Section 7. If the executor makes a written application, accompanied by a copy of the final determination of federal estate tax liability, to the commissioner for determination of the amount of the tax and discharge from personal liability therefor, the commissioner, as soon as possible, and in any event within one year after the making of such application, or, if the application is made before the return is filed, then within one year after the return is filed, shall notify the executor of the amount of the tax. The executor, on payment of the amount of which he is notified, shall be discharged from personal liability for any deficiency in tax thereafter found to be due, and shall be entitled to a receipt or writing showing such discharge.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 65c - Massachusetts Estate Tax
Section 2 - Computation of Estate Tax
Section 2a - Transfer of Estate and Real Property; Tax
Section 3 - Exemption and Deductions
Section 3a - Qualified Terminable Interest Property
Section 4 - Nonresident Decedents; Tax on Certain Property Located in Commonwealth
Section 4a - Generation-Skipping Transfers
Section 5 - Valuation; Gross Estate
Section 6 - Executor's Liability for Tax
Section 7 - Discharge of Executor's Personal Liability
Section 8 - Records, Statements and Returns; Rules and Regulations
Section 10 - Extension of Due Date for Payment of Tax
Section 13 - Fraudulent Underpayment; Penalty
Section 14 - Lien for Unpaid Tax; Liability for Delinquent Tax; Release or Discharge of Lien
Section 15 - Assessment of Tax on Decedent's Transferee
Section 16 - Executor; Fiduciaries; Assumption of Powers and Duties
Section 21 - Death Taxes of Nonresident Decedent; Proof of Payment; Filing
Section 24 - Documents; Issuance; Fees
Section 26 - Tax Evasion; Penalties
Section 27 - Willful Failure to Pay Tax or Provide Information; Penalties