SECTION 3. SCOPE
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2004-31 · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States
.01 In General . This revenue procedure applies only to a taxpayer who satisfies the following requirements:
(1) On or before December 31, 2000, the taxpayer made or was deemed to have made a transfer by gift to a trust from which a GST may be made;
(2) At the time the taxpayer files the request for relief under this revenue procedure, no taxable distributions have been made and no taxable terminations have occurred;
(3) The transfer qualified for the annual exclusion under § 2503(b), and the amount of the transfer, when added to the value of all other gifts by the transferor to that donee in the same year, was equal to or less than the amount of the applicable annual exclusion for the year of the transfer;
(4) No GST exemption was allocated to the transfer, whether or not a Form 709 was filed;
(5) At the time the taxpayer files a request for relief under this revenue procedure, the taxpayer has unused GST exemption available to allocate to the transfer; and
(6) All requirements of section 4 of this revenue procedure are satisfied.
.02 Failure to Qualify for Relief Under This Revenue Procedure . Taxpayers who are denied relief or who are otherwise outside the scope of this revenue procedure may request an extension of time to allocate GST exemption by requesting a letter ruling under the provisions of § 301.9100–3. The procedural requirements for requesting a letter ruling are described in Rev. Proc. 2004–1, 2004–1 C.B. 1 (or its successors). If a letter ruling is requested after relief has been denied under this revenue procedure, the letter ruling request must indicate that relief was requested and denied under this revenue procedure. Rev. Proc. 2004–1, Appendix C, 2004–1 I.R.B. 70.
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