WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Estate tax

S. 3284, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the estate tax as in effect in 2009, and for other purposes

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3284 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the estate tax as in effect in 2009....

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H.R. 6289, The Save Family-Owned Farms and Small Businesses Act of 2008

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6289 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the maximum reduction in estate tax value for farmland and other special use property, and it would restore and increase the estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests....

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S. 3049, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the capital gains and dividends rate permanent and to provide estate tax relief and reform, and for other purposes

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3049 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the capital gains and dividends rate permanent and to provide estate tax relief and reform....

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H.R. 6110, The Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6110 would provide for the reform of health care, the Social Security system, the tax code for individuals and business, and the budget process....

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S. 2856, The Optional One Page Flat Tax Act

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2856 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system....

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H. Con. Res. 312, Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $26257.19

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H. Con. Res. 312 would revise the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establish the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and set forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013....

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H.R. 5105, The Fair and Simple Tax Act of 2008

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5105 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjus...

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S. 2547, The Fair and Simple Tax Act of 2008

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2547 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjuste...

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P.L. 110-166, The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $542.80

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3996 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions....

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P.L. 110-172, The Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4839 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections....

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H.R. 4195, The Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4195 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections....

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S. 2374, The Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2374 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections....

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H.R. 4242, The Certain and Immediate Estate Tax Relief Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4242 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to retain the estate tax with an immediate increase in the exemption, and it would repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal....

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H.R. 4235, The Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4235 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax, to repeal the carryover basis rule, to reduce estate tax rates by 20 percent, to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes to the equivalent of a $3,000,000 exclusion and to provide an inflation adjustment of such amount....

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H.R. 4172, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4172 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000....

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H.R. 4159, The Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4159 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and replace the income tax system of the United States to meet national priorities....

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H.R. 4042, The Family Farm, Small Business, and Home Tax Relief Act

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4042 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the estate tax for periods before its termination in 2010 by increasing the unified credit, lowering the maximum estate tax rate, restoring the exclusion for family-owned business interests, excluding the value of the decedent's principal residence....

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H.R. 3708, The American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3708 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement....

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H.R. 3475, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the 1-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3475 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to adjust such amount for inflation, and it would repeal the 1-year termination of the estate tax....

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S. 1994, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1994 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax....

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H.R. 3190, The Opt Out of Iraq War Act of 2007

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3190 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate that their income, estate, or gift tax payments be spent other than for purposes of supporting the war in Iraq and to provide that amounts so designated shall be used to provide funding for Head Start, it would reduce the national debt, and it would provide college funding for children of Iraq war veterans....

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H.R. 3170, The Capital Gains and Estate Tax Relief Act of 2007

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3170 would make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains....

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H.R. 3125, The Opt Out of Iraq War Act of 2007

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3125 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate that their income, estate, or gift tax payments be spent other than for purposes of supporting the war in Iraq and it would provide that amounts so designated shall be used to provide funding for Head Start, to reduce the national debt, and to provide college funding for children of Iraq war veterans....

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H.R. 2380, The Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2007

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2380 would make the repeal of the estate tax permanent....

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H.R. 1921, The Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1921 would affirm the religious freedom of taxpayers who are conscientiously opposed to participation in war, it would provide that the income, estate, or gift tax payments of such taxpayers be used for nonmilitary purposes, it would create the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive such tax payments, and it would improve revenue collection....

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