Regulations last checked for updates: Jan 18, 2025

Title 26 - Internal Revenue last revised: Jan 15, 2025
§ 28.6071-1 -

(a) In general—(1) Due Date. A U.S. recipient, as defined in § 28.2801-2(e), must file Form 708, United States Return of Tax for Gifts and Bequests Received from Covered Expatriates, or any substitute or successor form specified in guidance or instructions, on or before the fifteenth day of the eighteenth calendar month following the close of the calendar year in which the covered gift or covered bequest was received. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the due date for a Form 708 reporting a covered bequest that is not received on the decedent's date of death under § 28.2801-4(d)(3) is the later of—

(i) The fifteenth day of the eighteenth calendar month following the close of the calendar year in which the covered expatriate died; or

(ii) The fifteenth day of the sixth month of the calendar year following the close of the calendar year in which the covered bequest was received.

(2) If a U.S. recipient receives multiple covered gifts and covered bequests during the same calendar year, the rule in paragraph (a)(1) of this section may result in different due dates and the filing of multiple returns reporting the different transfers received during the same calendar year.

(b) Migrated foreign trust. The due date for a Form 708 for the year in which a foreign trust becomes a domestic trust is the fifteenth day of the sixth month of the calendar year following the close of the calendar year in which the foreign trust becomes a domestic trust.

(c) Certain returns by foreign trusts with election under § 28.2801-5(d) for calendar year in which no covered gift or covered bequest received. A foreign trust making an election to be treated as a domestic trust for purposes of section 2801 under § 28.2801-5(d) (electing foreign trust) for a calendar year in which the foreign trust received no covered gifts or covered bequests must file a Form 708 on or before the fifteenth day of the sixth month of the calendar year following the close of the calendar year for which the election is made.

(d) Applicability date. This section applies to covered gifts or covered bequests received on or after January 1, 2025.

authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805.
source: 90 FR 3395, Jan. 14, 2025, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 26 CFR 28.6071-1