Harold and Maude were married and lived in a common-law state.Maude died in 2018 with a taxable estate of $26.00 million and leftit all to Harold. Maude's executor filed a timely estate tax returnclaiming the marital deduction for the property left to Haroldincluding a valid portability election. Harold died this year, leavingthe entire $26.00 million to their three children. (Refer to Exhibit 25-1 and Exhibit 25-2.)Calculate how much estate tax is due from Harold's estate underthe following two alternatives.a. Assume that neither Harold nor Maude had made any taxablegifts prior to this year.b. Assume that Harold and Maude each made a $1 million taxablegift in 2011 and offset the gift tax at that time with the applicablecredit.Estate tax if no taxable gifts were madeEstate tax if taxable gifts were made$ 5,928,000$0

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