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Everyone Has an Estate
By: Farrah C. Ramdayal, Attorney at Law. Dearborn, Michigan. Everyone Has an Estate What is an Estate? According to The U.S. Internal Revenue Code, “the value of the gross estate of the decedent shall be determined, by including to the extent provided for in this part, the value at the time of his death of all property, real or personal, tangible, or intangible, wherever situated.” Contrary to popular belief, everyone has an “estate”, whether it’s worth $1 or $100 million. An individual’s estate does not only include a person’s “real estate” nor is it referring strictly to one’s probate estate; instead, your estate includes all the property over which you have some interest at the time of your death
