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163 / May dividends paid on a life insurance policy in trust be gifts of a present interest even though the policy itself was a gift of a future interest?

Yes. If the trustee is directed to pay the dividends to the trust beneficiary, the value of probable dividends will be considered a gift of a present interest.1


1. Tidemann v. Commissioner, 1 TC 968 (1943).

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