(a) A person required under Section 40-15B-9 to pay an estate tax greater than the amount due from the person under Section 40-15B-3 or 40-15B-4 has a right to reimbursement from another person to the extent that the other person has not paid the tax required by Section 40-15B-3 or 40-15B-4 and a right to reimbursement ratably from other persons to the extent that each has not contributed a portion of the amount collected under Section 40-15B-9(b). The right to reimbursement includes the right to receive interest on the amount of the estate tax payment from the date of the payment to the date of reimbursement at the interest rate that would be charged during such period on an estate tax deficiency by the taxing authority that imposed the estate tax. The right of reimbursement also includes the reasonable costs of collection including attorney's fees.
(b) A fiduciary may enforce the right to reimbursement under subsection (a) on behalf of the person that is entitled to the reimbursement and shall take reasonable steps to do so if requested by the person.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 40 - Revenue and Taxation.
Chapter 15B - Alabama Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act.
Section 40-15B-1 - Short Title.
Section 40-15B-2 - Definitions.
Section 40-15B-3 - Apportionment by Will or Other Dispositive Instrument.
Section 40-15B-4 - Statutory Apportionment of Estate Taxes.
Section 40-15B-5 - Credits and Deferrals.
Section 40-15B-6 - Insulated Property: Advancement of Tax.
Section 40-15B-7 - Apportionment and Recapture of Special Elective Benefits.
Section 40-15B-8 - Securing Payment of Estate Tax From Property in Possession of Fiduciary.
Section 40-15B-9 - Collection of Estate Tax by Fiduciary.
Section 40-15B-10 - Right of Reimbursement.
Section 40-15B-11 - Action to Determine or Enforce Act.
Section 40-15B-12 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.