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

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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

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 many people pay the estate tax?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

How many people pay the estate tax?

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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Who pays the estate tax?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

Who pays the estate tax?

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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