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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 205.247

  • Department: means the bureau of revenue of the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 205.256
  • Internal revenue code: means the United States internal revenue code of 1986, in effect on January 1, 1998 or, at the option of the personal representative, in effect on the date of the decedent's death. See Michigan Laws 205.256
  • Personal representative: means the personal representative appointed by the probate court, including an independent personal representative, or, if a personal representative is not acting, then any person who is in the actual or constructive possession of any property included in the gross estate of the decedent or any other person who is required to file a return or pay the taxes due under any provision of this act. See Michigan Laws 205.256
  • Probate: Proving a will
   A final account of a personal representative of the estate when the value of the gross estate wherever situated exceeds the federal unified credit equivalent under the internal revenue code shall not be allowed by the probate court unless the account shows, and the probate judge finds, that the tax imposed by the provisions of this act upon the personal representative, which has become payable, has been paid. The department‘s certificate of nonliability for the tax or its receipt for the amount of tax paid shall be conclusive in the proceedings as to the liability or the payment of the tax.