(a) In this section:

“Special elective benefit” means a reduction in an estate tax obtained by an election for:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 560:3-1307

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.
(1) A reduced valuation of specified property that is included in the gross estate;
(2) A deduction from the gross estate, other than a marital or charitable deduction, allowed for specified property; or
(3) An exclusion from the gross estate of specified property.

“Specified property” means property for which an election has been made for a special elective benefit.

(b) If an election is made for one or more special elective benefits, an initial apportionment of a hypothetical estate tax shall be computed as if no election for any of those benefits had been made. The aggregate reduction in estate tax resulting from all elections made shall be allocated among holders of interests in the specified property in the proportion that the amount of deduction, reduced valuation, or exclusion attributable to each holder’s interest bears to the aggregate amount of deductions, reduced valuations, and exclusions obtained by the decedent‘s estate from the elections. If the estate tax initially apportioned to the holder of an interest in specified property is reduced to zero, any excess amount of reduction shall reduce ratably the estate tax apportioned to other persons that receive interests in the apportionable estate.
(c) An additional estate tax imposed to recapture all or part of a special elective benefit shall be charged to the persons that are liable for the additional tax under the law providing for the recapture.

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