Estate Tax

CBO Report on The Estate Tax and Charitable Giving

Jul 21, 2004 by Guest Blogger

Additional evidence on the cahritable impact of the estate tax elimination...

The Estate Tax and Charitable Giving

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Charitable Giving Effects of an Estate Tax Repeal

Jul 19, 2004 by Guest Blogger

A new paper by the Congressional Budget Office estimates that charitable bequests will fall 22 percent as a result of an estate tax repeal.

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Estate Tax Update

The status of the estate tax repeal has not changed, but action is likely before this congressional session ends.

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Business Owner Petition to Preserve a Responsible Estate Tax

Jun 24, 2004 by Guest Blogger

Responsible Weath is organizing a petition of business owners to preserve a responsible estate tax...

BUSINESS OWNERS FOR A RESPONSIBLE ESTATE TAX
Sign-On Statement

We, as owners of America's small and mid-sized businesses, believe the repeal of the federal estate tax would be bad for our businesses, our communities, and our nation.

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Debt Ceiling

Jun 23, 2004 by Guest Blogger

It appears that Congress is attempting to sneak in a debt ceiling increase into the defense authorization bill.

Currently, we are expected to hit the legal debt limit sometime before the election. However, in an effort to avoid a potentially embarassing stand-alone vote on the increase, it looks like they will try to slip the debt increase under the cover of another bill.

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Estate Tax - Consequences of Reform Options

Jun 17, 2004 by Guest Blogger

The Tax Policy Center has recently created an extremely sophisticated microsimulation model of the estate tax. A recent presentation to American's for a Fair Estate Tax highlights some of the important implications of various reform options.

A longer analysis will be produced by the Tax Policy Center in the Near Future, but the presentation gives some preliminary results.

 

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Estate Tax - Simulation Model

May 6, 2004 by Guest Blogger

With the support of the American's for a Fair Estate Tax coalition, The Tax Policy Center has recently developed a new, state of the art, micro-simulation model of the estate tax. This new tool will allow the TPC experts to simulate alternate scenarios for the estate tax, including various reform options such as changes to the exemption level, tax rates, and QFOBI changes.

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The Estate Tax: By the Numbers

The Tax Policy Center has recently posted tables displaying the impact of the estate tax. The analysis shows just how few people would benefit from a repeal of the estate tax:

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Estate Tax Reform Principles

Apr 7, 2004 by Guest Blogger

The Americans for a Fair Estate Tax coalition recently issued a statement of principles on estate tax reform.

See Estate Tax Principles for the statement; and see FairEstateTax.org for more information on the estate tax.

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