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“Death”, Alzheimer’s and Taxes: When “I Do” Turns Complicated

22 September 2011

I love that scene in When Harry Met Sally when Billy Crystal’s Harry Burns looks at Meg Ryan’s Sally Albright and says: I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. That’s [...]

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Call for Guest Posts: Bush Tax Cuts

18 August 2010

As last year, I’ll be turning over the reins at taxgirl.com to my readers for the last week in August. This year, I’m offering you the chance to speak your mind about the proposed Bush tax cuts. As you know, unless Congress acts before the end of the year, there’s a lot set to happen. [...]

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Federal Estate Tax

16 July 2010

This week, the death of George Steinbrenner rekindled discussions about the federal estate tax. As you may be aware, there is no federal estate tax for 2010. However, assuming that Congress doesn’t take action, next year the federal estate tax returns with a personal exemption of $1 million and a flat rate of 55%. Under [...]

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Federal Estate Tax Gets Some Interest

15 July 2010

On July 14, US Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) released a press release with a proposal to “permanently reform the federal estate tax.” Under the current scheme, there is no federal estate tax for 2010 but decedents’ estates for this year are subject to a set of complicated capital gains rules. Beginning [...]

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Steinbrenner’s final win — over estate taxes

14 July 2010

In case you missed my piece about Steinbrenner over at Walletpop: Steinbrenner’s final win — over estate taxes (Yes, even a Phillies fan can respect Steinbrenner’s legacy.)

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Trying to Sort Out 2010: Estate Planning

6 July 2010

One of my special interests has always been estate planning and the associated tax consequences (if you follow the blog, you may recall that I clerked at the IRS in the estates division). What you may not realize is that you don’t have to be rich to be subject to taxes at death – there [...]

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Noise on the Hill: Estate Tax Update

9 December 2009

Wow, they did it. The House really did vote on a federal estate tax bill. And it passed. The vote was narrow and partisan: in the end, 225 for, 200 against (see how your Representative voted here). The bill, HR 4154, was, as I blogged earlier, a compromise bill introduced by Rep Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) [...]

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Hey Congress, Why Don’t You…? Estate Tax and Dividends

1 September 2009

Scott Lovingood writes: Two specifics that should be addressed immediately. Stop double taxation 1) Eliminate the estate tax. You pay taxes on everything you make and then you get taxed again when you die? Tell me that makes any sense. 2) Stop taxing Dividends on personal accounts- Companies have already paid taxes on the profit [...]

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: A Year From Now

14 August 2009

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! Over at Only3Years, Iz contemplated the question of where she might be a year from now. The more I thought about this, the more I thought that it would make a superb Fix the Tax Code Friday… I’m constantly asked what I think will happen with respect to a [...]

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More Tax Haiku

13 August 2009

Maybe it’s summer. Maybe it’s my grief over the UBS saga finally ending. Or maybe I’ve just been inspired by 1LPoet to find my inner poet. But it’s that time again. I feel some tax haiku coming on… In honor of today’s post: Oh Connecticut. Your tax burden is so high. Thank God for Jersey. [...]

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