EXERCISE 1: Identify The Correct Classification of Each Property Under Different Property
EXERCISE 1: Identify The Correct Classification of Each Property Under Different Property
EXERCISE 1: Identify The Correct Classification of Each Property Under Different Property
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY
ACCTG163: REVIEW IN TAXATION
ESTATE TAXATION
CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY INTO CONJUGAL, COMMUNITY, AND EXCLUSIVE
If the marriage was contracted before August 3, 1988, the property relations of the spouses is
governed by CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP OF GAINS, unless otherwise provided.
If the marriage was contracted on or after August 3, 1988, the property relations of the
spouses is governed by ABSOLUTE COMMUNITY PROPERTY REGIME, unless otherwise
provided.
The gross estate may consist of CONJUGAL and EXCLUSIVE properties of the decedent; or
COMMUNITY and EXCLUSIVE properties of the decedent, depending upon the property
regime that governs the property relations of the spouses - either conjugal partnership of
gains or absolute community property regime.
The property is determined whether exclusive or not depending upon the property regime that
governs the property relations of the spouses - either conjugal partnership of gains or
absolute community property regime.
NOTE: The properties which are not classified as exclusive properties are deemed conjugal
or community property, as the case may be.
EXERCISE 1: Identify the correct classification of each property under different property
regimes.
CONJUGAL ABSOLUTE
PARTNERSHIP OF COMMUNITY OF
GAINS PROPERTIES
EXC CONJ EXC COMM
Cash owned by the decedent before
marriage.
Real property inherited by the decedent
during the marriage.
Personal property received by the wife as gift
before marriage
Property acquired by the decedent with cash
owned before marriage
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MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY - GENERAL SANTOS CITY
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY
ACCTG163: REVIEW IN TAXATION
Clothes of the decedent purchased with
exclusive money of the wife.
Jewelry purchased with cash of the surviving
spouse
Property unidentified when and by whom
acquired.
Cash representing income received during
the marriage from exclusive property
Property acquired before marriage by the
decedent who has legitimate descendants by
a former marriage.
Cash proceeds from a sale of an exclusive
property at a gain.
Income generated before marriage.
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