Jan 30, 2019 | Estate Tax
Supporters, On 1/8/19 Representative Jason Smith of Missouri introduced HR 218; Death Tax Repeal Act of the 116th Congress with 37 original co-sponsors including Representative Sanford Bishop (D) (GA). Please note that it does NOT repeal the gift tax, and it...
Jan 30, 2019 | Estate Tax
Senator John Thune introduced S.215 with 28 Cosponsors; a bill that will repeal the estate and GST tax but NOT the Gift tax and will maintain step up in basis; so, the same bill language he has introduced before. While we continue to remind legislators that the gift...
Jan 23, 2019 | Estate Tax
Washington, D.C.-Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) along with Senators John Boozman (R-Arkansas), and Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) today introduced the Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act. This would reduce the estate tax to 20 percent, the same as the current capital gains tax...
Dec 21, 2018 | Blog, Estate Tax
An update on S. 3638, Senator Kyl’s (R-AZ) estate tax rate reduction bill introduced on our behalf last month As we near the end of the 115th Congress, I wanted to provide you with an update on where we are with S. 3638, Senator Kyl’s (R-AZ) estate tax rate...