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Arkansas

A Family Business Tragedy

Many members of Congress do not believe that family businesses are sold to pay the estate tax or suffer economically. Family members suffer,...

Anthony Timberlands

My personal view, for what is might be worth, is that lowering the corporate tax rate from the current 35% to 20% is too big a cut and unnecessary...

Estate Tax Causes In-ability To Contribute Clean Water, Clean Air, And Wildlife Habitat

Tom Crowder’s grandfather had a passion for the outdoors and sustainability. This was reflected in the 6,000 acres of pines, bottomland hardwoods,...

The Estate Tax Kills Jobs

The Estate Tax kills jobs. It kills the companies that provide jobs. In the process, it kills towns and communities, particularly those in rural...

Why White Castle Supports Repealing the Death Tax

As a family owned business for 97 years now, White Castle has learned a lot about what it takes to create an enterprise that’s sustainable and...

Shutting Down Branches, Laying Off Workers, Or Liquidating Inventory

In 1973, Karen Madonia’s father purchased Illco, a Chicago-based distributor of parts and supplies for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and...

Unfair Tax On The Dead And The Living

I have not had to sell assets yet but as it stands upon the death of my father, because of the value of the farm land now, my sisters and I will...

A Family Business Tragedy

Many members of Congress do not believe that family businesses are sold to pay the estate tax or suffer economically. Family members suffer,...

Anthony Timberlands

My personal view, for what is might be worth, is that lowering the corporate tax rate from the current 35% to 20% is too big a cut and unnecessary...

Estate Tax Causes In-ability To Contribute Clean Water, Clean Air, And Wildlife Habitat

Tom Crowder’s grandfather had a passion for the outdoors and sustainability. This was reflected in the 6,000 acres of pines, bottomland hardwoods,...

The Estate Tax Kills Jobs

The Estate Tax kills jobs. It kills the companies that provide jobs. In the process, it kills towns and communities, particularly those in rural...

Death Tax End Needed For Business

The American free market typically rewards success and encourages growth, unless you happen to be a family-business owner. My family has distributed...

Congress Should Reduce Or Repeal Death Tax

Dear Ms. Soldano: I want Congress to do something about reducing the death tax if they won't repeal it. It looks like the Democrats are dead-set...

Selling Nearly Half Of The Estate To “Pay For” The Other Half

My Mother in law recently passed away. She lived in Minden, Ne. all her life. She and her late husband worked their entire lives in Kearney County....

Spending A Lifetime Building To Pay Estate Tax

Mr. Syman is worth multi-millions - interests include real estate holdings, shopping center/strip mall developments, restaurants, etc. He is 66...

United States Thrives Because Of The Entrepreneurial Spirit

Our great United States thrives because of the concept of capitalism and the promotion of an entrepreneurial spirit With those thoughts in mind, 1...

The Additional Costs Of Estate Tax

Mr. Goebel, the owner of the bus line and a hockey rink, currently has a "buy/sell" arrangement with his brothers regarding the business. They pay...

Had To Sell Business Due To Estate Tax

My father owned a small business which provided health products to his long time customers. Upon his death, we had to sell the business because of...

Sacrificing Land To Pay The Death Tax

Just outside Nashville, Brandon Whitt operates Batey Farms with his wife, Katherine, and father-in-law, who owns the property. Established in 1807...

Repealing the Death Tax

Summary:Rep. Roger William’s dad started a car dealership in 1939 and when he died, the ownership of the business was passed along to him, and so...

Family’s Ranching Heritage at Stake in Inheritance Tax Battle

The Steubings plan to leave their properties to their daughters when they pass so they can continue the family’s ranching heritage, but Biden’s tax...

Death Tax Forced Lay Off Of Seasonal Workers

Seventh-generation cattleman Bob McKnight has faced the death tax on multiple occasions, with effects that have been exacerbated by dramatic...

Possibility Of Loss From Estate Tax

I am only 36 yr old and have been in the financial planning field for 8yrs. My clients average age is 67 and range 50-80. Seeing the average...

Estate Tax Must Be Repealed

My mother is 86 years old. My father died in '94. They grew up during the depression. My mother's father was a share cropper in Nebraska. He earned...

Investments At Risk If The Tax Exemption Is Reduced

When Tom and Leslyn Jacobs first got married, buying land was simply a dream. Indeed, they were both young foresters saddled with college loans and...

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