Tax Reform
Learn about the latest tax reform developments and their potential impact on your clients' income, portfolios and financial plans more broadly.
Uncertainty Over Estate Tax Vote
By Arthur D. PostalSupporters of estate tax reform legislation that would eliminate taxes on most estates and would cost an estimated 80% of full repeal were expected to ...
August 01, 2006
Frist Calls For Prompt Action On Trifecta BillSenate Majority Leader William Frist, R-Tenn., says his colleagues must pass H.R. 5970 quickly.H.R. 5970, the "trifecta" bill, includes provisions that would eliminate federal estate ...
July 31, 2006
House Votes Continue Pension Bill BattleThe House passed a stripped-down pension bill Friday and an estate tax bill Saturday.Lawmakers voted 279-131 to pass the pension bill, H.R. 4., which is ...
July 30, 2006
Estate Tax SkirmishingAt press time, congressional leaders were seeking to resolve an impasse over the insistence by some members of the Republican leadership to hold tax sweeteners ...
July 30, 2006
Estate Tax SkirmishingAt press time, congressional leaders were seeking to resolve an impasse over the insistence by some members of the Republican leadership to hold tax sweeteners ...
July 28, 2006
Estate Tax Row Stalls Pension BillPension bill negotiations ended Thursday night as a result of a dispute about whether the package that includes the pension bill should include a provision ...
July 28, 2006
Estate Tax Row Stalls Pension BillPension bill negotiations ended Thursday night as a result of a dispute about whether the package that includes the pension bill should include a provision ...
July 21, 2006
Bill Might Tie Estate Tax Reform To Minimum Wage HikeSome Democrats want to link cuts in estate taxes with an increase in the income of the country's poorest workers.Leaders of the Association for Advanced ...