Q1
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Believing that his death was imminent, a widower gave his son some real estate two years ago, and filed a timely gift tax return. The widower died on January 1st of this year. Additional facts are:
Widower's basis in the real estate $200,000
Value of real estate when gifted 510,000
Value of real estate on date of death 1,000,000
Amount of gift tax paid by widower 159,500
Assuming the widower made no additional gifts to his son, all the following statements concerning this situation are correct EXCEPT: