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Ag groups pushing for estate tax legislation this year
Southeast Farm Press  Apr 16  Comment 
From the American Soybean Association The American Soybean Association (ASA) joined counterparts from the commodity, dairy, livestock and specialty crop industries in urging the House and Senate to enact legislation before the end of the...
Senate bill would repeal estate tax
Southeast Farm Press  Mar 29  Comment 
Identical to House version From the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), representing generations of farming and ranching families across the...
I'm Okay with Mitt Romney's Income and Estate Tax Planning
Forbes  Feb 4  Comment 
Americans are allowed to pay the lowest tax they are legally obligated to pay. Taxpayers who pay more do so usually because they are unaware of rules or planning opportunities applicable to them or fail to implement planning. It is the job of the...
Cattlemen call estate tax top priority
Southeast Farm Press  Feb 2  Comment 
From the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association A recording-breaking crowd of nearly 7,000 cattlemen and women from across the country jockeyed for a seat at the second general session of the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and National...
Estate tax storm threatens farm country
Southeast Farm Press  Dec 27  Comment 
By Lynne Finnerty, American Farm Bureau Federation Two recent news reports contained troubling year-end news for farm families. read more
Repeal of Federal Estate Tax Long Overdue
Forbes  Nov 17  Comment 
Over the past ten years the federal estate tax rules have bordered on the ridiculous. Depending solely on the year a person died the estate tax liability could vary wildly from nothing to several millions of dollars. Most of this is because of...
Estate tax law kicks in major changes
Southeast Farm Press  Apr 25  Comment 
The United States Congress passed and President Obama signed into law on December 17, 2010 the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010. read more
Major changes made in estate tax planning
Southeast Farm Press  Apr 15  Comment 
2010 was the year there was no federal estate tax. However, along with that, we were limited in the amount of available step-up in the basis of inherited assets. read more
The Estate Tax Eliminator
BusinessWeek  Apr 7  Comment 
How to leave future stock earnings to the kids and escape the estate tax




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An estate tax is a tax levied on an heir's inherited portion of an estate if the value of the estate exceeds a certain limit set by law. The estate tax is imposed on assets left to heirs, not the transfer of assets to a surviving spouse.

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