Tax Policy Center

Lowering Estate Tax Rates Versus Reducing the Number of Taxable Estates

Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0187 - Equal-Cost Alternative with $11.75 Million Exemption and 45 Percent Rate Compared to H.R. 5638 As Amended and Passed by The House (The Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006), Distribution By Size of Gross Estate, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006
Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0188 - Equal-Cost Alternative with $11.75 Million Exemption and 45 Percent Rate Compared to H.R. 5638 As Amended and Passed by The House (The Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006), Distribution By Cash Income Class, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006
Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0189 - Equal-Cost Alternative with $11.75 Million Exemption and 45 Percent Rate Compared to H.R. 5638 As Amended and Passed by The House (The Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006), Distribution By Cash Income Percentile, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006
Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0190 - Equal-Cost Alternative with $11.75 Million Exemption and 45 Percent Rate Compared to H.R. 5638 As Amended and Passed by The House (The Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006), Distribution By Economic Income Class, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006
Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0191 - Equal-Cost Alternative with $11.75 Million Exemption and 45 Percent Rate Compared to H.R. 5638 As Amended and Passed by The House (The Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006), Distribution By Economic Income Percentile, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006
Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0192 - Maintain 2007 Estate Tax Rate (45 Percent) and Raise Exemption Level to $5 Million, Compared to an Equal-Cost Alternative that Maintains 2007 Exemption Level ($2 million) and Reduces Rate to 23.5 Percent, Distribution By Size of Gross Estate, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006
Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0193 - Maintain 2007 Estate Tax Rate (45 Percent) and Raise Exemption Level to $5 Million, Compared to an Equal-Cost Alternative that Maintains 2007 Exemption Level ($2 million) and Reduces Rate to 23.5 Percent, Distribution By Cash Income Class, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006
Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0194 - Maintain 2007 Estate Tax Rate (45 Percent) and Raise Exemption Level to $5 Million, Compared to an Equal-Cost Alternative that Maintains 2007 Exemption Level ($2 million) and Reduces Rate to 23.5 Percent, Distribution By Cash Income Percentile, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006
Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0195 - Maintain 2007 Estate Tax Rate (45 Percent) and Raise Exemption Level to $5 Million, Compared to an Equal-Cost Alternative that Maintains 2007 Exemption Level ($2 million) and Reduces Rate to 23.5 Percent, Distribution By Economic Income Class, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006
Individual Taxes: Estate and Gift

T06-0196 - Maintain 2007 Estate Tax Rate (45 Percent) and Raise Exemption Level to $5 Million, Compared to an Equal-Cost Alternative that Maintains 2007 Exemption Level ($2 million) and Reduces Rate to 23.5 Percent, Distribution By Economic Income Percentile, 2011

Estimates of alternative estate tax options showing possibilities for lowering rates or reducing the number of taxable estates.

June 26, 2006