. . . Or Unfair Burden on Families?

. . . Or Unfair Burden on Families?: "Or Unfair Burden on Families?

By Jeff Sessions
Monday, June 5, 2006; Page A15

This week the Senate is expected to vote on permanent repeal of the estate tax. With this vote, Congress will have an opportunity to finish the job it started five years ago.

The estate tax -- or, as many of us prefer to call it, the death tax -- is a tax imposed on the transfer of assets or property from a deceased person to his or her heirs. This is one of the IRS's most painful taxes, as it hits families at the worst possible time, when they are dealing with the death of a loved one"