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In Coaxum v. Commissioner, the Tax Court found that the decedent retained incidents of ownership in six life insurance policies, rendering their values includible in the gross estate, that the value of the annuities owned by the decedent was includible in the gross estate, and that the estate was liable for a failure to file timely penalty
The Tenth Circuit has affirmed a Tax Court decision finding that a taxpayer who borrowed against the cash value of an insurance policy must realize income under I.R.C. 72 when the policy was terminated by the carrier
On December 5, 2011, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2011-28, holding that a grantor's retention of the power, exercisable in a non-fiduciary capacity, to acquire a life insurance policy held in a trust by substituting other assets of equal value will not cause inclusion of the policy in the grantor's gross estate under IRC Section 2042, as long as certain guidelines are met
