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Bequest

A gift by will of personal property. The law provides a special basis for finding gain or loss or depreciation in the case of property acquired by bequest. The basis is then the value of the property at the date of the testator's death. If a bequest is of money to be paid at intervals, then to the extent that it is paid out of income from property, it is taxable income to the recipient.