Category: Estate Tax Planning

U.S. Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for lowering the amount individuals can shield from the federal estate tax, and hiking estate tax rates across the board, as he introduced the Responsible Estate Tax Act. “This is a piece of legislation that addresses what I consider to be the most significant moral issue of […]

Liberal comedian Bill Maher made an out-of-this-world comparison to poke a hole in the Republican argument that the estate tax threatens the livelihoods of “family farmers.” “More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013.” Bill Maher declared that more Americans have walked on the moon than farmers […]