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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idd6ddc543-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552" identifier="/us/usc/t26/s2201/b"><num value="b" class="bold">(b)</num><heading class="bold"> Qualified decedent</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term “qualified decedent” means—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idd6ddc544-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552" identifier="/us/usc/t26/s2201/b/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><chapeau> any citizen or resident of the United States dying while in active service of the Armed Forces of the United States, if such decedent—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="idd6ddc545-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552" identifier="/us/usc/t26/s2201/b/1/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> was killed in action while serving in a combat zone, as determined under section 112(c), or</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="idd6ddc546-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552" identifier="/us/usc/t26/s2201/b/1/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> died as a result of wounds, disease, or injury suffered while serving in a combat zone (as determined under section 112(c)), and while in the line of duty, by reason of a hazard to which such decedent was subjected as an incident of such service,</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idd6ddc547-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552" identifier="/us/usc/t26/s2201/b/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> any specified terrorist victim (as defined in section 692(d)(4)), and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idd6ddc548-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552" identifier="/us/usc/t26/s2201/b/3"><num value="3">(3)</num><content> any astronaut whose death occurs in the line of duty.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idd6ddc549-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552" identifier="/us/usc/t26/s2201/c"><num value="c" class="bold">(c)</num><heading class="bold"> Rate schedule</heading><content><table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" width="50%" style="border-collapse:collapse; border=0;  -uslm-lc: c2,L0,tp0,p7,7/8,s20,xs108,tp0,p7,7/8,s20,xs108; " id="idd6ddc54a-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552">
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<th style="min-width: 94.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"><p style=" text-align:left;"><b>If the amount with respect to which the tentative tax to be computed is:</b></p></th><th style="width:112.0pt ; max-width:112.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"><p style=" text-align:left;"><b>The tentative tax is:</b></p></th></tr>
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<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;" class="leaders"><span>Not over $150,000</span></p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">1 percent of the amount by which such amount exceeds $100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $150,000 but not over $200,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$500 plus 2 percent of the excess over $150,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $200,000 but not over $300,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$1,500 plus 3 percent of the excess over $200,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $300,000 but not over $500,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$4,500 plus 4 percent of the excess over $300,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $500,000 but not over $700,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$12,500 plus 5 percent of the excess over $500,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $700,000 but not over $900,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$22,500 plus 6 percent of the excess over $700,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $900,000 but not over $1,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$34,500 plus 7 percent of the excess over $900,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $1,100,000 but not over $1,600,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$48,500 plus 8 percent of the excess over $1,100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $1,600,000 but not over $2,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$88,500 plus 9 percent of the excess over $1,600,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $2,100,000 but not over $2,600,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$133,500 plus 10 percent of the excess over $2,100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $2,600,000 but not over $3,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$183,500 plus 11 percent of the excess over $2,600,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $3,100,000 but not over $3,600,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$238,500 plus 12 percent of the excess over $3,100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $3,600,000 but not over $4,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$298,500 plus 13 percent of the excess over $3,600,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $4,100,000 but not over $5,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$363,500 plus 14 percent of the excess over $4,100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $5,100,000 but not over $6,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$503,500 plus 15 percent of the excess over $5,100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $6,100,000 but not over $7,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$653,500 plus 16 percent of the excess over $6,100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $7,100,000 but not over $8,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$813,500 plus 17 percent of the excess over $7,100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $8,100,000 but not over $9,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$983,500 plus 18 percent of the excess over $8,100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">Over $9,100,000 but not over $10,100,000</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$1,163,500 plus 19 percent of the excess over $9,100,000.</p></td></tr>
<tr style="-uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;" class="leaders"><span>Over $10,100,000</span></p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">$1,353,500 plus 20 percent of the excess over $10,100,000.</p></td></tr>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idd6ddc54b-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552" identifier="/us/usc/t26/s2201/d"><num value="d" class="bold">(d)</num><heading class="bold"> Determination of unified credit</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">In the case of an estate to which this section applies, subsection (a) shall not apply in determining the credit under section 2010.</p>
