Exercise 18-30 (Algorithmic) (LO. 9) With $6,790,000 Paul's will creates a trust with the following provisions: life estate to Jacob (Paul's son) and remainder to Anastasia (Paul's granddaughter and Jacob's daughter). Jacob dies when the value of the trust is $10,185,000. a. When does the generation-skipping transfer result? Upon Jacob's death b. What is the amount? Feedback Check My Work To prevent partial avoidance of Federal gift and estate taxes on large transfers, the tax law imposes an additional generation-skipping transfer tax (GSTT). The generation-skipping transfer tax (GSTT) is designed to preclude the avoidance of either the estate tax or the gift tax by making transfers that bypass the next lower generation.