Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5731 | Estate Tax
Section 5731.17 | Deductions - Charitable Bequests and Transfers.

Effective: July 1, 1968
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 326 - 107th General Assembly
(A) For purposes of the tax levied by section 5731.02 of the Revised Code, the value of the taxable estate shall be determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate the amount of all bequests, legacies, devises, or transfers, including the interest which falls into any such bequest, legacy, devise or transfer as a result of an irrevocable disclaimer of a bequest, legacy, devise, transfer or power, if the disclaimer is made before the date prescribed for the filing of the estate tax return:
(1) To or for the use of the United States, any state, territory, any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, for exclusively public purposes;
(2) To or for the use of any corporation organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, including the encouragement of art and the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual, and no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation;
(3) To a trustee or trustees, or a fraternal society, order, or association operating under the lodge system, but only if such contributions or gifts are to be used by such trustee or trustees, or by such fraternal society, order, or association, exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, and no substantial part of the activities of such trustee or trustees, or of such fraternal society, order, or association, is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation;
(4) To or for the use of any veterans' organization incorporated by act of Congress, or of its departments or local chapters or posts, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
If any estate, succession, or inheritance taxes are, either by the terms of the will, by the law of the jurisdiction under which the estate is administered, or by the law of the jurisdiction imposing the particular tax, payable in whole or in part out of the bequests, legacies, or devises otherwise deductible under this section, then the amount deductible under this section shall be the amount of such bequests, legacies, or devises unreduced by the amount of such taxes.
(B) If, as of the date of a decedent's death, any bequest, legacy, devise or transfer for any of the purposes specified in division (A) of this section is dependent upon the performance of some act or the happening of a precedent event in order that it might become effective, no deduction is allowable unless the possibility that such bequest, legacy, devise or transfer will not become effective is so remote as to be negligible. The present value of a remainder, deferred payment or other limited interest shall be determined by the usual methods of valuation, including the use of tables of mortality and actuarial principles, under rules and regulations prescribed by the tax commissioner.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 57 | Taxation

Chapter 5731 | Estate Tax

Section 5731.01 | Estate Tax Definitions.

Section 5731.011 | Value of Qualified Farm Property.

Section 5731.02 | Rate of Tax - Credit.

Section 5731.03 | Value of Gross Estate.

Section 5731.04 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Interest of Surviving Spouse.

Section 5731.05 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers in Contemplation of Death.

Section 5731.06 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers With Retention of Life Estate or Power of Appointment.

Section 5731.07 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers Conditioned on Survivorship or Reversionary Interest.

Section 5731.08 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers Subject to Power to Alter, Amend, Revoke, or Terminate.

Section 5731.09 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Annuity.

Section 5731.10 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Joint and Survivorship Property.

Section 5731.11 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Interests Subject to General Power of Appointment.

Section 5731.12 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Insurance Payable to Estate.

Section 5731.13 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers for Less Than Adequate Consideration.

Section 5731.131 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Income Interest for Life Where Marital Deduction Allowable.

Section 5731.14 | Determining Taxable Estate.

Section 5731.15 | General Deductions.

Section 5731.16 | Deductions - Funeral and Administration Expenses, and Debts.

Section 5731.161 | Deductions - Estate of Transferee Spouse.

Section 5731.17 | Deductions - Charitable Bequests and Transfers.

Section 5731.18 | Additional Estate Tax Transfer of Estate.

Section 5731.181 | Additional Tax on Generation-Skipping Transfer.

Section 5731.19 | Estate Tax on Nonresidents.

Section 5731.21 | Filing Estate Tax Return.

Section 5731.22 | Failing to File Timely Return or Underpayment Due to Fraud.

Section 5731.23 | Tax Due and Payable 9 Months After Date of Death - Interest.

Section 5731.24 | Due Date for Additional Tax Return and Payment.

Section 5731.25 | Extensions.

Section 5731.26 | Tax Commissioner - Powers and Duties.

Section 5731.27 | Certificate of Determination of Final Estate Tax Liability.

Section 5731.28 | Claims for Refund.

Section 5731.30 | Filing Exceptions to Tax Commissioner's Final Determination of Taxes With Probate Court.

Section 5731.31 | Probate Court Jurisdiction.

Section 5731.32 | Appeal From Final Order of Probate Court.

Section 5731.33 | Receipt for Payment.

Section 5731.34 | Transfers of Intangible Personal Property.

Section 5731.35 | Foreign Estate Tax.

Section 5731.36 | Enforcing Claims for Foreign Estate Taxes.

Section 5731.37 | Taxes Are Lien on Property.

Section 5731.38 | Statute of Limitations.

Section 5731.39 | Written Consent of Tax Commissioner to Transfer of Assets.

Section 5731.40 | No Consent of Tax Commissioner to Transfer of Assets of Nonresident Decedents.

Section 5731.41 | Appointment of Enforcement Agents.

Section 5731.42 | Collecting Unpaid Tax.

Section 5731.43 | Representing State, Tax Commissioner and County Auditor.

Section 5731.44 | Deputies of Auditor.

Section 5731.45 | Duties of County Treasurer.

Section 5731.46 | Fees of Sheriff and Other Officers.

Section 5731.47 | Payment of Fees of Officers and Expenses of County Auditor.

Section 5731.48 | Distributing Tax Revenue.

Section 5731.49 | Determining Tax Revenues Due Political Subdivisions.

Section 5731.50 | Determining Origin of Tax on Transfer of Realty and Tangible Personalty Located in State.

Section 5731.51 | Determining Origin of Tax on Transfer of Personalty Not Located in State.

Section 5731.90 | Confidentiality.

Section 5731.99 | Penalty.