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PUBLIC LAW 92-196-DEC. 15, 1971
[85 STAT.
TITLE I AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INHERITANCE TAX
SEC. 101. (a) Paragraph (a) of section 1 of article 1 of title V of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937 (D.C. Code, sec. 53 Stat. 1111. 47-1601) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1. (a) All real property and tangible and intangible personal property, or any interest therein, having its taxable situs in the District of Columbia, transferred from any person who may die seized or possessed thereof, either by will or by law, or by right of survivorship, and all such property, or interest therein, transferred by deed, grant, bargain, gift, or sale (except in cases of a bona fide purchase for full consideration in money or money's worth), made or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment after the death of the decedent, or made in contemplation of death, to or for the use of, in trust or otherwise (including property of which the decedent has retained for his life or for any period not ascertainable without reference to his death or for any period which does not in fact end before his death (1) the possession or enjoyment of, or the right to the income from such property, or (2) the right, either alone or in conjunction with any person, to designate the persons who shall possess or enjoy the property or the income therefrom), to the father, mother, husband, wife, children by blood or legally adopted children, or any other lineal descendants or lineal ancestors of the decedent, shall be subject to the tax as follows: 1 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $5j000 and not in excess of $25,000; 2 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $25,000 and not in excess of $50,000; 3 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $50,000 and not in excess of $100,000; 5 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $100,000 and not in excess of $500,000; 6 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $500,000 and not in excess of $1,000,000; and 8 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $1,000,000." Repeal. (b) Paragraph (b) of such section is repealed and paragraph (c) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(c) So much of said property so transferred to any person other than those included in paragraph (a) of this section and all firms, institutions, associations, and corporations shall be subject to a tax as follows: 5 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $1,000 and not in excess of $25,000; 10 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $25,000 and not in excess of $50,000; 14 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $50,000 and not in excess of $100,000; 18 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $100,000 and not in excess of $500,000; 22 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $500,000 and not in excess of $1,000,000; and 23 per centum of so much of said property as is in excess of $1,000,000." Effective date. ^^^ rjj^g amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to property in the estates of persons who die on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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