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Weekly Washington Update: GOP to Reevaluate Energy-Tax Credits: What’s Next?
Republicans to Scrutinize Energy-Tax Credits with Trifecta: As Republicans head into January with control over the...
Taxation & Representation: Leadership Shifts on Capitol Hill: What It Means for You
Congressional Lawmakers Hold Leadership Elections: On Nov. 13, the Senate and House Republican conferences held their...
Conference Committee Meets on Wednesday This Week
Members Contact Info Below This will be a very important week, the Conference Committee meets Wednesday 12/13. I will...
Full List of Conference Committee Members
Both Republicans and Democrats Senate Republicans Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) 202 224...
Supporters Update on Estate Tax; Time is of the Essence!
Earlier this morning, the Senate voted 51-49 to pass its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with Sen. Bob Corker...
Estate Tax Is Hurdle For Minority American Business Owners
BY HARRY ALFORD, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – THE HILL – 12/08/17 12:00 PM EST ( THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE...
Tax Reform Qualitative Research Findings
Frank Luntz and Luntz Global Partners November 15, 2017 Priorities are crystallizing. As the first year of President...
Soldano Is The Invisible Leader In Killing Estate Tax
Braving Backlash, Patricia Soldano Of Anaheim Hills Is The Invisible Leader In Killing Estate Tax By DAVID WHITING |...
UPDATE: Senate Markup Bill
House Ways and Means Committee Votes to Phase Out the Death Tax by 2024; Senate Finance Committee Proposes to Double...
WATCH: The Estate Tax: The Politics of It All
House Ways and Means Committee Markup of H.R. 1
Fourth and Final Report: House Ways and Means Committee Markup of H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act As we await the...
Revenue Analysis of Options to Reform the Federal Estate, Gift and Generation Skipping Transfer Taxes
Quantria Strategies; Final report September 2017 Revenue Analysis of Options to Reform the Federal Estate, Gift and...
House to Release Tax Bill Text
House Said to Release Tax Bill Text Next Week By Laura Davison The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to...
Death Tax Forced Lay Off Of Seasonal Workers
Seventh-generation cattleman Bob McKnight has faced the death tax on multiple occasions, with effects that have been...
Selling Everything To Pay Estate Tax
The Page Family began farming in the 1880s, when Jeff Page’s great-grandfather purchased 50 acres of land in Napa...
Sacrificing Land To Pay The Death Tax
Just outside Nashville, Brandon Whitt operates Batey Farms with his wife, Katherine, and father-in-law, who owns the...
Investments At Risk If The Tax Exemption Is Reduced
When Tom and Leslyn Jacobs first got married, buying land was simply a dream. Indeed, they were both young foresters...
Shutting Down Branches, Laying Off Workers, Or Liquidating Inventory
In 1973, Karen Madonia’s father purchased Illco, a Chicago-based distributor of parts and supplies for heating,...
Summary of PATG Supporters Meeting
By Brandon Roman of Squire Patton Boggs Law Firm Last week, the Policy and Taxation Group held its annual Supporters...
Revenue Analysis Of Options To Reform The Estate Tax
Revenue Analysis Of Options To Reform The Estate Tax, Gift tax And Generation Skipping Transfer Tax Our federal...
Estate Tax Will Be Impossible To Pay Off Forcing Sale
In 2005, Elizabeth Marshall Maybee inherited a 3000-acre Northern California ranch from her grandmother that had been...
Estate Tax Causes In-ability To Contribute Clean Water, Clean Air, And Wildlife Habitat
Tom Crowder’s grandfather had a passion for the outdoors and sustainability. This was reflected in the 6,000 acres of...
We’re Pleased That The President’s Tax Reform Framework Includes Repeal Of The Death Tax!
Earlier today, the White House, House Ways and Means Committee, and Senate Finance Committee released their...
1000 Voter Survey Results
Luntz Global Partners and the Policy and Taxation Group conducted a post-election, nationwide survey of 1,000 voters...
State Death Tax Chart – Revised October 24, 2016
Policy and Taxation Group State Death Tax Chart This chart is maintained for the Policy and Taxation Group Website and...
Thousands Ask Treasury To Kill Estate Transfer Proposal
Our voices have been heard! See below for an article on the sizable number of businesses and trade groups that have...
Family Businesses, Jobs Seen Thwarted by Proposed IRS Rules
Read the full Family Businesses, Jobs Seen Thwarted by Proposed IRS Rules story.