From the President – 7-28 – Weekly Update

Call it the dueling letters.  On the eve of the first set of debates by the Democrat candidates for president, a group calling themselves the “Patriotic Millionaires” penned an open letter calling on the candidates to “tax them more.” While neither the group nor their...
Elizabeth Warren Proposes New Wealth Tax

Elizabeth Warren Proposes New Wealth Tax

Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, two left-leaning economists at the University of California, Berkeley, have been advising Warren on a proposal to levy a 2 percent wealth tax on Americans with assets above $50 million, as well as a 3 percent wealth tax on those who...

Frank Luntz: Death Tax Election Night Polling

“It’s just wrong. The death/estate tax is wrong for one simple reason: death shouldn’t be a taxable offense or action. The very idea of making people struggle to file a tax form at the time of death is immoral and unethical.” The best anti-death tax argument. After a...
Frank Luntz: Death Tax Election Night Polling

Frank Luntz: Death Tax Election Night Polling

“It’s just wrong. The death/estate tax is wrong for one simple reason: death shouldn’t be a taxable offense or action. The very idea of making people struggle to file a tax form at the time of death is immoral and unethical.” The best anti-death tax...

Horror Stories

Estate Tax Horror StoriesBrowse Horror Stories By state: Arkansas California Georgia Illinois Maine Maryland Nebraska Ohio Oklahoma Tennessee Texas Virginia Wisconsin Arkansas Anthony TimberlandsRead More  Estate Tax Causes In-ability To Contribute Clean Water, Clean...

Supporters Meeting Recap from 9.27.18

Below is a summary of the PATG-FEUSA Supporters and Members Meeting held on September 27, 2018. I opened the meeting by pointing out that after enactment of tax reform last year – which included a temporary doubling of the estate tax exemption – we had anticipated a...

Estate Tax Rate Reduction Legislation

Since it is possible that additional estate tax “relief” may be possible this year, and unlikely that we’ll see total “repeal”, PATG has drafted “Rate Reduction legislation” and are working with champions in the House and the Senate to get it introduced. You can see...

A Letter for Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee Hearing

Policy and Taxation Group submitted this letter for Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee Hearing held on Wednesday 3/14. The Honorable Vern Buchanan U.S. Congressman, Sixteenth District of Florida Chairman, House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee 1102 Longworth...

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 release of the Senate’s “conceptual draft,” we wanted to report on progress in the House. Following a four day markup, the Ways and Means Committee...

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 Valley to grow orchard fruit and raise cattle, sheep, and turkeys. As a firm believer in land investment, Mr. Page’s great-grandfather expanded to other...
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