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How do the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes work?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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How do the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes work?

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The federal estate tax applies to the transfer of property at death. The gift tax applies to transfers made while a person is living. The generation-skipping transfer tax is an additional tax on a transfer of property that skips a generation.

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How could we reform the estate tax?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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How could we reform the estate tax?

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Possible reforms run the gamut from repeal to modest fixes that would make the tax more difficult to avoid.

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Who pays the estate tax?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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Who pays the estate tax?

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The top 10 percent of income earners pays more than 90 percent of the tax, with nearly 40 percent paid by the richest 0.1 percent. Few farms or family businesses pay the tax.

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