Document Type
Commentary
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
The federal estate tax is in abeyance this year. The popular press has picked up on the possibility that the estates of billionaires such as the late George Steinbrenner, who owned the New York Yankees, will escape the tax. The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Representative Sander Levin of Michigan, and the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Max Baucus of Montana, are now considering two questions: what the maximum rate and exemption will be when the estate tax returns and whether the tax will be reinstated for this year. Lurking behind the headlines but equally important is another tax, the federal generation-skipping transfer tax (“GST Tax”), which is also in abeyance this year.
Recommended Citation
Waggoner, Lawrence W. "Message to Congress: Halt the Tax Exemption for Perpetual Trusts." Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions 109 (2010): 23-6.
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Estates and Trusts Commons, Legislation Commons, State and Local Government Law Commons, Taxation-Federal Estate and Gift Commons