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
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Fix The Tax Code Friday: Federal Estate Tax
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
Read MoreFederal Estate Tax Gets Some Interest
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
Read MoreTrying To Sort Out 2010: Estate Planning
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
Read MoreNoise On The Hill: Estate Tax Update
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
Read MoreHey Congress, Why Don’t You…? Estate Tax & Dividends
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
Read MoreFix The Tax Code Friday: A Year From Now
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
Read MoreMore Tax Haiku
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
Read MoreMore Money To Buy Shoes!
No doubt Imelda Marcos is sleeping peacefully tonight, dreaming of Prada and Fendi shoes… A Philippine court has acquitted her on five counts of tax
Read MoreNY Times Takes A Stab
There is an interesting OpEd piece (free registration required) in today’s New York Times which critiques Senator Kyl’s plan for tweaking the federal estate tax.
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