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Federal Estate Tax – Gone, But For How Long?

Jan. 28, 2010

By: Gregory D. Willett

2010 has brought with it with several changes in Federal estate tax law – the temporary repeal of the Federal estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes, the imposition of modified carry-over cost basis for assets held by a decedent, and the reduction in the gift tax rate to 35%. 

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