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<sourceCredit id="idd6ddc54c-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552">(<ref href="/us/act/1954-08-16/ch736">Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/68A/401">68A Stat. 401</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/93/597">Pub. L. 93–597</ref>, § 6(b)(1), (2), <date date="1975-01-02">Jan. 2, 1975</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/88/1953">88 Stat. 1953</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/94/455/tXIX">Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX</ref>, § 1902(a)(7)(A), <date date="1976-10-04">Oct. 4, 1976</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/90/1805">90 Stat. 1805</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/107/16/tV">Pub. L. 107–16, title V</ref>, § 532(c)(9), <date date="2001-06-07">June 7, 2001</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/115/75">115 Stat. 75</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/107/134/tI">Pub. L. 107–134, title I</ref>, § 103(a), (b)(3), <date date="2002-01-23">Jan. 23, 2002</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/115/2430">115 Stat. 2430</ref>, 2431; <ref href="/us/pl/108/121/tI">Pub. L. 108–121, title I</ref>, § 110(c)(1), (2)(A), <date date="2003-11-11">Nov. 11, 2003</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/117/1342">117 Stat. 1342</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
<notes type="uscNote" id="idd6ddc54d-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552">
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="idd6ddc54e-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2003—<ref href="/us/pl/108/121">Pub. L. 108–121</ref>, § 110(c)(2)(A), inserted “, deaths of astronauts,” after “Forces” in section catchline.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b)(3). <ref href="/us/pl/108/121">Pub. L. 108–121</ref>, § 110(c)(1), added par. (3).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2002—<ref href="/us/pl/107/134">Pub. L. 107–134</ref> amended section catchline and text of section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which had stated that the additional estate tax as defined in former section 2011(d) should not apply to the transfer of the taxable estate of a citizen or resident of the United States dying while in active service as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, if such decedent was killed in action while serving in a combat zone, as determined under section 112(c), or died as a result of wounds, disease, or injury suffered, while serving in a combat zone (as determined under section 112(c)), and while in line of duty, by reason of a hazard to which he was subjected as an incident of such service.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2001—<ref href="/us/pl/107/16">Pub. L. 107–16</ref>, § 532(c)(9)(B), which added concluding provisions which read as follows: “For purposes of this section, the additional estate tax is the difference between the tax imposed by section 2001 or 2101 and the amount equal to 125 percent of the maximum credit provided by section 2011(b), as in effect before its repeal by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.”, was repealed by <ref href="/us/pl/107/134">Pub. L. 107–134</ref>, § 103(b)(3). See Effective Date of 2002 Amendment note below.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><ref href="/us/pl/107/16">Pub. L. 107–16</ref>, § 532(c)(9)(A), which struck out “as defined in section 2011(d)” after “The additional estate tax” in introductory provisions, was repealed by <ref href="/us/pl/107/134">Pub. L. 107–134</ref>, § 103(b)(3). See Effective Date of 2002 Amendment note below.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1975—<ref href="/us/pl/93/597">Pub. L. 93–597</ref>, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/94/455">Pub. L. 94–455</ref>, § 1902(a)(7)(A), struck out “during an induction period (as defined in section 112(c)(5))” after “resident of the United States dying”, and substituted “Members of the Armed Forces dying in combat zone or by reason of combat-zone-incurred wounds, etc.” for “Members of the Armed Forces dying during an induction period” in section catchline.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="idd6ddc54f-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 2003 Amendment</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/108/121/tI">Pub. L. 108–121, title I</ref>, § 110(c)(3), <date date="2003-11-11">Nov. 11, 2003</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/117/1343">117 Stat. 1343</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/108/121/tI">“The amendments made by this subsection [amending this section] shall apply to estates of decedents dying after <date date="2002-12-31">December 31, 2002</date>.”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="idd6ddc550-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 2002 Amendment</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Amendment by <ref href="/us/pl/107/134">Pub. L. 107–134</ref> applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after <date date="2001-09-11">Sept. 11, 2001</date>, and, in the case of individuals dying as a result of the <date date="1995-04-19">Apr. 19, 1995</date>, terrorist attack, dying on or after <date date="1995-04-19">Apr. 19, 1995</date>, with provisions relating to waiver of limitations, see <ref href="/us/pl/107/134/s103/d">section 103(d) of Pub. L. 107–134</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s2053">section 2053 of this title</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="idd6ddc551-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 2001 Amendment</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Amendment by <ref href="/us/pl/107/16">Pub. L. 107–16</ref> applicable to estates of decedents dying, and generation-skipping transfers, after <date date="2004-12-31">Dec. 31, 2004</date>, see <ref href="/us/pl/107/16/s532/d">section 532(d) of Pub. L. 107–16</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s2012">section 2012 of this title</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="idd6ddc552-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 1976 Amendment</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/94/455/tXIX">Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX</ref>, § 1902(a)(7)(B), <date date="1976-10-04">Oct. 4, 1976</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/90/1805">90 Stat. 1805</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/94/455/tXIX">“The amendment made by subsection (A) [amending <ref href="/us/pl/93/597/s6/b/1">section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 93–597</ref>] is effective <date date="1973-07-01">July 1, 1973</date>.”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="idd6ddc553-ec38-11e5-b392-8d08e13c1552"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 1975 Amendment</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/93/597">Pub. L. 93–597</ref>, § 6(c), <date date="1975-01-02">Jan. 2, 1975</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/88/1953">88 Stat. 1953</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/93/597">“The amendments made by this section [amending this section and <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1034">section 1034 of this title</ref>] shall take effect on <date date="1973-07-01">July 1, 1973</date>.”</quotedContent>
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