Lifson v. Commissioner of Taxation

Rogosheske, Justice.

Certiorari upon the relation of the commissioner of taxation to review an order of the Tax Court ruling that a parent in a mutually acknowledged parent-child relationship is a lineal ancestor and therefore a Class B donee for gift tax purposes under Minn. St. 292.07, subd. 5. We hold that § 292.07, subd. 5, is unambiguous and plain on its face and intentionally omits to extend the preferential Class B donee classification to the parent in a mutually acknowledged parent-child relationship. Accordingly, we reverse.

Section 292.07 establishes the deductions and credits for the…