Executor Has Personal Liability for Estate's Unpaid Federal Estate Tax.

This is another case that points out that an executor has personal liability for unpaid federal estate tax when the estate assets are distributed before the estate tax is paid in full.  I.R.C. Sec. 7402 controls and the executor was personally liable for $526,506.50 in delinquent federal estate tax and penalties - the amount of distribution at the time of the decedent's death.  United States v. Whisenhunt, et al., No. 3:12-CV-0614-B, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38969 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 25, 2014).