The estate tax is the biggest piece of this particular legislation, in my opinion anyways: Rather than being repealed in 2010 (as its set to do under current law), the estate tax exemption would sit at $3.5 million and be indexed for inflation in $10,000/year increments starting in 2011. ...

As included in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the maximum federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax rate in 2009 is 45 percent, the estate and GST tax exemptions are $3.5 million, and the gift tax exemption is $1 million. ...

In 2001, Congress revised the federal estate tax schedule, gradually increasing the individual exemption from estate tax from year to year. Pursuant to this

Estate tax law is being whipsawed between current rates, repeal and reversion to higher historical rates. ... Under current law, each person has a $3.5 million exemption from the federal estate tax, and any excess is taxed at a 45% rate. ...

The bill would exlude farm assets from estate taxes for as long as the property remains a family agricultural operation. See Tax Analysts, Groups Request Pelosi, Boehner Support for Farm Exemption From Estate Tax, 2009 TNT 228-17, November 30, 2009 ...

The repeal of the tax has set up an interesting social experiment. ... In fact, Martin Shenkman, an estate tax lawyer, has seen charitable giving decline significantly as the estate tax exemption moved up from $1 million to $3.5 million in ...

Estate tax law is being whipsawed between current rates, repeal and reversion to higher historical rates. ... Under current law, each person has a $3.5 million exemption from the federal estate tax, and any excess is taxed at a 45% rate. ...

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) recently announced proposed legislation that would amend the tax code. ... Currently, the top tax rate for all three taxes is 45%. Both the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes currently have a $3.5 million exemption for individuals ...

Since the $3.5M exemption is per person' - it is effectively $7M for married couples. This is how it works in most estates. We can take a full $3.5M out of the estate, tax free, when the first spouse dies. ...

That exemption was scheduled to increase gradually under the 2001 law, until 2010 when the estate tax is ... Like almost all of the Bush tax cuts, these rules expire at the end of 2010, meaning that the estate tax will return in 2011 and the pre-Bush ...

Members of a House and Senate negotiating committee have worked out a compromise resulting in permanently keeping the estate tax at 2009 levels. Specifically,

Meg Shreve of Tax Analysts reports on the agricultural lobbyists seeking an exemption for farm and ranch land fom the estate tax: ... H.R. 3905 would raise the estate tax exemption level over a 10-year period to $ 5 million ...

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With the repeal of the federal estate tax set for 2010 and its reinstatement scheduled just one year later, estate tax planning has become more complicated than ever.

The estate tax problems started in 2001, when Congress passed legislation which incrementally reduced the estate tax rate while increasing the amount of the exemption through 2009, but had it expiring completely beginning in 2010. ...

It appears our government is getting ready to decide how to change the current federal estate tax laws over the next couple of weeks. ... Estate Tax: Senate Bill 722 : The 2010 Congressional Budget Resolution recommends a personal estate tax exemption allowance of ...

The House of Representatives this week passed a permanent extension of the 2009 estate tax structure which would maintain a $3.5 million per person exemption and a 45% top rate for taxable estates

Like most items on your financial planning agenda for 2009, your estate plan is standing on shifting ground. This year, the estate tax exemption jumped from $2 million in 2008 to $3.5 million per person. ...

In addition to creating the false impression that the estate tax eventually hits everyone by mislabeling it a death tax opponents routinely denounce the 45 percent top tax rate as confiscatory. In fact, the rate applies only to the portion of the estate that exceeds the exemption. ...

If you decide to make a gift in excess of the exemption amount, then it is necessary to prepare and file a gift tax return with the IRS. ... tax on a gift depends on how much you gifted already during your life. For more information on using the valuable estate planning tool of gifts, contact an estate ...