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Article: Estate tax reform to help small businesses
Baltimore Afro-American;  June 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... over the impact of the estate tax led in 1997 to passage ... small businesses from the estate tax. Those changes, while ... to $4 million of the value of family-owned businesses and farms from the estate tax. One change we should ...

Article: Estate tax issues add to practice and procedure ...
The Tax Adviser;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... determined that the estate tax return either failed ... underreported the value of numerous assets ... the fair market value of the taxable estate ... executors had filed the estate tax return intending ... 706. Rather, the estate tax is a one-time charge, based on the ...

Article: Illinois estate tax planning in 2009 and beyond: ...
Illinois Bar Journal;  February 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the federal and Illinois estate tax exemptions are the same ... first spouse assets with a value not greater than the amount of the estate tax exemption are transferred ... unlimited deduction for the value of property transferred between ...

Article: Estate Tax Legislation In 2009: Avoiding The Train ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  July 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the promise of a one year repeal of the estate tax, in 2010, followed by a reversion to ... play The obvious issues in play are the estate tax exemption levels and rates. Also under ... whether to re-unify the gift tax and the estate tax, and whether to reinstate the state ...

Article: Estate tax repeal: through the looking glass.
Virginia Tax Review;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... in 2000, Congress voted to repeal the estate tax, though both attempts ended, predictably ... administration in 2001 the prospect of estate tax repeal became real. Promptly after assuming ... proposed a program of massive tax cuts with estate tax repeal as a central component. Congress ...

Article: FIX ESTATE TAX, DON'T GUT IT IT'S UNREASONABLE TO ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The federal estate tax ought to be reformed, but the super ... Senate is now focusing on reform of the estate tax rather than repeal. A bill to repeal ... roadblock in the Senate. Eliminating the estate tax would have produced a long list of ...

Article: Estate tax won't die: compromise sought for ...
The Non-profit Times;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... avoid estate taxes. There will be no estate tax that year unless Congress takes action ... best interest. Most observers see the estate tax as a good thing for charities. It provides ... several billion dollars a year with no estate tax. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Repeal of ...