Estate Tax

Estate Tax Bill Passed in House Doesn't Spell "Relief" for Same-Sex Couples

Michael Steinberger | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics


Michael Steinberger

All of the proposals being circulated in Congress have titles asserting they provide estate tax "relief." However, one group that none of the proposals relieve from an unfair tax burden is hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples.

Of Death Panels and Tax Policy

Harry Moroz | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Harry Moroz

The estate tax, which applies to transfers of assets to a person's heirs, is in reality little more than a conservative talking point. It is the "death panel" of tax policy and conservatives refer to it as such.

Jeff Muskus

House Pushes Forward On Estate-Tax Break, Pushes Back Jobs Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Job creation will probably have to wait until next year but the House is determined to extend the estate tax break permanently before leaving for the ...

Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Don McNay

Operating a business on Main Street is a lot different than lecturing at the Harvard Economic Club. The team Obama surrounded himself with has spent way more time in a faculty lounge than in the corner barber shop.

Should We Keep Corporate Welfare for Big Insurance?

Dick Patten | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business


Dick Patten

While many proponents of the estate tax argue that it is the most progressive tax in the tax code, the fact is that it produces less than 1 percent of annual federal tax revenue while hurting family businesses.

An Estate Tax Victory By Any Other Name

Chuck Collins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics


Chuck Collins

Sometimes you can't declare victory until the other side concedes defeat. That's what happened Monday in the decade-long struggle over the future of the estate tax, our nation's only levy on inherited wealth.

Max Baucus' Plan: What Do We Want? Less Quality! When Do We Want It? Now!

David Dayen | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


David Dayen

Paying for health care reform is all a matter of priorities -- help millions of uninsured people get the critical care they need, or give Paris Hilton a tax cut.

The Middle Estate

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business


Harry Moroz

The estate tax is not about confiscating wealth for redistribution, but about encouraging spending during a wealthy individual's lifetime and limiting the intergenerational transfer of wealth.

Taxing Matters

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics


Robert L. Borosage

The Wall Street Journal editorializes about the evils of the estate tax. Ari Fleischer is trotted out to complain that "redistribution of income" through the tax code "is getting out of hand." Really?

Senate to Uber-Rich: "Help Is on the Way"

Bob Greenstein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Bob Greenstein

How did Senate proponents sell their colleagues on the idea of spending so much money to benefit the estates of the wealthiest one quarter of one percent of Americans who die?

There's One in Every Family ...

Jordan M. Atin | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living


Jordan M. Atin

Even though every family is different, there are similarities in the roles and personalities adopted by the participants in an estate fight, with many assuming the role they have played in the family since childhood.

What Parents Don't Realize About Their Wills

Jordan M. Atin | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business


Jordan M. Atin

Anticipating how their children will feel when they read those last words in the will is crucial if parents want to leave the most important legacy for their children -- family peace.

Seth Colter Walls

McCain Panders To "Death Tax" Crowd

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


Lashing out at the "estate tax" is nothing new for most Republicans -- though it would seem to be for Sen. John McCain. One way you can tell is by sim...

Sam Stein

Pro-Clinton BET Founder Attacks Obama, Hints At Past Drug Use

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Robert L. Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television, injected himself into the middle of a flaring campaign controversy on Su...