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What are the options for taxing wealth transfers?

December 23, 2015 by tpc-admin

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What are the options for taxing wealth transfers?

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There are three options: an estate and gift tax (like the current US federal system), an inclusion tax, or an accessions tax.

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How many people pay the estate tax?

December 23, 2015 by tpc-admin

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How many people pay the estate tax?

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About 4,100 estate tax returns will be filed for people who die in 2020, of which only about 1,900 will be taxable—less than 0.1 percent of the 2.8 million people expected to die in that year. 

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What is the difference between carryover basis and a step-up in basis?

December 23, 2015 by tpc-admin

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What is the difference between carryover basis and a step-up in basis?

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The difference is whether heirs who sell an inherited asset will pay tax on the capital gains from the time the asset was originally purchased or from the time it was inherited. In some cases, the difference is a lot of tax liability.

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