26 CFR § 20.6905-1 - Discharge of executor from personal liability for decedent's income and gift taxes.

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title: "26 CFR § 20.6905-1 - Discharge of executor from personal liability for decedent's income and gift taxes."
title_number: 26
title_name: "Internal Revenue"
section_number: "20.6905-1"
section_name: "Discharge of executor from personal liability for decedent's income and gift taxes."
chapter_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES"
part_number: "20"
part_name: "ESTATE TAX; ESTATES OF DECEDENTS DYING AFTER AUGUST 16, 1954"
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authority: "26 U.S.C. 7805."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 6296, 23 FR 4529, June 24, 1958; 25 FR 14021, Dec. 31, 1960, unless otherwise noted."
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# 20.6905-1 Discharge of executor from personal liability for decedent's income and gift taxes.

For regulations concerning the discharge of an executor from personal liability for a decedent's income and gift taxes, see § 301.6905-1 of this chapter (Regulations on Procedure and Administration).

[T.D. 7238, 37 FR 28725, Dec. 29, 1972]