Estate Tax Links

Estate Tax Resource Pages

Citizens for Tax Justice: What are estate and gift taxes and how are they calculated?

Citizens for Tax Justice: What arguments can be made in favor of the estate tax?

OMB Watch Estate Tax Resource Page

Historical background on the first estate tax debate – a century ago

Articles

Is Unlimited Inheritance Un-American? A look at the history of the estate tax and its proponents, from Thomas Paine to Bill Gates Sr. By Jim Grote, CFP. 1/25/05

The Kyl Amendment to Lock in Permanent Repeal of The Estate Tax Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2/5/02

Interview With William Gates Sr.: Reflections on the Estate Tax and Philanthropy (Planned Giving Today, Fall 2001)

Estate Tax Repeal and the Top Income Tax Rate Cut: A State-by-State Look at Who Would Benefit (5/14/01) Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: 4,500 Largest Estates Would Receive as Much From Bush Tax Plan as 142 Million Americans (2/26/01)

Estate Tax Repeal: A Windfall For The Wealthiest Americans (2/6/01) Iris J. Lav and James Sly, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Every baby a trust fund baby (1/15/01) Jonathan Rowe, The American Prospect

Repeal of the Federal Estate Tax Would Cost State Governments Billions in Revenue (8/30/00) Elizabeth C. McNichol, Iris J. Lav and Daniel Tenny, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Estate Tax, "Double Taxation," and Carry-Over Basis (7/7/00) Iris J. Lav, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

We Tax Dead People (6/12/00) William G. Gale and Joel B. Slemrod, Brookings Institution

Mt. Rushmore and a History of the Estate Tax (March, 2000) Jim Grote, Planned Giving Today

Statement in support of the veto of the Estate Tax Repeal in 2000

Statement of Software Entrepreneur and Responsible Wealth Member Martin Rothenberg at White House (8/31/00)

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