Estate Tax
What Happens if the Federal Estate Tax Law Isn’t Changed this Year?
There has been much recent discussion about “death” tax reform, and several bills have been introduced in Congress to that effect (as…
Yesterday’s Senate Action on the Estate Tax
U.S. Senate goes two ways on estate taxes. The U.S. Senate went two different ways on the estate tax, which has been a contentious…
Estate Still Over $3.5 Million? Now is the Time to Plan
The estate tax exemption is up (to $3.5 million) and portfolios are down. However, for those whose estates are still above $3,500,000,…
Obama Wants to Keep the $3.5 Million Estate Tax Exemption
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article on the latest buzz on what the Democrats would like to do with the federal…
Expatriates Beware – New Taxes Apply
Tired of all the taxes here in the good ole USA and thinking of moving to a tropical isle with little or…
Tax Policy Center Report on Federal Estate Tax
Here’s a recent comprehensive report from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center entitled Back from the Grave: Revenue and Distributional Effects of Reforming the…
Change to NC Estate Tax for Out–of-State Property
I’m back from vacation, furiously trying to catch up on things (as if!), but thought I would quickly add this tidbit from…
Federal Estate Tax Return Statistics for 2004 Decedents Released
For you true tax geeks out there, you can find all kinds of interesting statistics in this report published by the IRS. In 2006,…
