If, within five (5) years after the death of the decedent, a qualified person sells, conveys, or otherwise transfers the ownership, directly or indirectly, of the qualified real estate to any person or persons other than another qualified person who is a joint owner or the qualified real estate is converted to a use other than agricultural or horticultural use, then the qualified persons to whom the property passed at the death of the decedent in whose estate the agricultural or horticultural value was reported shall cause to be paid, pursuant to administrative regulations promulgated by the Department of Revenue, the additional inheritance tax that would have been due on the decedent’s estate if fair market value had been used to compute the tax due on the estate rather than the agricultural or horticultural value, along with interest at the tax interest rate as defined in KRS § 131.010(6).
Effective: June 20, 2005

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 140.320

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 468, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 338, secs. 7 and 10, effective August 1, 1992. — Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 7, effective July 1, 1978.