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Guest Post: Do You Support Repeal Of The Federal Estate Tax?

Kelly Phillips ErbOctober 8, 2014May 24, 2021

It’s time for guest posts! Today, Jean Gordon Carter, a partner with the law firm Hunton & Williams LLP, comments on repeal of the federal estate tax.

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Guest Post: Pros And Cons Of The Federal Estate Tax

Kelly Phillips ErbOctober 6, 2014May 24, 2021

It’s time for guest posts! Today, Bob Rywick, Editor and Author with the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters, sheds some light on the reasons for and against the federal estate tax.

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Guest Post: When Income Tax Cuts Masquerade As Estate Tax Repeal

Kelly Phillips ErbOctober 1, 2014May 24, 2021

It’s time for guest posts! Today, Josh Hoxie of the Director of the Project on Taxation and Opportunity at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) discusses the federal estate tax and its relationship to income tax.

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Michael Jackson’s Estate To IRS: Beat It

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 21, 2013July 15, 2020

The Estate of Michael Jackson has filed an action in U.S. Tax Court protesting a Notice of Deficiency levied against his estate. The question is, of course: How much was the King of Pop really worth at his death?

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New York To Issue Tax Refunds For Same-Sex Couples

Kelly Phillips ErbJuly 25, 2013July 13, 2020

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York will issue estate tax refunds to those taxpayers who file amended returns as a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling that deemed DOMA unconstitutional.

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Rather Than Tackle Tough Tax Reform, Congress Focuses On The Death Tax. Again.

Kelly Phillips ErbJuly 19, 2013July 13, 2020

Congress introduces two more bills to repeal the estate tax.

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Tax Increases Loom In 2013

Kelly Phillips ErbNovember 10, 2012July 2, 2020

Over lunch, the day after the election, my husband brought up the “f” word. You know, the one I’ve thus far been refusing to say

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Obama Wins Four More Years, Congress Moves Little

Kelly Phillips ErbNovember 7, 2012July 5, 2020

Wow, all that coffee tonight and I didn’t even need to stay up very late! Almost all of the major networks and media have called

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Election Day Primer: Comparing The Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans

Kelly Phillips ErbNovember 3, 2012July 5, 2020

With Election Day just around the corner, I’ve received a number of questions about the differences between the Obama/Biden and Romney/Ryan tax plans. It’s nearly

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"Death", Alzheimer's & Taxes: When "I Do" Turns Complicated

Kelly Phillips ErbSeptember 22, 2011January 21, 2020

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

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