Monday, August 01, 2005

HoustonChronicle.com - Buggs: Worries over estate tax? Dream on

HoustonChronicle.com - Buggs: Worries over estate tax? Dream on: "Worries over estate tax? Dream on
By SHANNON BUGGS
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

THE estate tax is back on the political radar screen.


Senate Republicans want to permanently repeal the law that allows the U.S. Treasury to tax the net assets of deceased wealthy citizens.

Prominently supporting the effort are small-business owners, farmers and automobile dealers who are again sharing their stories about how federal taxes on inheritances ate up family fortunes."

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