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Probate & Trust Law Section Conference Manual ... - Minnesota CLE

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Grandchild B $11,000<br />

Grandchild C $11,000<br />

Grandchild D $11,000<br />

Grandchild E $11,000<br />

Total $1,099,000<br />

Although the number of Units gifted is fixed on the date of the gift, that number is based on<br />

the fair market value of the gifted Units, which cannot be known on the date of the gift but<br />

must be determined after such date based on all relevant information as of that date.<br />

Furthermore, the value determined is subject to challenge by the Internal Revenue Service<br />

(“IRS”). I intend to have a good-faith determination of such value made by an independent<br />

third-party professional experienced in such matters and appropriately qualified make such a<br />

determination. Nevertheless, if after the number of gifted Units is determined based on such<br />

valuation, the IRS challenges such valuation and a final determination of a different value is<br />

made by the IRS or a court of law, the number of gifted Units shall be adjusted accordingly so<br />

that the value of the number of Units gifted to each person equals the amount set forth above,<br />

in the same manner as a federal estate tax formula marital deduction amount would be<br />

adjusted for a valuation redetermination by the IRS and/or a court of law.<br />

In the view of the Tax Court, the Wandry parents made gifts of specified dollar values of<br />

membership units rather than fixed percentage interests in the LLC. According to the Court, at<br />

all times the parents believed the gifts were of a dollar value, not a specified number of units.<br />

Wandryat p. 6. The Court analyzed the gifts as follows:<br />

1. Under the terms of the gift documents, the donees were always entitled to receive<br />

predefined Norseman percentage interests which the gift documents essentially<br />

expressed as a mathematical formula. For each of the Wandry children the formula<br />

was expressed as:<br />

X =<br />

$261,000____<br />

FMV of Norseman<br />

2. This formula had one unknown - the value of Norseman’s assets on January 1, 2004.<br />

But though unknown, that value was constant.<br />

3. Before and after the IRS audit the donees were entitled to receive the same Norseman<br />

percentage interests. Each donee-child was entitled to receive that Norseman<br />

percentage interest which had a value of $261,000. After the redetermination of the<br />

value of Norseman by the IRS, each of the donee children was entitled to receive<br />

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