Federal Estate Tax

Obama's Surprise Year End Gift to Wealthy Americans and Their Heirs

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, Wealth, Taxes. Gifts, Wealth Gifting, Generation Skipping Tax, Estate Tax Repeal, Federal Estate Tax, Gst Tax, Trusts and Estate, Estate Tax, Business News
Robert Lenzner

Wealthy Americans who wish to create generation-skipping trusts for grandchildren have a unique opportunity which may never be available again, to make gifts in 2010 without incurring any generation skipping tax.

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Michael Kinsley: Why An Estate Tax Could Fix The Deficit

The Atlantic | Michael Kinsley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Deficit, Estate Tax 2010, New Estate Tax, Federal Estate Tax, Federal Debt, Estate Tax Exemption, Estate Tax, Michael Kinsley, Business News

At the moment, there is no federal estate tax. Congress, in a spectacular display of incompetence, voted a decade ago to eliminate it for one year onl...

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Timing George Steinbrenner's Death Could Mean His Heirs Will Dodge Estate Tax

AP | DAVE CARPENTER and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Steinbrenner Dead, George Stinebrenner Died, Federal Estate Tax, Death Tax, Yankees, Steinbrenner Taxes, Estate Tax, Business News

CHICAGO — Born on the Fourth of July, George Steinbrenner left the world stage with a great sense of timing too. By dying in 2010, the billiona...

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Senators Move to Revive Estate Tax at Reduced Rate

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Budget, Blanche Lincoln, Small Business, Federal Estate Tax, Estate Tax, Small Business Lending, John Kyl, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The federal estate tax would be revived, but at a reduced rate, under a plan being pushed by two senators, a Democrat and a Republi...

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Resurrect the Estate Tax

Chuck Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Economic Stimulus Package, Estate Tax, Federal Estate Tax, Tax Increases, Business News
Chuck Collins

How can a civilized nation afford to hand the heirs of the super-rich billions of dollars tax-free and not afford to keep teachers in classrooms?

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