Treasury Regulations (26 C.F.R.)
26 CFR § 20.2053-2
Deduction for funeral expenses.
Such amounts for funeral expenses are allowed as deductions from a decedent's gross estate as (a) are actually expended, (b) would be properly allowable out of property subject to claims under the laws of the local jurisdiction, and (c) satisfy the requirements of paragraph (c) of § 20.2053-1. A reasonable expenditure for a tombstone, monument, or mausoleum, or for a burial lot, either for the decedent or his family, including a reasonable expenditure for its future care, may be deducted under this heading, provided such an expenditure is allowable by the local law. Included in funeral expenses is the cost of transportation of the person bringing the body to the place of burial.
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In this part (40 sections)
- 20.2039-1 · Annuities.
- 20.2039-1T · Limitations and repeal of estate tax exclusion for…
- 20.2039-2 · Annuities under “qualified plans” and section 403(b)…
- 20.2039-3 · Lump sum distributions under “qualified plans;” decedents…
- 20.2039-4 · Lump sum distributions from “qualified plans;” decedents…
- 20.2039-5 · Annuities under individual retirement plans.
- 20.2040-1 · Joint interests.
- 20.2041-1 · Powers of appointment; in general.
- 20.2041-2 · Powers of appointment created on or before October 21, 1942.
- 20.2041-3 · Powers of appointment created after October 21, 1942.
- 20.2042-1 · Proceeds of life insurance.
- 20.2043-1 · Transfers for insufficient consideration.
- 20.2044-1 · Certain property for which marital deduction was previously…
- 20.2044-2 · Effective dates.
- 20.2045-1 · Applicability to pre-existing transfers or interests.
- 20.2046-1 · Disclaimed property.
- 20.2031-7A · Valuation of annuities, interests for life or a term of…
- 20.2051-1 · Definition of taxable estate.
- 20.2052-1 · Exemption.
- 20.2053-1 · Deductions for expenses, indebtedness, and taxes; in…
- 20.2053-2 · Deduction for funeral expenses.
- 20.2053-3 · Deduction for expenses of administering estate.
- 20.2053-4 · Deduction for claims against the estate.
- 20.2053-5 · Deductions for charitable, etc., pledges or subscriptions.
- 20.2053-6 · Deduction for taxes.
- 20.2053-7 · Deduction for unpaid mortgages.
- 20.2053-8 · Deduction for expenses in administering property not…
- 20.2053-9 · Deduction for certain State death taxes.
- 20.2053-10 · Deduction for certain foreign death taxes.
- 20.2054-1 · Deduction for losses from casualties or theft.
- 20.2055-1 · Deduction for transfers for public, charitable, and…
- 20.2055-2 · Transfers not exclusively for charitable purposes.
- 20.2055-3 · Effect of death taxes and administration expenses.
- 20.2055-4 · Disallowance of charitable, etc., deductions because of…
- 20.2055-5 · Disallowance of charitable, etc., deductions in the case of…
- 20.2055-6 · Disallowance of double deduction in the case of qualified…
- 20.2056-0 · Table of contents.
- 20.2056(a)-1 · (a)-1 Marital deduction; in general.
- 20.2056(a)-2 · (a)-2 Marital deduction; “deductible interests” and…
- 20.2056(b)-1 · (b)-1 Marital deduction; limitation in case of life…