Article: As Estate Tax Bites the Dust, Florida Bites Nails over Federal Tax Cuts.

Article: The ins and outs of the Florida estate tax.
Florida Bar Journal;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... clients' estates comply with the Florida estate tax. In 2001, Congress enacted ... which directly affected the Florida estate tax. The new estate tax law changes ... decedents are subject to the Florida estate tax. Also, the article will explain ...

Article: How Florida may lose $300 million in taxes: unless ...
Florida Trend;  May 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... 900,000 -- tax credit. Florida's estate tax is equal to the amount of ... the current fiscal year, Florida's estate tax is projected to provide just ... the state its own genuine estate tax. Florida should act swiftly to amend ...

Article: Bush Estate-Tax Phaseout May Cost Florida $1 ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... to eliminate the estate tax while Gov. Bush ... Legislature also phase out Florida's intangibles ... University of Central Florida economist. Others, though, say the estate tax crimps the economy ... the wealthy. With Florida's governor a big ... s unlikely the estate ...

Article: Estate tax law expected to slow flight to ...
The Boston Globe;  August 3, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... repealing the Massachusetts estate tax. But the repeal, which ... changing their residences from Florida back to Massachusetts ... people have been fleeing for Florida and other states to escape the Massachusetts estate tax, imposed on the full amount ...

Article: Florida homestead: a difficult post-mortem estate ...
Florida Bar Journal;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...As many estate planners have found, Florida homestead property can be a difficult ... In the absence of a valid devise, Florida homestead law provides that, if an individual ... for the homestead on the decedent's estate tax return. (3) The second decision is ...

Article: Waiting for estate tax repeal: what do you tell ...
Florida Bar Journal;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... everything. Has Congress, by repealing the estate tax as a part of the Economic Growth and ... reenact the repeal of the tax, and the estate tax, in its present form, will rise from ... disincentive to make gifts. With the increasing estate tax exemption amount, it is now possible ...

Article: Does income tax planning now trump estate tax ...
National Underwriter Life & Health;  May 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... domicile to states like Florida that have lower taxes. Florida cannot amend its state estate tax without a constitutional ... of retirees in south Florida). With a small number ... subject to a federal estate tax, more planners and ...