income of the banana plantation
B
The banana plantation in Cagayan de Oro City
Which of the following is not included in the value of the gross estate?
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Judicial expenses
b. No No Yes No
c. Yes No No Yes
d. Yes Yes No No
Which of the following is a multiplier deduction for purposes of computing the vanishing
deduction?
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Standard deduction
Family Home
Rodolfo, a citizen of the Philippines and resident of Bacolod City, died testate on May
10, 2018. Among his gross estate are properties inherited from his deceased father who
died April 4, 2015. What percentage of deduction will be used in computing the amount
of vanishing deduction?
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80% of the value taken of the value taken as basis for vanishing deduction
The spouses shall be governed by the absolute community of property regime. Thus, if
Mendell dies on May 20, 2009 only his one-half share in the land shall be subject to a
vanishing deduction
The spouses shall be governed by the absolute community of property regime. Thus, if
Cristita dies on May 20, 2009 the land shall be subject to vanishing deduction of one-
half of its value.
The spouses shall be governed by the conjugal partnership of gains. Thus, if Mendell
dies on May 20, 2009 the vanishing deduction shall be classified as a deduction from
his exclusive properties.
The following expenses and obligations were left by Boning, a Filipino, upon his death:
P5,590,000
P5,560,000
P1,560,000
P1,590,000
Che Cua, a non-resident alien, died leaving the following assets -
Note - The country where she is citizen and resident does not impose transfer tax on
transmission of intangibles of Filipinos.
The taxable net estate in the Philippines is -
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P3,800,000
P5, 280,000
P4, 780,000
P4, 280,000
A citizen of the Philippines, single, died a resident of the United States, leaving the
following properties:
Real property in the United States, inherited from father One and one-half
Р 2,000,000
years ago
P5,000,000
P3, 400,000
P3,000,000
P1, 600,000
Val Hallada died on November 20, 2018. Some of the properties he left are the
following:
MARKET VALUE
Assets Mode of Acquisition Date of Acquisition Date Acquired Death of Val Hallada
Other information:
P67, 783
P57, 500
P67,083
P58, 100
Mama Mathay, widow, a citizen the Philippines residing in Vancouver, Canada, died on
December 20, 2018 leaving the following properties:
Real property (inherited from her husband on May3, 2017 valued then at
P2,960,000
P2, 600, 000)
Obligations:
P45,000
P105,000
(P195,000)
P366,000
The following data relates to Carl, married two (2) years ago, died leaving the following:
Losses 25,000
Carl paid P60,000 to the mortgage of the land a year before his death.
Assuming Carl was under conjugal partnership of gains, the total ordinary deductions
regime, the total amount deductible from the community property is
A. P130,560
B. P165,560
C. P265,490
D. P190,560
Alladin, Filipino, married, died January 1, 2018, leaving the following properties:
Riceland P1,000,000
Inherited from his mother who died April 12, 2014 or five days after his
marriage:
Car 500,000
The rice land and the residential land were previously mortgaged for P350,000 when inherited
where P200,000 was paid by Alladin during his lifetime.
The coconut land was mortgaged for P132,000 of which P52,000 was paid before his death.
Also Alladin, by will, bequeathed to Marikina City the sum of P200,000 for exclusively public
purpose.
Car P400,000
Unpaid mortgage on other real properties contracted for the benefit of the
200,000
conjugal property)
Unpaid mortgage on house and lot in Laguna (the proceeds of which did
350,000
not redound to the benefit of the family)
Income tax on income earned from October 11 to December 31, 2018 7,500
Properties:
Residential lot inherited from his father on June 12, 2015, before
1,200,000
marriage
Family home:
Inter vivos donation from his mother on July 2012, revocable 150,000
Obligations:
Community properties:
None of these.
The optional standard deduction is forty percent (40%) of the gross income for
corporations. For purposes of the optional standard deduction gross income means:
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Gross profit from sales, or gross receipts or revenues less direct cost of services, plus
all other items of gross income.
From the last day required by law for the payment of the tax in one lump sum.
From the date of payment of the last installment.
Distributed to the
2015 P 50,000 -
partners
In 2018 the partnership was dissolved and Bogart received the sum of P100,000 upon
liquidation.
The taxable capital gain of Bogart in 2018 arising from the liquidation of his interest in
the partnership is:
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P 24,000
P 40,000
P 20,000
P 12,000
WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY. (Example: A)
Joan sold for P12,000,000 his residential land in Manila (FMV is P15,000,000).
1. If Joan utilized all of the P12,000,000 in buying a house and lot to be used as his new
File a claim for refund or credit with the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Taxable on the excess benefits as well as his salaries, wages and allowances, just like
an employee receiving compensation income beyond the statutory minimum wage.
Statement 1: Tax exemption applies only to government entities that exercise
proprietary functions.
Statement 2: All government entities regardless of their functions are exempted from
taxes because it would be impractical for the government to be taxing itself
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The last day for the taxpayer to submit relevant supporting documents is
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September 2, 2020
September 4, 2020